Course details
- Date: 13 November 2024 and 20 November 2024
- Time: 09:00 – 13:00
- Location: This is an online course conducted via Zoom
- Duration: 8 learning hours
- Fees:
- Full time students £150
- Academic/public sector £225
- Private sector £325
About this course
This interactive and practical course from Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre (SHTAC) provides an introduction to the basic concepts of health economics evaluation.
On completion of the course participants will be able to understand health economic evaluation terminology, basic concepts and interpret aspects of a health economic evaluation. All participants receive a PDF course pack including useful tools and resources to use in health economic evaluations.
Who this course is for
This course is ideal for anyone who needs to understand the principles of health economics and how or when they are used in evaluating the costs and benefits of healthcare interventions, particularly for those used in the UK health service. Previous delegates have been:
- Principal investigators adding a health economic evaluation to their research
- Researchers
- PhD and MSc students
- Academics
- Clinical trialists
- Health and social care workers
- Pharmaceutical employees
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, you will understand:
- The basic concepts of health economics
- How to measure health outcomes
- How to measure costs
- Cost effectiveness analyses in decision making
- Reviewing economic evaluation.
The course leaders are:
The course tutors are:
- • Keith Cooper
• Joanne Lord
• David Scott
• Neelam Kalita
• Inês Riberio
• Fay Chinnery
• Asyl Hawa
• Marcia Takahashi
What previous participants have said
“The opportunity to practice implementing what we had learned helped to consolidate concepts.”
Anon – 2023 course participant
“Brilliant course! The content was excellent, the presenters were clear and very patient answering all my questions. Thoroughly recommend to anyone new to Health Economics.”
Anon – 2022 course participant
“A really useful introduction to explore the concepts, tools and processes in Health Economic Evaluation. Following the course, I feel much more confident.”
Anon – 2022 course participant
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