A selection of recommended or mandatory courses (including discount opportunities) is displayed suitable for Amsterdam Public Health PhD candidates.

EpidM courses

Every year EpidM organizes courses in epidemiological and advanced statistical methods and a Master’s Program in Epidemiology (including international Winter Courses). The courses can provide important support in the design and analysis of your research. The dates of the courses are now available and from now on you can register.

For PhD students of VU Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC (both locations VUmc and AMC) working on a project that is embedded within the Amsterdam Public Health research institute (APH), a discount of 25% applies to the course fee of the courses and/or the Master program in Epidemiology. A condition for obtaining the discount is that the research project is embedded within APH. This means that the project must have been approved by the Scientific Quality Committee of APH and has received the official embedding letter with a SQC number. For embedding your project, go to the Scientific Quality page. Once your project is embedded you can claim your discount by sending in the discount form. For more information read the terms of payment of EpidM.

Master Evidence Based Practice in Health Care  (AMC-UvA)

The AMC University Master EBPiHC offers this study for AMC and VUmc medical students, PhD-students and all healthcare employees with 10% discount on the total study program as well as on the separate courses. 

Health Informatics courses (AMC/VUmc)

AMC-Medical informatics offers various online health informatics courses. VUmc and AMC employees get 25% discount on the courses.

Training: Introduction to intersectionality in public health research (online)

Are you a junior or PhD researcher interested in making your health research diversity-responsive? Do you enjoy interaction, reflection, collaboration and challenging discussions? Or do you just want to make this world a better place? Then sign up for our 3-EC online training ‘Intersectionality & I’!

  • What is intersectionality, and how can I use it in my own research?
  • What are ‘intersecting oppressions’, why do they matter for health, and what do power and privilege have to do with it?

In this entry-level training on intersectionality in (public) health research, developed for and by PhD students and early-career researchers, we cover the basic theoretical and methodological foundations of intersectionality theory. We discuss why intersectionality is a useful framework to analyze health inequalities and inequities, address common research pitfalls and solutions, and discover how intersectionality theory could be integrated in your own research activities and valorization efforts. The training is suitable for both qualitative and quantitative researchers. You do not need to have experience with intersectionality to enter the course.

This course is particularly designed for researchers who have limited experience or knowledge of applying intersectionality in their work, and who are interested in connecting with like-minded scholars. Our focus will be mainly on public health, but the topics covered are relevant for other health-related fields. APH researchers get a 25% discount.

Course Data Spring 2025: Friday, May 9, 2025 (online) & Friday, May 23, 2025 (online).

More information: s.duijs@amsterdamumc.nl or m.muntinga@amsterdamumc.nl

Sign up: Introduction to intersectionality in public health research - School for Participation

Training Participatory actionresearch (PAR)

There is increasing interest in participatory action research, but how do you do it right? Participatory action research (PAR) offers starting points for involving people (patients, citizens, experts by experience, professionals, policy makers, etc.) in research in a meaningful way. PAR is about research with and for practice and people whose lives or work are the subject of study.

In this 4-day Dutch training (3 ECTS) of the School for Participation we pay attention to the underlying principles and values of PAR, the theoretical background, quality criteria, ethics, and the influence of the (organizational) context on the research process and the role as an academic. Knowledge of qualitative research is required. Preferably by having followed a training course, but submission of a written motivation is also possible. APH researchers get a 25% discount.

Cochrane courses

Cochrane is an international, independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to help healthcare providers, policy makers and patients make decisions about healthcare. Cochrane does this by making up-to-date information on the effectiveness of health care accessible in the form of systematic reviews of the literature.

    More information about these courses can be found on the Cochrane website

    For more information about the procedures concerning registration in Hora Finita, PhD handbook, Training Plan (30 EC) and the APH PhD Education Committee, please visit the Education Quality webpage.