Erasmus Summer Programme Courses
Take a look at all the courses in the Erasmus Summer Programme, and find the course right for you.
View all ESP coursesMethods of Public Health Research [ESP11]
Course highlights
EC points
0.7
Start date
15 August 2022
End date
19 August 2022
Course days
Monday to Friday (5 mornings)
Course time
From 8:45 till 11:45 CEST
Faculty
Prof. Lex Burdorf
Course fee
€ 490
Location
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam NL
Level
Introductory
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of epidemiology and statistics.
Disciplines
- Public Health
Course Materials
Digitally, download instructions will be sent before the start of the course, by e-mail.
A laptop with Excel is required.
Design your programme
Use our Programme Configurator to design and plan your own programme.
ConfiguratorTestimonial

Itai Magodoro
Zimbabwe
The professors - who are at the cutting edge in their respective fields - bring science to life!
Read the full storyDetailed information about this course:
Description
Faculty: Prof. Lex Burdorf, Ir. PhD
This course provides an introduction to essential study designs and analytic methods available to public health researchers to describe the influence of important determinants on public health and to evaluate effects of primary preventive intervention on public health. This course focuses on population health rather than individual health and explains why different designs and methods are required, such as ecological studies and multilevel analysis. The course targets three key issues: (1) summary measures of population health, such as life expectancy, (2) measures of association and relative importance of specific causes for population health, such as population attributable fraction, and (3) evaluation of population interventions through study designs based on natural experiments instead of RCT. Each morning will start with a lecture on new methods. Subsequently, an individual-based exercise is offered to practice the new methods. At the end of the morning, the importance of the method is illustrated in a hot topic in research.
Objectives
- Understand key research designs and analytic methods in Public Health research.
- Understand background, causes, and consequences of key topics in population health.
Participant profile
Physicians, epidemiologists, public health professionals, PhD students.
Assessment
Attendance