Health in Context - Timetable

Typical timetable 

Monday

09.00-09.30 Background to course and introduction (PG, AL)

09.30-10.30 Theoretical introduction to MLA: macro-micro relationships in health services research (PG)

10.30-11.00 Break

11.00-13.00 Theoretical introduction (continued)

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00 Methodological introduction to MLA (AL)

15.00-15.30 Introduction to the assignments (PG)

15.30-16.00 Break

16.00-17.00 Work on assignments by participants (PG, AL for consultations)

Tuesday

09.00-10.30 Graphs, equations and multilevel modelling (AL)

10.30-11.00 Break

11.00-13.00 Computer class (AL)

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.30 Computer class (AL)

15.30-16.00 Break

16.00-17.00 Work on assignments by participants (PG, AL for consultations)

Wednesday

09.00-09.30 Apportioning variation in multilevel models (AL)

09.30-10.30 Context and composition in multilevel models (AL)

10.30-11.00 Break

11.00-13.00 Computer class (AL)

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00 Computer class (AL)

15.00-15.30 Work on assignments by participants (PG, AL for consultations)

15.30-16.00 Break

16.00-17.00 Work on assignments by participants (PG, AL for consultations)

Thursday

09.00-11.00 Feedback from assignment 2: critical reading (PG, AL)

11.00-11.30 Break

11.30-13.00 Ecometrics:using MLA to construct contextual independent variables from individual data (PG)

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00 Computer class (AL)

15.00-15.30 Work on assignments by participants (PG, AL for consultations)

15.30-16.00 Break

16.00-17.00 Work on assignments by participants (PG, AL for consultations)

19.30-         Course dinner

Friday

09.00-10.30 Feedback from assignment 1: participants’ research (PG, AL)

10.30-11.00 Break

11.00-12.00 Feedback from assignment 1: participants’ research (PG, AL)

12.00-13.00 Conclusions and trouble-shooting, evaluation (AL, PG)