HealthyR Courses: R is for healthcare data analysis
Training courses for researchers and healthcare professionals
HealthyR courses focus specifically on health-related data analysis and statistics.
They are hands-on and computer-based with tutors who will equip you with the most up-to-date R extensions. By the end of our 2.5-day quick-start course you will be able use R for:
- Publication quality visualisations
- Effective data summarisation and reshaping
- Common statistical analysis and interpretation
- Reproducible research strategies
HealthyR: quick-start course (2.5 days)
Day 1 (09:00 - 17:00)
| Your first R plot: Quality plots with just 2 lines of code |
| R basics: Read in, modify, create variables |
| Data wrangling: Efficiently summarise data |
| Different types of plots: Bar, box, scatter, line |
Day 2 (09:00 - 17:00)
| Tests for continuous data I: Linear regression |
| Working with categorical data: Factor handling |
| Tests for categorical data: Logistic regression |
| Exporting: Markdown reports, plots, tables |
Day 3 (09:00 - 13:00)
| Time-to-Event data: Kaplan-Meier, Cox regression |
| Fine tuning plots: Axis labels, colours, legends |
Our courses teach the very latest R extensions (packages: ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr, and others) making R more user friendly than ever!
HealthyR+: Practical logistic regression (1 day)
Session 1 (09:00 - 10:30)
| Logistic regression basics |
| Introduction |
| Plotting |
| Interpretation |
Session 2 (11:00 - 12:30)
| Perform logistic regression models in R |
| Univariate vs multivariate |
| Variable selection |
| Odds vs probability |
Session 3 (13:30 - 15:00)
| Further evaluation and interpretation |
| Diagnostics |
| Interactions |
| Forest plots |
Session 4 (15:30 - 17:00)
| Independent practical |
| Analyse your own data or our example dataset, format the output and interpret |
Sessions 2-4 are all hands-on, Session 4 is independent but with tutors for assistance.
Fees and registration
Fees for the 2.5-day quick-start course are: £225 for students, £325 for University of Edinburgh or NHS staff, £425 for all other professional delegates.
Fees for the 1-day HealthyR+: Practical logistic regression course are: £100 for students, £140 for University of Edinburgh or NHS staff, £180 for all other professional delegates.
This includes:
- An excellent tutor-to-participant ratio.
- Set-up on RStudio Cloud: go home and continue where you left off!
- Lunch and refreshments at breaks
- Course materials
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HealthyR Courses: R is for healthcare data analysis
Quick-start course and practical logistic regression courses available
James Clerk Maxwell Building
University of Edinburgh
Peter Guthrie Tait Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3FD