4-Day Certified Course “Introduction to Health Technology Assessment”

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

Obiettivi didattici, obiettivi del training
HTA Key Principles & Practice, Methods in Biostatistics, Clinical Epidemiology and EbM, Patient-relevant Outcome Measures, Critical Study Appraisal, Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis, Economic Evaluation and Pricing, Decision-Analytic Modeling

Pubblico target
Healthcare & Health Policy Organizations, National HTA Agencies, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Industry, Academia and Research Institutions, Health Insurances/Sickness Funds, Consultancy Organizations

Prerequisiti
No pre-requisites. Course language is English.

Certificazioni
Certificates of completion will be provided to all participants after the course. Participants have the option to do a graded course examination.

Organizzatori regionali
Institute of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment, Department of Public Health, Information Systems and Health Technology Assessment, UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology

Annotazioni
Detailed registration fees: Course fee (academic/public): Euro 1950,- (before 06 Sept 2010: Euro 1550,-). Course fee (commercial): Euro 2950,- (before 06 Sept 2010: Euro 2350,-).

Mr. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Siebert