HTA Related Courses

This list is continuously updated with courses and programs related to HTA. If you would like to inform your HTA colleagues about a course that might be of interest to them, please contact the Secretariat.

Advanced Modelling Methods for Health Economic Evaluation (3-day Workshop)

July 28-30, 2010, Bangkok, Thailand

This 3-day modeling course is to be held in the Millennium Hilton Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

The short course has run over a period of 7 years as a successful collaboration between the Universities of York and Glasgow in the UK, and McMaster University in Canada.  The Bangkok course will also involve researchers from the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) in Thailand. 

This is an advanced course focusing specifically on decision modelling and intended for people currently undertaking modelling for health economic evaluation within the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, consultancy, academia or the health service. It is also appropriate for those reviewing or preparing economic evaluation evidence for public health authorities.

By the end of the course participants will be expected to:

Develop and populate a decision model
Populate a Markov model with and without time-dependent probabilities
Undertake probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) to reflect parameter uncertainty
Present the results of a PSA using net monetary benefits and cost-effectiveness acceptability curves
Assess expected value of perfect information
Model developed in Microsoft Excel and in Treeage
Gather experience relating to the use of economic evaluation in public policy decisions


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International HTA course at UMIT

This introductory course covers the key elements and methods of HTA and DS and combines lectures, discussions, case study group work, and hands-on computer lab session. Case examples of the course include technologies from different areas such as pharmaceuticals, devices, public health & prevention strategies, management programs and health information systems.

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Systematic reviews for HTA and Pharmacoeconomics: their role in reimbursement decisions

1-3 March, 2010, University of York, UK

Decision makers require evidence on the costs and benefits of health technologies. Systematic reviews and economic evidence are core to formal decision making processes in healthcare. This three day training event provides an introduction to the methods of identifying and synthesising evidence for decision makers. It provides guidance, based on best practice, to those developing evidence submissions to reimbursement agencies or health care payers. The training event will comprise lectures, group work and practical sessions.

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Trials registers, trial results registers and other research registers: Challenges and opportunities

February 18, 2010, York, UK

Provides an overview of research registers recording ongoing research such as clinical trials and results registers

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Health Technology Assessment - E-learning course in Spanish

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy(IECS), Argentina

Distance Learning Course in Spanish aimed to Latin-American researchers, policy-makers and other research users. In this course, with practical focus, the participants will acquire the knowledge and tools necessary to carry out, interpret, plan and implement health technology and economic assessments for decision-making in health.
Global Health Research Initiative (CIDA-IDRC-CIHR) and counts with the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and INAHTA.

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Innovation and Health Technology Assessment: Improving Health System Quality

The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is happy to announce the Observatory Venice Summer School 2009. This event which is jointly organized with the Veneto Region - one of the Observatory’s partners - will take place from 26 to 31 July 2009 on the San Servolo Island in Venice.

The theme for this year’s Summer School will be: Innovation and Health Technology Assessment: Improving Health System Quality.

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International Master's in Health Technology Assessment and Management (Ulysses Program)

The Ulysses Master's Program in HTA&M is currently accepting applications for its fifth cohort. Taught by internationally acclaimed faculty, the Ulysses program offers students cutting edge training in the principles, methods and impacts of HTA&M in a unique global learning environment. Our program's intensive format adapts to the needs, skills, and expectations of clinicians and other full time professionals and to those of graduate students who wish to concentrate on completion of a master's dissertation.
The pedagogical format comprises four two-week teaching sessions held in different cities (Montreal, Rome, Barcelona and Toronto) over a 20-month period, and completion of an internship or a Master’s thesis. Throughout the program, information technology is used to facilitate exchanges between students and faculty members located in different parts of the world.
The 80 Ulysses alumni include doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, political scientists and pharmacists and come from 18 different countries around the globe: Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Applications for the 2009-2010 cohort are due in early 2009. Students may register for Ulysses via one of four Universities (University of Montreal, University of Toronto, Universita Cattolica in Rome, University of Barcelona). For more information, please see: http://www.ulyssesprogram.net .

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The fifth European Health Executive Programme 2008

School for Health, University of Durham, UK

The European Health Executive Programme (EHEP) provides a five module program, each delivered in a different country during 2008. The program is directed to top executives and clinicians, research directors and policy advisors in the public, private and not for profit health and social care sectors

For further information please visit: www.dur.ac.uk/european.healthexec
 

Cochrane Collaboration Workshops

The Cochrane Collaboration hosts a variety of workshops on aspects of Cochrane reviews at international locations throughout the year. This site contains details when and where the workshops are available.

For further information please visit www.cochrane.org/news/workshops.shtml
 

MSc Health Service Research & Technology Assessment

University of Sheffield (ScHARR), UK

ScHARR offers an extensive range of master courses in Health Services Research and Technology Assessment covering health economics, management and informatics, social care research, public health and psychoanalytic studies.

For further information please visit www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/prospective_pg/masters/mhsrta.html
 

Short Courses in health technology assessment (HTA)

University of Birmingham, UK

The West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Collaboration (WMHTAC) offers a variety of short courses in health service research methods and HTA during the academic year, which are run in conjunction with the MSc course. These include: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Health Services Research, HTA Principles and Practices, Methodological Basis of HTA, Clinical Trials.

