About the Summer School

The idea for this Summer School was conceived during an international workshop on “Evidence-Based Public Health: Concepts and Methods“, held at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich in November 2010. Following on from direct and indirect feedback from this workshop and through consultation with international colleagues working in public health and evidence synthesis, a distinct requirement for training in evidence-based public health was identified. In response to this, the European Summer School in Evidence-Based Public Health has evolved as a collaboration between the LMU Munich (Dr Eva Rehfuess) and the University of Liverpool (Dr Daniel Pope). Including eminent speakers in the field of Evidence-Based Public Health, the Summer School takes place on a regular basis in either Liverpool or Munich.

The fourth Summer School will take place in Munich from 23rd to 27th July 2018. It will be hosted by the Pettenkofer School of Public Health, and – in addition to the University of Liverpool – we are delighted to have the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff University involved as a co-organiser.

The Summer School is ideal for:

•Researchers and professionals wishing to embrace and implement a complexity perspective in their public health activities;

•Researchers planning to undertake systematic reviews of public health interventions or working on other aspects of evidence-based public health;

•Mid-career professionals working in public health institutions; and

•Students undertaking a Masters or PhD in Public Health or Epidemiology and wishing to embark on a career in evidence-based public health.

Learning objectives and methods

The European Summer School on Evidence-Based Public Health has the following objectives:

•To learn about the principles of the evolving field of evidence-based public health through the use of worked examples.

•To embrace concepts of “complex interventions” and “complex systems” and to understand how these concepts affect evaluation of public health interventions in primary research and evidence synthesis.

•To understand the process, conduct and dissemination of systematic reviews in public health, focusing on quantitative reviews but being aware of qualitative/mixed-method and theory reviews.

•To get to know the GRADE approach as a means of assessing the quality of a body of evidence.

•To appreciate challenges of and different approaches to translating evidence into public health into policy and practice.

The Summer School is ideal for:

• Researchers planning to undertake systematic reviews of public health interventions or working on other aspects of evidence-based public health,

• Mid-career professionals working in public health institutions,

• Students undertaking a Masters in Public Health or Epidemiology and wishing to embark on a career in evidence-based public health.

Learning Objectives and Methods

The European Summer School on Evidence-Based Public Health has the following objectives:

1. To learn about the principles of the evolving field of evidence-based public health through the use of working examples of public health systematic reviews and interventions.

2. To understand the process, conduct and dissemination of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in public health research.

3. To discuss methods of developing evidence-based recommendations using, for example, the GRADE approach.

4. To appreciate challenges and approaches to translating evidence in public health into policy and practice.

The Summer School includes:

• Keynote presentations from experts in the field of evidence-based public health.

• Instruction in the conduct of systematic reviews and meta-analyses using examples that cover a variety of public health areas.

• Small group exercises and practice sessions in critical appraisal, analysis of public health interventions, meta-analysis and application of research evidence in decision making.

• An expert corner to address delegate’s questions in relation to their own research (at the end of each day).

To take part in the Summer School please complete the registration form found on our German website (www.evidencebasedpublichealth.de) and return to Jacob Burns (burns@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de) who will provide instruction about payment options for registration.