Swiss TPH Quarto training – Quarto training

1 Learning objectives 🎯

This training introduces the purpose and benefits of creating analytically reproducible documents and shows how Quarto can facilitate this process:

Understand the concept of analytically reproducible documents, including their benefits for public health research;
Understand where Quarto fits within the landscape of existing tools and the advantages it offers over other technical solutions;
Learn the basics of the Quarto syntax;
Gain hands-on experience using Quarto with RStudio to create dynamic, reproducible documents
e.g., analytical reports, research manuscripts, websites, dashboards, etc.

2 Pre-requisites 📋

Basic knowledge of R programming
Familiarity with the RStudio interface
Laptop with RStudio version 2022.07 or later installed

3 Content navigation 🧭

In this training, you will find the following resources to help you along your learning journey:

📘 Lecture notes — Reference materials and examples;
📙 Assignments — Self-paced exercises to practice and apply skills:
- 📋 Instructions — Objectives and expectations of the exercise;
- ✅ Corrections — Detailed solutions with step-by-step explanations;
- Difficulty of assignments:
  - Getting started 🌱 — Guided exercises for complete beginners;
  - Beginner ⭐ – Foundational exercises to build confidence;
  - Intermediate ⭐⭐ – Intermediate challenges to build on core concepts for deeper understanding;
  - Advanced ⭐⭐⭐ – More challenging exercises for comprehensive mastery.

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5 Update history 📜

February 04, 2025: Initial release.
January 16, 2026: Add instructions to use Swiss TPH templates.

6 Contributors 👥

This work was a collaborative effort, incorporating feedback from students and staff at Swiss TPH. Substantial contributions are acknowledged where applicable on the corresponding pages.

7 License 🏷️

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Citation

BibTeX citation:

@online{langet2026,
  author = {Langet, Hélène and Zhu, Zhihan},
  title = {Swiss {TPH} {Quarto} Training},
  date = {2026-01-16},
  langid = {en-US}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Langet H, Zhu Z. Swiss TPH Quarto training. 2026.