For further information please visit www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/programmes/hta/short-courses.htm
 

Master's Programme in Evidence Based Healthcare and Health Technology Assessment (EBH & HTA)

University of Birmingham, UK

University of Birmingham offers a flexible post graduate program divided into following modules delivered across two semesters: HTA Principles and Practices; Epidemiology Statistics and Health Information; Economic Evaluation in Healthcare; Methodological Basis of HTA; Statistical Methods; Clinical Trials; Qualitative Research Methods; and Advanced Health Economics.

For further information: http://pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/programmes/hta/content.htm
 

Applied Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Course

Hayes Inc

This Hayes training tool is a web-based, self-study course in applied HTA. The course is intended for those who wish to create a rigorous, scientifically sound decision-making process regarding insurance coverage, policy development, technology acquisition, and quality assurance. Participants will learn to recognize the best available evidence and incorporate it into a decision-making process that will give them a better understanding of how to improve healthcare quality, safety, equipment acquisition, and budget decisions.

The Hayes Training Programs faculty offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional level courses, many of which are distance education courses and onsite workshops. The courses cover a variety of medical and scientific disciplines, including epidemiology and population medicine, primary care, nursing, occupational health sciences, oncology, comparative medicine, alternative and complementary medicine, molecular biology, pharmacology, surgery, biostatistics, and library sciences.

For further information: www.hayesinc.com/training
 

PG Certificate/Diploma Health Economics

University of York (HERC), UK

The University of York (HERC) offers a postgraduate certificate and diploma in Health Economics for Health Care Professionals are available to study via distance learning. The university now offers the option of studying individual modules without registering to study the full program, (subject to entry requirements) and assessments centers in ten locations across the world. Modules include Health Economics Concepts and Economics of Health care Systems.

For further information: www.york.ac.uk/res/herc/distance/diploma.htm
 

Health Sciences Graduate Programs

McMaster University, Canada

McMaster University provides numerous options for study within the Health Sciences Graduate Programs in Health Research Methodology: PhD; MSc; Diploma and graduate courses.

For further information: www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/grad/hrm/index.htm 
 

National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health care Technology

A self study course

This online self-study short course purposes to discuss and provide an overview of important sources of health economics information through four modules. Each module offers a quiz for self assessment.

For further information: www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/edu/healthecon/00_he_intro.html 
 

Health Economics Courses

McMaster University (CHEPA), Canada

The Department of Economics and the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) at McMaster University offer graduate programs in Health Science (Health Research Methodology, Nursing, Medical Sciences, occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation Science) and Biomedical Engineering.

For further information: www.chepa.org/Education/Graduatecourses/tabid/87/Default.aspx
 

Health Economics for Practice

Kings College London, UK

The School of Biomedical and Health Sciences offers a program of advanced study and research through laboratory techniques, planning, implementation, seminars and workshops.
 
For further information: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/biohealth/pg/rpg.html
 

Postgraduate Certificate in Health Economics - Distance Learning

Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), University of Aberdeen, UK

HERU’s postgraduate course focuses on techniques available within economic evaluation, allocation of scarce health resources and economic approaches to informing decisions.

For further information: www.abdn.ac.uk/heru/teaching/home.php
 

Short courses in health economics

Health Economics Facility (HEF), University of Birmingham, UK

HEF offers four short courses aimed at professionals working in the health care industry, both private and public sectors (including the pharmaceutical industry), and those working in academic centers or government.
The courses are part of the MSc programs being offered as 1-week intensive courses in health economics. 

For further information: www.hsmc.bham.ac.uk/hef/postgraduate2.htm
 

MSc (Diploma) in Health Economics and Health Policy

University of Birmingham, HEF - Health Economics Facility

This Masters (Diploma) programme is suitable for people currently working in the health care sector (in both the public and private sectors, including the pharmaceutical industry) who wish to improve their understanding of and skills in health economics; and graduates who wish to pursue a career in health economics and / or health services research.

For further information: www.hsmc.bham.ac.uk/hef/postgraduate1.htm
 

Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Workshops

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM)

CEBM offers workshops and short few days courses in Evidence Based Medicine.

For further information: www.cebm.net/?o=1018
 

Systematic Reviews

University of Oxford, UK

Systematic reviews course provides the practical aspects of question formulation, study identification, appraisal of quality, data extraction and collection and statistical synthesis reporting. The course will take place on five separate full days.

For further information: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/cpd/healthsciences/courses/short_courses/systematic_reviews/default.asp
 

Short courses and workshops

University of Oxford, UK

University of Oxford offers a wide range of short courses and workshops on statistics, qualitative research methods, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, patient based evidence, ethics in health care, etc.

For further information: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/cpd/healthsciences/courses/short_courses/default.asp
 

Master of Public Health – MPH

University of Liverpool, UK

The Master’s Programme offers one year full time and two to six year part time options with provision for Pg Diploma and Pg Certificate options. It puts the multidisciplinary focus and commitment to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health for All principles.

For further information: www.liv.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught_courses/public_health_mph.htm