SPCR Masterclass | Working with large datasets, data coding and management

Summary: This course will provide an introduction to understanding and working with datasets, including large datasets such as CPRD. Some of our examples will be based on database software or Stata but no particular software experience is required.    

About the Speaker: Summary: This session will provide an introduction to understanding and working with large observational datasets of health data, such as the Primary Care Clinical Practice Research Datalink and its linkages to secondary care data. We will describe some of the datasets available and how to access them and go on to talk about good practice when working with these data. We will discuss general approaches to working with data to ensure efficiency, reproducibility and transparency when deriving bespoke datasets from the raw data. Our examples will be based on database software or Stata but no particular software experience is required. 

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About the Speakers:  

Liz Down is a researcher specialising in health data management, having worked on clinical trials, studies using routine data, and data collection within the NHS. 

Luke Mounce is a senior research fellow in the Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) specialising in statistics and data science. He is Lead Statistician on the Electronic Risk of Cancer (ERICA) Trial, though most of his work is conducting observational studies using large databases of routinely collected data, primarily in the impact of multimorbidity and the early detection of cancer. 

Sarah Price is a senior research fellow at University of Exeter School for Academic Primary Care working in the field of cancer diagnostics. Her research interests include missed opportunities for cancer diagnosis in primary care and cancer investigations in people with anxiety and/or depression. She is Routine Data Lead for the Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care.