HSH761 - Health Technology Assessment 1

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Marcus Tan

Prerequisite:

HSH746

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Campus: Seminars will be fortnightly in 2 x 2 hour blocks commencing week 1 of the trimester

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

Cloud (Online): 1 hour weekly class (recording provided) and 1 hour weekly seminar exercise posted to a moderated online discussion group

Content

Health technologies such as medicines, diagnostic tools and surgical procedures provide the opportunity for government and providers to improve health care services and patient outcomes. Given the rapid development of these technologies and expanding evidence for pre-existing interventions, decision-makers face unprecedented challenges in ensuring that high quality and innovative care is managed in an environment of scarce resources. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) provides a means by which health technologies can be assessed and prioritised against existing health care interventions to inform the benefits and comparative value of interventions. This unit will focus on HTA and the clinical evaluation process, including the role of evidence- based medicine in the decision-making process. Appraisal of clinical evidence will include ‘risk of bias’ assessment, heterogeneity across clinical trials, and the use of surrogate outcome measures, and how clinical evidence can be incorporated into economic evaluations.

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Contribution to online discussion topics 20%

Assessment task 2: Group Activity - literature search report (individual contribution 1000 words) 20%

Assessment task 3: Clinical Evaluation Report Part 1 (1750 words) 35%

Assessment task 4: Clinical Evaluation Report Part 2 (1250 words) 25%

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