Public Health Sciences Course Program (PHS)

Projects in R

In this course, you will learn how to organize your projects, visualize your data, collaborate with your colleagues, and write reproducible reports for the public health sciences using the programming language R, RStudio and GitHub.

Ziele

The course is part of the Public Health Sciences Course Program and lays the foundation for the subsequent courses Basic Biotatistics in R, Introduction to Epidemiology and Study Design, Diagnostic Test Evaluation, and Linear and Logistic Regression Modelling in R. Together, these five courses cover central skills of the theme Core Methods in the Public Health Course Program.

At the end of this course, participants shall be able to:

  • Organize their research projects in R, RStudio and GitHub following the principles of open science and reproducible research
  • Create reproducible reports based on the fundamentals of modern data visualization

Inhalte

  • Introduction to the programming language R
  • Organize research projects in RStudio
  • Prepare and visualize data using tidyverse
  • Write reproducible reports using Markdown/Quarto
  • Collaborate using GitHub

Arbeitsweise / Programm

Lectures in workshop style with interactive sessions. The learning outcomes will be assessed by publishing a reproducible report on GitHub.

Basisinformationen

Nummer E046.213.25
Termine

Wednesday, 02.04.2025
Thursday, 03.04.2025

 

Zeiten 09:00-17:00
Kursort

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM
Mittelstrasse 43,
3012 Bern

room 320, third floor

Situationsplan
Leitung

PD Christian Althaus
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern
Alan Haynes, PhD (tbc)
CTU Bern, Department of Clinical Research (DCR), University of Bern
Martin Wohlfender, PhD
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern

Plätze max. 30 Personen
Kurssprache English
Anmeldefrist 19.03.2025
Format Individual event von Public Health Sciences Course Program
You will receive a certificate of attendance.
Trägerschaft

Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

Public Health Sciences Course Program (PHS)

ECTS-Info

0.5 ECTS point will be credited for this course

For an accreditation of the ECTS, a minimum of 80% attendance and active participation incl. completion of assignments and assessments are required.

 

root number KSL: 484083

Zielpublikum

This course targets PhD students, postdocs, clinicians, and public health practitioners who would like to acquire skills in the topics.

Besonderes

Students who are new to R and RStudio are expected to watch video tutorial “Introduction to R and RStudio" or similar introductory videos before the course start (links to recommended material will be provided three weeks before the course). Students have to bring their own laptops with a recently installed version of R, RStudio and GitHub. The course is offered once a year.

Anmelde- und Aufnahmeverfahren

A tertiary education degree is required. The program manager decides on the final admission. Priority is given to PhD students.

Application process: You are requested to enroll online. Seats will be allocated according to date of enrolment. Three weeks before the course/workshop at the latest, the administration will decide and inform about running or cancelling the course/workshop.

Kosten

Amount still open

Administratives

Registration fees are waived for PhD students of the University of Bern who commit to the whole course attendance. To avoid being invoiced, it is mandatory that you indicate your institute and the matriculation number upon registration for the course. Please note cancellation regulations below.

Course fees for other participant categories:

PostDocs Uni Bern CHF 50
Other participants Uni Bern CHF 150
Participants other academic institutions 300
Other participants CHF 420

Participants completing the entire PHS Course Program benefit from a reduction; overview course fees here.

Annullierungsbestimmungen

After the closing date for registrations, the organisers will decide whether the course can take place. The decision is based on the number of registrations.

Kontakt

University of Bern
Public Health Sciences Course Program

c/o Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern
Switzerland

Tel: +41 31 684 34 04

phs-admin.ispm@unibe.ch
www.medizin.unibe.ch/phs

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