Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: MSc: 36 months part‑time
PgDip: 24 months part‑time
PgCert: 12 months part‑time
Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment contributes to priorities and decisions in relation to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients. Our programme will enable you to appraise evidence and understand the consequences of technology in order to prioritise its use and better prevent, diagnose and treat disease. Online learning at the University of Glasgow allows you to experience the outstanding education we are known for without the need for relocation.
2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Medicine, Pharmacy, Epidemiology, and Health Services Research.
We may also accept applicants with significant relevant work experience in addition to lower qualifications.
Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) are growing in importance internationally and there is increasing demand for employees with relevant skills. Individuals in the fields of HE and HTA inform decision making by ensuring that healthcare providers understand the impacts of new medical innovations and technologies.
Graduates are well equipped with qualitative and quantitative research skills which are ideal for jobs in academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and government information services/statistical agencies.
Potential employers and roles:
Academic/research centres or universities undertake HE and HTA research projects funded by agencies, national research bodies or health technology companies to support reimbursement or develop HE and HTA methods.
Private industry, including pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies and health insurance companies, design and undertake evaluations (effectiveness and/or cost-effectiveness) for presentation to reimbursement agencies in support of health economics and health technology products.
Local or national government agencies, regulators, health service providers or international health organisations (e.g. WHO) commission and review assessments submitted to support reimbursement of health technologies; undertake systematic reviews, evidence synthesis and evaluations to focus and direct health care policy; evaluate policy and programmes previously funded.
National or international consultancy companies undertake HE and HTA projects for governments, agencies or industry clients.
Year 1:
HTA: policy and principles
Research Methods in Health Economics and HTA
Health Economics for HTA online
Year 2:
Real-world data in health care decision making
Health Technology Assessment in a global context
Survival analysis for Health Technology Assessment
[[[MED5524]]] - Delivered online in semester 2
Maximising the Value of Clinical Trial Data: Analysis for Economic Evaluation and Modelling - Delivered online over three separate weeks in November & December
Decision Analytic Modelling and Early Health Technology Assessment
Choice experiments for health economics, HTA and one health
Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health
Statistical methods for Health Technology Assessment and Evidence Based Medicine
Year 3:
Health Technology Assessment: Research Project
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