Format: Live classroom training, live instruction, live coding, group exercises, and dedicated office hours
Outcome: Walk away with a working understanding of the OMOP Common Data Model (CDM), an actionable data harmonization plan, and the tools to execute it.

Date, Time, and Location

Location: STUNS Life Science Dag Hammarskjölds väg 38 Uppsala Science Park, 751 83 Uppsala View on map

Recommended Hotels: Hotel von Kraemer or Akademihotellet

Learning Objectives

1. The OMOP Common Data Model: Learn to explain what the OMOP CDM is, what problems it resolves and how it can be applied

2. Targeted use groups, use-cases and value proposition

3. Federated Research: Gain an understanding of the role of standardization in federated research

4. Semantic Mapping: Learn to perform semantic mapping using the OMOP vocabularies

5. ETL Process: Gain an understanding of how to design and implement an OMOP ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) process

6. Data Quality Assurance: Learn how to evaluate and improve data quality

7. Data Analysis: Learn to conduct standardized observational analyses using OHDSI tools

8. Data Harmonization in Practice: Build experience in executing an end-to-end mini-harmonization project

9. OHDSI Methods & Tooling: Gain insights on how to use OHDSI methods and tools

For more details, read the course details further down on the page.

Course Roadmap

Day 1 (Morning & Afternoon): • OMOP Intro + OHDSI Toolset – theory, demos, and guided exploration

Day 2 (Morning): • OMOP Intro + OHDSI Toolset – theory, demos, and guided exploration

Day 2 (Afternoon): • Mini Harmonization Project – split into small teams, write, test, and debug ETL scripts

Day 3 (Morning & Afternoon): • Mini Harmonization Project – split into small teams, write, test, and debug ETL scripts

Day 4 (Optional): • Project Case Deep Dive– Discuss and apply lessons to your own use case, receive instant feedback.

Who Should Attend?

This bootcamp is for organizations who: • Want to transform their health data assets into OMOP CDM and build Real World Evidence capabilities • Want to move from vision to practical implementation of OMOP CDM • Want to use OMOP-harmonized data for clinical development, research, policy development, health tech innovation • Want to join federated collaborative data and research networks

Hospitals, Regional Healthcare Authorities, Quality Registries/Registry Organizations, Research Institutions, Biobanks, National Authorities (connected to healthcare and/or health data), Health Data HealthTech Innovators.

Targeted roles to join: • Health Data Owners/Data Custodians • Data Scientists, Clinical Researchers & Epidemiologists • Health Data Warehouse Architects/ETL Developers/Health Informatics Specialists • Decision-Makers & Program Leaders (Digital Transformation Leads, Registry Directors, Health Data Strategists) • Healthcare Policy Stakeholders

What You Get

• 3 full days of in-person training incl. hands-on practice • All course materials (slides, notes, sample code) in a downloadable bundle • AWS training environment – 1 month of hands-on practice after the bootcamp • A 1-hour post-Bootcamp online follow-up Q&A session – to dive deeper or troubleshoot your use case • Community access – join the OHDSI network and keep the momentum going • A network of individuals in Sweden with interest to become OMOP CDM practitioners • Daily lunch and Swedish fika included

Optional: • 1-day Deep Dive in participants’ use cases

Prerequisites

Must-have: • Laptop (Windows/Mac/Linux) • Good understanding of English

Nice-to-have: • Basic knowledge of observational health data • Scripting/programming experience (Python/SQL) • Willingness to collaborate in mixed skills groups

Note: • No prior OMOP CDM knowledge or experience required • No coding experience required • We will build you from the ground and up

Bootcamp Fees*

3-day OMOP CDM Bootcamp

• Non-profit organizations: 12.900 SEK
• For-profit organizations: 16.900 SEK

4-day OMOP CDM Bootcamp (incl. 1-day OMOP Own Use-case Deep Dive)

• Non-profit organizations: 16.900 SEK
• For-profit organizations: 21.900 SEK

*All prices are excl. Swedish VAT (moms).

*As a member of SFMI (Swedish Association for Medical Informatics) you have an extra discount. Contact the education coordinator (christian@passion2improve.se) for price.

Cancellation Policy

You may cancel your booking for the 3+1-Day OMOP CDM Bootcamp – The OMOP School by notifying us in writing. You will receive the % of refund based on the period of notice received as follows: • ≥ 60 days before 1st day of training: 100%
• 30-59 days before 1st day of training: 50%
• < 30 days before 1st day of training: 0%

Training Providers

Passion 2 Improve Sverige AB (Organizational ID: 559108-9833) Bastuvägen 51, 138 36, Sweden NV edenceHealth (Organizational ID: BE0719961021) Veldkant 33A, B-2550 Kontich, Belgium.