HTA MOOC
Our FREE new MOOC (massive open online course) will be running between 28th October, 2013 - 8th December, 2013.
Please register to participate by clicking the button below.
What does the MOOC cover?
This course introduces you to Health Technology Assessment (HTA) as a concept (what it is, what it involves) and then takes you through the key stages in the HTA and decision-making process:
- Identifying technologies for development;
- Evaluating these technologies in trials and measuring key outcomes, such as Quality of Life (health economics)
- Appraising and pooling the evidence from these trials to determine the effect of a technology (clinical effectiveness review)
- Assessing the cost-effectiveness of those technologies (decision-analytic modelling)
- Considering how the results from this HTA process are used to inform reimbursement and pricing decisions in different countries
This course necessarily only offers a simple and brief introduction to, and overview of each of these stages in the process. However, it uses materials adapted from the online, distance learning full postgraduate programme on International HTA, Pricing and Reimbursement.
MOOC tutors
I am the Course Director for the School's MSc in International Health Technology Assessment, an entirely online, distance learning programme for part-time students who work or wish to work in HTA. I have been involved in HTA for almost 10 years, leading and contributing to HTA reports, including technology appraisals for NICE.
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My key research interests are around e-learning, e-Health, applications of web2.0 to healthcare, teaching of health informatics and information skills, and support for NHS Librarians and staff to develop key informatics skills.
Course Dates:
| Week | Duration |
| Week 0 (induction week) | 28th Oct - 3rd Nov |
| Week 1 | 4th Nov - 10th Nov |
| Week 2 | 11th Nov - 17th Nov |
| Week 3 | 18th Nov - 24th Nov |
| Week 4 | 25th Nov - 1st Dec |
We anticipate that participants on this MOOC should plan for approximately 20 hours of study time over the 5 week period (roughly 4 hours per week).