HAR691: Using Evidence in the Design and Development of Models

The Using Evidence in the Design and Development of Models (online) module is led by Paul Tappenden. It runs in the Autumn semester and is worth 15 credits.

Overview

The Using Evidence in the Design and Development of Models (online) module is led by Paul Tappenden. It runs in the Autumn semester and is worth 15 credits.

It is one of the modules on:

International Health Technology Assessment and Reimbursement MSc PG Certificate PG Diploma

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2024 start
  • 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years Part-time Distance learning Online learning

Gain the skills to develop health technologies for markets across the globe. This is the only online course that covers the full range of skills to conduct health technology assessments.

Cost-Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment PG Certificate

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2024 start
  • 2 years Part-time Distance learning Online learning

Build up the technical skills to undertake cost-effectiveness modelling with this online course. Help meet the demands of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

This module is not available as a DDP module

Introduction

This module sets out the process of developing decision-analytic models in health technology assessment (HTA), and explains how this process is informed by evidence.

It explores conceptual modelling, including how to understand decision problems and how to apply this understanding to the specification and population of a relevant decision-analytic framework.

Students are introduced to information retrieval methods and formal problem structuring processes as applied to HTA.

Objectives

This module aims to provide students with a detailed knowledge of the techniques used to conceptualise and analyse decision problems within international health technology assessment.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module students will be able to:

  • Evaluate critically problem-structuring methods and their application in decision-analytic modelling
  • Retrieve and differentiate a range of evidence used to inform decision-analytic models
  • Specify a relevant conceptual model based on a typical HTA decision problem

Teaching methods

  • Bespoke online materials will be used to present the principles of information retrieval, problem structuring methods and conceptual modelling in the context of health technology decision-analytic modelling
  • Exercises based on case studies will be used to develop students' practical and critical skills in the application of information retrieval methods and problem structuring methods
  • Guided independent study will deepen students' understanding of the model development process

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