London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine courses

...skin disorders affecting people in the tropics The diagnosis and management of tropical skin disorders This course is designed for physicians...

...of English and a working knowledge of basic epidemiology and statistics, equivalent to a familiarity with the contents of introductory textbooks such... Learn about: Control studies, Cohort studies...

...social science research, health economics and health policy demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a range of current issues and topics related to public health in... Learn about: Public Health...

...This course aims to give participants an overview of all aspects of travel medicine. It provides the knowledge, conceptual frameworks and tools necessary to run an up-to-date... Learn about: Communication design, Travel Tourism, Travel Agent...

...therefore, from the population and health sciences. However, none require any specialist knowledge of the field. Much of the material in the course...

...At the end of this programme students should be able to: describe the basic epidemiology of the major blinding eye diseases design and interpret studies... Learn about: Public Health...

...Course objectives Course Content Introduction to and rationale of systematic reviews of health research Question formulation and protocol development Planning... Learn about: Developmental Economics, Software Engineering...

...Additional external lecturers will be brought in to provide specialist insights. Teaching will be conducted at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical...

...by the ESRC as providing high quality research training and a small number of ESRC scholarships (including 1+3 scholarships) are available to UK or EU residents... Learn about: Public Health...

...survival estimates for age, stage and other factors impact of data quality, completeness, stage migration, screening and lead-time bias methods of handling... Learn about: Cancer Survival, Medical training...

...missing not at random) illustrate the shortcomings of ad-hoc methods for 'handling' missing data introduce multiple imputation for statistical analysis... Learn about: Content Insurance...

...These will include: standard regression methods, propensity score-based and instrumental variable methods Marginal structural models for dealing with time-dependent... Learn about: Causal language...

...infectious and non-infectious diseases, conducted in low, middle and high-income settings...

...and interpretation statistical methods in the analysis of quantitative data demonstrate ability to analyse and synthesise research findings for clinical... Learn about: Molecular Biology...

...This course aims to strengthen participants’ knowledge and skills to conduct or commission technically rigorous, ethical and policy- and service-relevant... Learn about: Health Administration, Health Management, Interventional Radiology...

...The course is relevant to public health professionals and field researchers with a strong interest in vaccine efficacy, safety and policy impact... Learn about: Vaccine evaluation...

...and other scientists with an interest in clinical trials. The topics to be covered will include: Design of RCT: randomisation, blinding, trial size Ethical conduct... Learn about: Data monitoring...

...that is grounded in current research Learning, teaching and assessment methods The programme is taught chiefly through lectures and laboratory practicals... Learn about: Cultural Awareness, Laboratory Practice...

...health economics and policy issues related to NCDs. During the course, students will have the opportunity to work in groups towards a presentation which... Learn about: Public Health, Health Economics...

...surveillance and control. This unique programme is delivered jointly by LSHTM and RVC and is supported by policy makers from the forefront of the UK government...