• Database description
General overview of the aforementioned data sources
Critical appraisal of published pharmacoepidemiological studies using the three data sources
Regulatory conditions for data access and linkage to other data sources
Available common data model for multinational databases
The practicalities of planning a study, including study design, measurements in pharmacoepidemiology (outcomes, exposures, confounders), sources of bias and errors, and methodological
Computer-based practical exercises using statistical software (R, SAS, or SPSS) will be provided as supplementary material depending on students’ skills in statistical software (not mandatory for students without experience in statistical software).
The first part of the course will be delivered online and consists of live online lectures, including questions & answers sessions. It will occur during weekdays from March 7 to March 18. All lectures will be recorded and accessible to the students for the next parts of the course.
The second part of the course will be performed online by students in small groups, by writing a research protocol using the three databases. A referent teacher will be appointed for each group. An access to the Learning Management System of Sorbonne University will be granted to all students, so students will be able to interact together online with an embedded forum and will have access to the recorded lectures. Students will have one month to finalize the research protocol.
The last part of the course will occur at Sorbonne University in Paris during three days from April 20 to April 22. Students will present their research protocol and get feedback from their peers and teachers of the three universities.
There is no formal assessment but a Certificate of Attendance will be provided at the conclusion of the course.
Experts of the French administrative health databases, the Danish registries, and the Italian National Health Service databases.
Leading faculty:
Dr Julien Kirchgesner (Sorbonne University)
Dr Maurizio Sessa (University of Copenhagen)
Pr Morten Andersen (University of Copenhagen)
Dr Manuela Casula (University of Milan)
Pr Alberico Catapano (University of Milan)