Professional development > Short courses in health sciences

Providing professionals with access to Oxford’s internationally recognised excellence in biomedical and clinical research and teaching.

For health-care professionals and people working within medical research, including clinicians, researchers, scientists, administrators and educators within health care, research organisations, pharmaceuticals, academia, and regulatory and government bodies.

• Cognitive behavioural therapy skills
  • Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies - An Introduction to Service Development
  • Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies - Clinical Skills
  • Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies - Research Skills
  • Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies - Supervision
  • Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies - Training Skills
• Evidence-based practice - epidemiology - decision-making
  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Screening
  • Knowledge into Action
  • Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care
  • Prevention Strategies for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
  • Teaching Evidence-Based Practice
  • The History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care
  • The Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care (Surgery)
  • University of Oxford Global Health Summer School
• Health research methods - clinical trials - statistics
  • Essential Medical Statistics
  • Ethics for Biosciences
  • How to do Research on Therapeutic Interventions: Protocol Preparation
  • Introduction to Statistics for Health Care Research
  • Introduction to Study Design & Research Methods
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Systematic Reviews
  • The Structure of Clinical Trials and Experimental Therapeutics
• Management skills for scientists
  • Advanced Project Management for Engineers and Scientists
  • Applying Knowledge Management: Principles and Practices
  • Essentials of Project Management for Scientists and Engineers
  • Management and Business Skills Week: Discount Registration
  • Managing Innovative Technology
  • Successful Change Management for Engineers & Scientists
• Nanomedicine
  • Introduction to Nanomedicine: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Nano-Biosensors
  • Nano-Diagnostics
  • Nanomedicine Summer School 2013
  • Nano-Pharmaceuticals
  • Nano-scale Materials Characterisation
  • Nanotechnologies for Regenerative Medicine & Tissue Engineering
• Philosophy and psychiatry
  • Philosophy and Psychiatry Summer School: Mind, Value and Mental Health
• Pharmacology - vaccinology - clinical science
  • Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug Interactions, and Pharmacovigilance
  • Biological Therapeutics
  • Drug Development, Pharmacokinetics and Imaging
  • How to do Research on Therapeutic Interventions: Protocol Preparation
  • Human and Veterinary Vaccinology
  • Immunology: A Pathway Through the Maze
  • Pharmacodynamics, Biomarkers and Personalised Therapy
  • Stem Cells: A Pathway Through the Maze
  • The Structure of Clinical Trials and Experimental Therapeutics
• Surgical science and practice
  • Becoming a Medical Educator
  • Human Factors, Teamwork and Communication
  • Introduction to Surgical Management and Leadership
  • Quality Improvement Science and Systems Analysis
  • Surgical Technology and Robotics
  • The Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care (Surgery)

Taught by leading researchers and renowned guest presenters, our short courses are specially designed for busy health professionals seeking essential updating. Through world-class teaching and innovative study methods, participants are given insights into the very latest advances in knowledge, skills and techniques. Many short courses form part of a master’s- level programme, and participants may be eligible to take these for academic credit (gaining Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS) points); those interested in applying for an Oxford qualification may consider enrolling on a suitable ‘taster’ short course.