This online course will run over 3 short days. The course will start at 9.30am on the first day and finish at 15.30pm on the last day. The total teaching time (excluding breaks) will be 14 teaching hours.

By the end of the course participants should:

1. be aware of traditional and counterfactual approaches to mediation analysis and the assumptions underlying these methods;
2. have a working knowledge of the Stata commands to run models for traditional and counterfactual approaches to mediation analysis;
3. be aware of methods to incorporate multiple mediators and intermediate confounders; and
4. have a working knowledge of the Stata commands to run models with multiple mediators or intermediate confounders.

This course is intended for medical statisticians, and epidemiologists with a quantitative background and knowledge of linear and logistic regression.

The course will:

1. review and critique traditional methods for mediation analyses;
2. describe counterfactual-based approaches to mediation analysis;
3. review traditional and counterfactual methods to incorporate multiple mediators; and
4. introduce counterfactual methods to incorporate intermediate confounders.

This course is taught by Dr Gemma Hammerton, Dr Ana Goncalves Soares, and Dr Jon Heron. All teaching staff have extensive experience in performing both traditional and counterfactual mediation analyses.

To make sure the course is suitable for you and you will benefit from attending, please ensure you meet the following prerequisites before booking:

Before booking this course, please make sure you read the information provided above about the target audience and prerequisites. It is important that you have access to the relevant IT resources needed for the course and meet the knowledge prerequisites to ensure you can get the most from the course.

Bookings are taken via our online booking system, for which you must register an account. To check if you are eligible for free or discounted courses please see our fees and voucher packs page. All bookings are subject to our terms & conditions, which can be read in full here.

For help and support with booking a course refer to our booking information page, FAQs or feel free to contact us directly. For available payment options please see: How to pay your short course fees.

Participants are granted access to our virtual learning platform (Blackboard) 1 to 2 weeks in advance of the course. This allows time for any pre-course work to be completed and to familiarise with the platform.

To gain the most from the course, we recommend that you attend in full and participate in all interactive components. We endeavour to record all live lecture sessions and upload these to the online learning environment within 24 hours. This allows course participants to review these sessions at leisure and revisit them multiple times. Please note that we do not record breakout sessions.

All course participants retain access to the online learning materials and recordings for 3 months after the course. 

University of Bristol staff and postgraduate students who do not wish to attend the full course may instead register for access to the 'Materials & Recordings' version of this course: Further information and bookings.

100% of attendees recommend this course*.
*Attendee feedback from 2024.

Here is a sample of feedback from the last run of the course:

"A nice mix of lectures and practicals. Very knowledgable instructors answering many questions throughout." - Course feedback, June 2024

"Excellent pace, highly knowledgeable and helpful instructors, useful slides." - Course feedback, June 2024

"Good mix of pre-recorded and live sessions, as well as time to practically apply knowledge." - Course feedback, June 2024

"Very well run course, very organised, the tutors were very helpful and managed the live chat very well." - Course feedback, June 2024

"Engaging and attentive speakers." - Course feedback, June 2024

"The tutors were very helpful, knowledgeable and delivered a complex topic in a fairly balanced manner, allowing a great deal of interaction with the participants. The course materials were self explanatory. Overall, a well-organised and well-executed course." - Course feedback, June 2024

"I liked the course design, particularly the balance between basic and advanced content. The practicals were nicely organised. It was great that most examples were centred on a single topic so we could focus on the technical aspects rather than be distracted by the subject (research question)." - Course feedback, June 2024