11TH BASIC SUMMER COURSE ON VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGY
Description
Epidemiology in veterinary medicine is becoming increasingly important for everyone active in veterinary practice, research, consultancy, organization and regulation of animal production.
The aim of this summer course is to make all participants familiar with the key aspects of veterinary epidemiology in a practical and applied manner.
Upon completion of this course participants should be familiar with all basic concepts of veterinary epidemiology, be capable of critically reading and understanding scientific literature and performing basic statistical and epidemiological analyses. Moreover, the participants should be ready to design observational, analytical or clinical studies and to critically analyze the results. Furthermore the participants will be introduced to several aspects of more advanced epidemiological tools.
The course will be organized as a two week summer course ( 14 september - 25 september 2026 ) consisting of 10 course days. Everyday will be filled with a mixture of theoretical training and practical applications . At the end of the course there will be the possibility to participate in a “take-home” exam. In addition to on-site participation, the summer course is also available online.
The course will be taught by different experienced lecturers with ample theoretica and practical knowledge .
Program
- All coursedays start at 9h and end at 17h
- Coffee breaks at 10h30 and 15h
- Lunchbreak from 12h30- 13h30
Remarks
Please note: the course will only take place if there are enough registrations. This decision will be announced no later than August 1, 2026.
The course fee is € 1500.
- For PhD students of Ghent university, there is a reduced fee of € 600, which can be refunded by the doctoral schools. Please note: your registration is not valid until payment has been received.
- The online version of the course is available at a reduced fee of € 1275. However, participants following the course online will miss out on several on - site activities, including the farm visit and the one health game.
- The registration fee includes:
- all course notes
- all theoretical and practical courses
- coffee breaks on all course days
- lunch during all course days (except for PhD students of Ghent University)
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11TH BASIC SUMMER COURSE ON VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGY - ON SITE
For PhD students of Ghent University, there is a reduced fee of €600, which can be refunded by the doctoral schools. Please note: your registration is not valid until payment has been received.
- PhD students may select the special rate “PhD student UGhent.”
- Your department will cover the cost initially. The payment of €600 must then be transferred via internal transfer to account E/00118/01 with the reference “Summer Course Epidemiology + student's name”
- Please send an e-mail to acvetmed@ugent.be once the payment has been processed.
- Only then will your registration be complete.
- https://www.ugent.be/doctoralschool/en/doctoraltraining/courses/fundingopportunities/overview.htm
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11TH BASIC SUMMER COURSE ON VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGY - ONLINE
The online version of the course is available at a reduced fee of € 1275.
However, participants following the course online will miss out on several on-site activities, including the farm visit and the one health game.