Makerere Course Descriptions

Week 1: June 4-8, 2018

[expandable title=”Introduction to R Programming”]Course conveners: Drs. Daniel Felsky and John Mukisa
Monday, June 4 from 2:00-5:00 pm

This course will introduce the statistical programming language R, including reading and storing data, plotting and visualization, and provide a framework for the Biostatistics I and II.[/expandable]

[expandable title=”Epidemiology I”]Course conveners: Drs. Bizu Gelaye and Reem Waziry
Day One: Tuesday, June 5 from 9:30 am -1:00 pm
Day Two: Wednesday, June 6 from 9:30 am -1:00 pm

This two-day course will introduce the basic concepts of epidemiology, and will cover the principles, methods, and tools used by epidemiologists to study public health. Key topics will include epidemiologic study designs, confounding and bias, biological interaction, effect measure modification, and instrument validation.

This course is offered in two three-hour sessions. You must participate in Session 1 in order to attend Session 2.[/expandable]

[expandable title=”Biostatistics I with R Programming”]Course conveners: Drs. Daniel Felsky and John Mukisa
Day One: Tuesday, June 5 from 2:00-5:00
Day Two: Wednesday, June 6 from 2:00-5:00
Day Three: Friday, June 8 from 2:00-5:00

This three-day course will provide an introduction to biostatistics as a field, and the importance of biostatistics in basic science research, the development of drugs, analysis of risk factors for disease and evaluation of treatment of disease. Examples of current applications of statistics will be reviewed, with emphasis on the appropriateness of statistical inferences and interpretation of results. The introduction will include a preview of the subsequent biostatistics lectures and focus on current applications, specifically with regard to translation into clinical and public health practice. It will also review biostatistical principles with a focus on relevant applications in medical and public health research.

You must participate in Sessions 1 and 2 to attend Session 3.[/expandable]

[expandable title=”Child and Adolescent Psychiatry”]Course convener: Dr. Catherine Abbo.
Day One: Wednesday, June 6 from 9:30 am until 5:00 pm
Day Two: Thursday, June 7 from 9:30 am until 1:00 pm

This two-day course will introduce the participants to child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health. The course starts off with the basics of development to lay ground for the participant to understand the behaviors and presentations of symptoms of abnormal behaviors and psychopathology, and covers the DSM 5 classification of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, as well as an overview of some common neurodevelopmental disorders. Finally, general principles of management of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders will be discussed.[/expandable]

[expandable title=”Systematic Reviews”]Course conveners: Drs. Akena Dickens and Moses Ocan
Thursday, June 7 from 9:30 am until 5:00 pm

This course will provide participants with an overview of the differences between literature reviews and systematic reviews, as well as the rationale for conducting the latter, and how to begin conducting a systematic review. It will also teach how to critically appraise a systematic review/meta-analysis, and use that knowledge to improve the way they cite literature in their academic routines, and clinical practice.[/expandable]

[expandable title=”Meta-analysis”]Course conveners: Drs. Bizu Gelaye and Reem Waziry
Friday, June 8 from 9:30 am – 1:00 pm

This course will give an introduction to the basic steps of conducting a meta-analysis, interpreting results and the types of data and effect measures, including fixed effect and random effect.[/expandable]

Week 2: June 11-15, 2018

[expandable title=”Epidemiology II”]Course convener: Dr. Aggrey Semeere
Day One: Monday, June 11 from 9:30 am -1:00 pm
Day Two: Tuesday, June 12 from 9:30 am -1:00 pm

This two-day course will introduce intermediate concepts of epidemiology, building off of Epidemiology I covered in Week One. [/expandable]

[expandable title=”Qualitative Research in Neuropsychiatric Genetics”]Course convener: Dr. Wilson Muhwhezi
Day One: Monday, June 11, 9:30 am -1:00 pm
Day Two: Tuesday, June 12, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Day Three: Wednesday, June 13 9:30 am – 1:00 pm

This three-day course will provide participants with an understanding of qualitative research methods and their applications to health research. By the end, participants will be able to: a) appreciate the importance of qualitative research methods in health, illness and health services research and distinguish it from quantitative research; b) decide when a research topic requires qualitative research (explaining its rationale) and select the most appropriate qualitative design to address research questions; c) begin to develop skills required to conduct in-depth interviews, facilitate focus groups and undertake ethnographic research including observation; d) begin to understand how to analyze qualitative data and how to employ qualitative methods alongside other methods in health research. It will also expose participants to existing user-friendly qualitative data management and analysis software.[/expandable]

[expandable title=”Biostats II with R Programming”]Course conveners: Drs. Lori Chibnik and John Mukisa
This course will run for five sequential afternoons, starting on Monday, June 11 and ending on Friday, June 15. The course will begin at 1:45 pm and end at 5:00 pm each day.

This five-day course will build off of Biostatistics I and teach intermediate statistical inferences and interpretation of results, including linear regression, logistical regression and survival analysis. It will also introduce intermediate R programming as well as R programming packages one can use to produce high quality data graphs. [/expandable]

[expandable title=”Data Development & Management”]Course convener: Dr. Lori Chibnik
Wednesday, June 13 from 9:30 am -1:00 pm

This course will cover the basics of dataset development and management. Emphasis will be placed on avoiding common errors, cleaning data, and creating an easy analysis dataset.
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[expandable title=”Bio-ethics”]Course convener: Dr. Janet Nakigudde
Friday, June 15 from 9:30 am until 5:00 pm

In this course, participants will learn the principles of ethics, the rationale for conducting ethical research, and the basis upon which research participant’s rights (informed consent, participant selection) are advocated for. Participants will then be taken through the Belmont Report and the principles in Human Subjects Research including respect for persons, beneficence and justice. Finally, the various informed consent processes will be explored.[/expandable]