Training timetable
MISCH offer training, events, and outreach activities that promote research capabilities in our core disciplines: Biostatistics, Implementation Effectiveness and Co-Design, Clinical Trials, Health Economics and Health Informatics.
| 9 March 2021 | REDCap 1: an introduction | REDCap is a secure and stable web-based platform that is designed to capture research data and is available for use in the University of Melbourne research free of charge. Researchers outside of the University can access the training however and will be supplied with a login for the session. This half‐day interactive workshop provides hands-on instructions in the development of a simple data management system and online surveys. This course is suitable for researchers setting up a new clinical trial or survey, or are seeking robust data acquisition, safe storage and data archiving with the ability to interrogate the database. PLEASE NOTE: this course is now fully booked. We have released details for our next REDCap 1 course and bookings are now open: |
| 23 March 2021 | REDCap II: beyond the basics | A half-day course where you can make use of some of REDCap's more advanced features, including using the data dictionary for speedy form development, Longitudinal and repeating instrument configuration, Automated survey invitations, Data quality rules, Data import, Managing changes to a Production project, Build more complex data entry forms, e.g. utilising: Different design strategies for different data capture scenarios, Action tags and smart variables, Functions in calculated field expressions., Cross-field validation checks, Basic HTML and CSS for styling text |
The University of Melbourne is hosting four upcoming Health Economics short courses in 2021. They have been designed to provide policymakers, clinicians, researchers, managers, and others working in the health sector with an understanding of health economic issues, and how this can aid decision making.
Registrations for all courses are open and are accessible through the link: http://ecommerce.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/categories.asp?cID=68&c=15050
More information on course content can be found through the link: http://go.unimelb.edu.au/wp8r
Significant discounts available for students and professionals from low- and middle-income countries, via emailing: health-economics@unimelb.edu.au
9th March 2021 (online) and | Introduction to cost-effectiveness analysis in health | An introductory course that provides participants with a better understanding of health priority setting and the application of cost-effectiveness analysis. This introductory course has no assumed knowledge. It represents a good foundation for other courses offered in the series: $ 450 –Early Bird (ends 18th Feb), $ 560 – Late Bird for 18th-19th March, $ 550 –Early Bird, $ 660 – Late Bird for 8th October |
| 15th April 2021 (online) | Evaluating Public Health Interventions using epidemiological and economic methods | Provides an overview of how epidemiological and economic tools can be used to inform policy-making from a national and global perspective, how to rank interventions by health gain and/or costs, and cost-effectiveness and gain an understanding of key methodological and policy considerations. There are no formal prerequisites. There will be a case study on COVID-19. $ 450 –Early Bird, $ 560 – Late Bird for 15th April |
| 21-23rd April 2021 (online) and 27-29 October 2021 (in-person with printouts and catering) | Practical Methods for Health Economic Evaluation | A three-day intensive computer-based course in methods for health economic evaluation. The course covers study design principles, techniques for analysing costs and outcomes, and an introduction to decision models. $ 1950 –Early Bird, $ 2390 – Late Bird for 21-23rd April $ 2200 –Early Bird, $ 2640 – Late Bird for 27-29th October |
| 12th May 2021 (online) | Designing Economic Evaluation Alongside Clinical Studies | A one-day course providing an overview of economic evaluation alongside randomized controlled trials and other studies, with particular focus on the design and practical aspects. $ 450 –Early Bird, $ 560 – Late Bird for 12th May |
As a partnership in core research methods support between MCRI and University of Melbourne, CEBU provides a comprehensive range of short courses in the methods of clinical and population health research, including conceptualisation, design and statistical analysis.
in particular, the Research Methods sequence and Stata courses may be of interest. The first cycle of short courses commences in March 2021 and bookings are now open.
More information and booking details can be found at:
https://www.mcri.edu.au/research/facilities-resources-and-training/cebu-short-courses-and-training