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University of Cambridge

Navigating complex health data challenges

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Overview

This course equips you with the essential skills to manage health data projects effectively within trusted research environments. You will start by exploring the key stages of using patient data responsibly, from project initiation to implementation.

In Module 1, you will be learning about stages of a health data science project in trusted research environment and how to use FINER and PICO to develop your specific research question. You’ll also learn the essential elements for translation of research questions to database languages and required data linkage approaches.

Module 2 will focus on project development aspect and open source development. You will learn about agile capabilities tools and best practices for healthcare data science projects. As part of this you will also look at codifying research questions and achieving research ready data assets.

In Module 3, there is a major focus on generating reproducible healthcare data science project reports. You will go through a real-world example and mapping it to what it would mean in the context of your independent project. You will also learn about tools such as RMarkdown, high performance computing and their use cases for large scale data science projects.

By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and skills required for effective development of health data projects within trusted research environments.

Syllabus

Module 1: Trusted Research Environment projects

You'll explore the key stages of a project from inception to completion, using the FINER and PICO criteria to craft precise research proposals. Learn to access and manipulate data with SQL for efficient analysis and tackle data linkage challenges in your healthcare data research projects.

Module 2: Project development and open source

An overview of the agile development principles and tools for effective project management. You will learn to select the right tools, and design optimised database tables. Understand metadata, coding best practices, and version control to enhance collaboration, efficiency, and data analysis accuracy.

Module 3: Generating reproducible project outputs

This module focuses on generating reproducible healthcare data science reports using Rmarkdown. You will also learn about high performance computing capabilities which can be used as part of your HDS projects.

Taught by

Fatemeh Torabi, Alexia Sampri, Iain Timmins, Lajos Kalmar, Raquel Manzano Garcia, Emma English, Angela Wood, Tom Monie, Matt Castle and Kalman Winston

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