Training Opportunities

Health Economics for Public Health Practice & Research

Date: 8-10 April 2019
Venue: Bangor University
Cost: Various

Building on 20 years of our experience in teaching health economics to public health practitioners and those undertaking research in public health. At the end of this short course delegates will have gained an appreciation of the concepts, methods and application of health economics to public health, be able to critically appraise a published economic evaluation of a public health intervention and feel confident in speaking about potential return on investment from public health programmes in the NHS and other settings such as schools and work places.

Who is this course for?

Public Health Practitioners, Health Economists, Nurses, Other Health Care Professionals, Local Authority and Third Sector Staff Interested in Public Health, and Health and Social Care Researchers.

We will cover:

Public Health Preventative Strategies
An Overview of Health Economics and Economic Evaluation
Challenges of Applying Health Economics to the Public Health
How we can use RCTs in the Economic Evaluation of Public Health Interventions
Decision Modelling in Public Health
Decision Modelling in Public Health (introductory session and advanced session)
Cost-Benefit Analysis in Public Health
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
Programme Budgeting Marginal Analysis (PBMA)
Valuing Nature in Public Health and the Circular Economy

JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review training

Dates: 27 April - 1 May 2019 (participants can attend 3 or 5 days)
Venue: Cardiff University
Price: £900.00

JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review (CSR) Training Program is designed to prepare researchers and clinicians to develop, conduct and report comprehensive systematic reviews of qualitative and quantitative evidence, following the Joanna Briggs Institute approach and using the Joanna Briggs Institute SUMARI software.

Enquiries: To book a place on the CSR training programme please e-mail HCAREcpd@cardiff.ac.uk

For enquiries about our consultancy services and training opportunities, please contact Dr Judith Carrier.

Further information: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/explore/research-units/wales-centre-for-evidence-based-care

Developing and Evaluating Complex Public Health Interventions

*REGISTRATION NOW OPEN*

Course Date: 24 to 28 June 2019
Course Location: Glamorgan Building, Cathays Park, Cardiff
Course Fee: £1,125
Course Leads: Dr Jemma Hawkins, Dr Honor Young and Ruth Turley

Brief Overview of the Course:
The aim of this course is to provide you with an introduction to the socio-ecological model of health and how it can be used as a framework for designing public health improvement interventions. You will also learn about different research methods used for developing new interventions, how to develop an intervention ‘logic model’, and how DECIPHer works with policy-makers, health professionals and the public to co-produce interventions.

It will also provide you with a working knowledge of the key frameworks and methodologies currently used to evaluate complex interventions. Teaching will be delivered by experts in the field of public health evaluation, including Dr Graham Moore, (programme lead for complex intervention methodology and Deputy Director of DECIPHer) and Professor Laurence Moore (Director MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit) and you will learn about how to work with other scientists, policy-makers, practitioners and the public to apply for funding to pilot and evaluate the effectiveness of complex interventions.

Who is it for?
Academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in the development and evaluation of complex public health interventions. No prior knowledge is assumed.

What will I learn?

The theory and rationale underpinning the socio-ecological model
Complex systems perspectives
Typologies and examples of complex interventions
Research methods and tools for intervention development
Logic model development to inform the design and future evaluation of new interventions
Methods for involving policy makers, practitioners and the public
The MRC framework for evaluating complex interventions
The RE-AIM framework for public health intervention
MRC process evaluation guidance
Pilot trials and feasibility studies
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), including pragmatic, “realist” and policy trials
Natural experiments and data linkage
Economic evaluation of complex interventions

To book, click here.

Please contact Zoe Macdonald with any queries at MacdonaldZ@cardiff.ac.uk.

Health Services Research Summer School

We are now accepting bookings for our 2019 Health Services Research Summer School, to book your place visit here.

What does the Summer School have to offer for you?

The Summer School offers participants a unique opportunity to gain access to internationally renowned experts in a range of topic areas, including complex interventions and their evaluation (including clinical trials); realist synthesis and evaluation; health economics, implementation, social care research, public health, ageing and dementia, primary care, language awareness and the service user perspective.
The opportunity to present your research in the form of a 10 minute presentation (powerpoint, oral or poster) and further 5 minutes of questions from other delegates. Prizes awarded for the best presentations!
CPD hours
A certificate of attendance
A summer school dinner with delegates and session leads
Refreshments

Further information: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/health-sciences/research/summer-school-2019/index.php.en

NHS Leadership Academy Programmes

The Edward Jenner Programme - Leadership Foundations

Whether you’re new to the NHS or an aspiring leader at the start of your journey, you’re the perfect candidate for the NHS Leadership Academy’s Edward Jenner programme – the foundation of great leaders. It’s free, flexible and enlightening. And with open access, there’s nothing to stop you going for it today.

The programme has been re-designed to offer even more flexibility with two units to complete at your own pace. Launch takes up to five hours,Foundations is designed to be studied over six weeks.

Read more: http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/programmes/the-edward-jenner-programme/

Find out more about Launch and Foundations in the video below: