After completing this course, you will be able to:

HTA | Health Technology Assessment | health | health technology | health system economic evaluation | decision making | value | opportunity

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the fundamentals of a HTA process 
• Identify principles applicable to structuring and governing HTA organisations
• Understand the impact of HTA decisions
• Describe the key principles for the conduct of HTA
• Describe the fundamentals of a HTA process
• Describe and explain differences in HTA structure and remit
• Understand how health care systems influence HTA structure
• Understand HTA networks and collaboration

After completing the course, you will be able to:

• Understand the differences between HTA, regulatory and patients’ purposes and interests.
• Describe which domains should be included in a standard HTA
• Understand the use of different outcome measures in HTA
• Understand the synthesis of clinical research data
• Understand the principles and standard approaches to economic evaluation
• Understand which information contributes to cost-effectiveness analyses
• Understand how purpose and perspectives impact HTA
• Understand the differences between medical outcomes and societal effect and ethical issues in HTA
• Understand the legal aspects and implications of HTAs

clinical effectiveness | evaluation | HTA Core Model | domains | outcomes | synthesise | economic | evaluation | cost | cost-savings |  clinical effectiveness  | ELSI | ethical implications | societal implications  | legal implications | clinical outcome | ethical analysis

• Understand the difference between quantitative and qualitative research
• Understand the role each type of research plays in HTA
• Understand the principles of Patient Reported Outcomes
• Understand the practical application and importance of Patient Reported Outcomes in developing evidence for health technologies
• Understand where and how patients can apply these to the HTA process and formulary decision in their country
• Understand HRQoL as a sub-set of PRO concepts
• Understand the main approaches to measuring HRQoL
• Know the main domains and understand the methods of measuring HRQoL
• Understand the limitations of current approaches and potential alternatives

After completing the course, you will be able to:

• Understand how patients can contribute to HTA
• Understand different methods for obtaining evidence for patients' priorities
• Understand how to use evidence for patients’ priorities in HTA