16 Short courses offered by the university

Diagnostic research in the past focused particularly on estimating the sensitivity and specificity of individual diagnostic tests. This online Advanced Diagnostic Research course from Utrecht University will demonstrate that this so called ‘test research’ is not necessarily the same as diagnostic research.

The Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Studies course from Utrecht University consists of plenary presentations, small-group discussions, and computer exercises using the statistical software package R.

The Mixed Models course from Utrecht University will focus primarily on continuous outcome variables, but attention will also be paid to dichotomous and count data.

The aim of this Economic Principles and Concepts for the Veterinary Sciences course from Utrecht University, which is intended for participants with an interest in the field of animal health economics, is to provide you with the basic economic principles and concepts that underlie decision-making about animal health problems.

The aim of this hands-on Applied Economic Modeling for the Veterinary Sciences course from Utrecht University is to enable you to become familiar with using the relevant tools so that you can become more actively involved in economic decision-making, particularly with regard to disease control.

This online Clinical Trials and Drug Risk Assessment course from Utrecht University addresses the principles of studying the effects of drug treatments on the risks of unintended effects.

This Fundamentals of Global Health course from Utrecht University introduces the principles and scope of global health and health-related strategies important for an understanding of health and disease in a global context.

This online Survival Analysis course from Utrecht University will give an introduction to survival analysis and cover many of the types of survival data and analysis techniques regularly encountered in epidemiologic research. 

This Public Health Epidemiology course from Utrecht University will enhance your understanding of public health epidemiology, the science upon which public health is based. 

This Clinical Epidemiology course from Utrecht University focuses on the principles and practice of clinical epidemiology, and elaborates on examples from relevant literature.

The purpose of this Prognostic Research course from Utrecht University is to redress this imbalance. We will therefore discuss the principles and methods of non-experimental prognostic research, together with the practice of prognostic research in a clinical setting. 

In this online Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis of Prognosis Research course at Utrecht University for researchers we discuss and practice how to define your review questions, how to search the literature, how to critically assess the methodological quality of primary prognosis studies, and which statistical methods to use for their synthesis. 

This Study Design in Etiologic Research course from Utrecht University is a core component of any Master's degree in Epidemiology, and is also key to being able to follow specialized courses in epidemiology.

The Introduction to Epidemiology course from Utrecht University will provide you with insights into the basic terminology and principles of epidemiology. 

This online Advanced Topics in Causal Research course from Utrecht University will address two important topics in causal epidemiologic research, namely confounding and effect modification. 

The objective of this online Cardiovascular Epidemiology course from Utrecht University is to provide you with insights into the principles of cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemiology and the important issues that are involved – plus a lot more besides.