Organisational leads

“Since the start of 2024, multiple cohorts of participants from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have successfully completed the bespoke pharmacoepidemiology course at LSHTM, with further cohorts planned. The LSHTM’s subject matter expertise has put their course leaders in a good position to deliver the training which has received strong satisfaction scores from attendees who have appreciated the interactivity of the in-person workshops at LSHTM. Following the course, the learning has improved both the understanding and confidence of assessors since the content applies directly to patient safety monitoring activities and benefit risk evaluation assessments.”

Chris Cooper, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

Workshop participants

On the teaching and instructors

“High-quality teaching, engaging instructors, relevant material in a burgeoning field.”

“Very knowledgeable and helpful course leaders who could explain very complex processes in layman’s terms for beginners.”

“The instructors are clearly knowledgeable. Really great to apply what we have learned from previous courses and workshops.”

“The course facilitators and workshop leaders were excellent teachers, both in terms of subject knowledge but also communication style.”

On the interactivity and workshops

“Excellent interactive workshops with good group sizes and excellent input and support from expert faculty.”

“I really enjoyed the interactive workshops and designing our own study. The practical examples were particularly helpful to understand the different study types and their pros and cons.”

“The workshops give you the opportunity to ask questions and consolidate learning.”

“Workshops and exercises were interactive and helped work through the concepts learnt in the lectures.”

On the course content and structure

“The course is great - it builds up on knowledge slowly. I really liked the first workshop where we had an opportunity to apply what we learnt in a practical way. Comparing two papers in the second workshop was also an eye-opener as it shows that we shouldn’t assume outcomes are black and white just based on study design.”

“Comprehensive overview of study designs and methods.”

“Structured lectures that follow in sequence. Once you know lecture 1, you’ll understand lecture 2 and so on.”

“The course was informative, with excellent resources and great tutors.”

On the flexibility and delivery format

“It was useful being able to watch the lectures in my own time, being able to pause, take notes, rewind, etc.”

“I liked the self-paced recorded lectures. They were delivered in a very clear manner and were very informative.”

“Video resources were done in manageable divisions to fit in around other work.”

On overall experience and satisfaction

“I LOVED this course! High yield, excellent facilitation. 100% would recommend.”

“The course was interactive with lots of informal discussion.”

“Thank you to all the lecturers and organisers. It was a valuable course and really well run.”