Certificate of Achievement
Mary Templeman Hogg - O'Rourke
has completed the following course:
Introduction to Health Technology Assessment
This online course introduced you to HTA, a multi-disciplinary process that evaluates the ethical, social, economic and organisation issues of a health intervention. The intervention may take the form of a pharmaceutical drug, a medical device, or a health service. In this context, health is not only the absence of disease or illness, but a person’s entire wellbeing. This course covered the topics of quality of life, making decisions within fixed health budgets, and cost-effectiveness.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Jim Lewsey
Reader in Medical Statistics
The University of Glasgow
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the multidisciplinary nature of Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
- Develop an appreciation for the diverse range of skills and knowledge involved at each stage of HTA
- Explain the concept of quality of life and understand how it can be measured
- Reflect that when working within a fixed health budget tough decisions have to be made
- Explore the concept of cost-effectiveness and how that can assist in making tough decisions in HTA
Syllabus
Week 1 – Introduction and what is HTA?
- A bit about you
- What is HTA?
- Examples of HTA
- Principles and stages of HTA
- Who conducts HTA?
Week 2 – Making decisions with HTA
- Measuring quality of life
- Whose health should we prioritise?
- Decision making using HTA
- Importance of perspective
- Identifying relevant costs
Week 3 – HTA in practice
- Important research themes
- HTA case study: findings and challenges
Issued on 17th January 2022
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