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PU5501: ECONOMIC EVALUATION-APPLICATIONS AND POLICY (2020-2021)

Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04


Course Overview

None.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Graham Scotland

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Pg Certificate in Health Economics (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 70
Assessment Weeks 12 Feedback Weeks

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseIdentify the resource use events (costs) and benefits that should be included, from a range of different perspectives, in the economic evaluation of alternative health care interventions.
ConceptualEvaluateDiscuss the common limitations of RCTs as a vehicle for the economic evaluation of health care interventions
ProceduralCreateInform the design of an economic evaluation based on cost and outcome data collected alongside a randomised controlled trial of alternative health care interventions.
ProceduralEvaluateInterpret and assess the robustness of the results of an economic evaluation for the purpose of informing policy and practice in health care.
ReflectionApplyDemonstrate a working knowledge of how simple decision models can be developed and implemented in Microsoft Excel.
ReflectionEvaluateArticulate a conceptual understating of how decision modelling can be used to overcome the limitations of RCTs for the purpose of economic evaluation.

Short answer questions

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 15
Assessment Weeks 8 Feedback Weeks 10

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralEvaluateInterpret and assess the robustness of the results of an economic evaluation for the purpose of informing policy and practice in health care.
ReflectionApplyDemonstrate a working knowledge of how simple decision models can be developed and implemented in Microsoft Excel.

Short answer questions

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 15
Assessment Weeks 4 Feedback Weeks 6

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualEvaluateDiscuss the common limitations of RCTs as a vehicle for the economic evaluation of health care interventions
ProceduralCreateInform the design of an economic evaluation based on cost and outcome data collected alongside a randomised controlled trial of alternative health care interventions.
ReflectionEvaluateArticulate a conceptual understating of how decision modelling can be used to overcome the limitations of RCTs for the purpose of economic evaluation.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Report: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseIdentify the resource use events (costs) and benefits that should be included, from a range of different perspectives, in the economic evaluation of alternative health care interventions.
ProceduralCreateInform the design of an economic evaluation based on cost and outcome data collected alongside a randomised controlled trial of alternative health care interventions.
ConceptualEvaluateDiscuss the common limitations of RCTs as a vehicle for the economic evaluation of health care interventions
ReflectionEvaluateArticulate a conceptual understating of how decision modelling can be used to overcome the limitations of RCTs for the purpose of economic evaluation.
ReflectionApplyDemonstrate a working knowledge of how simple decision models can be developed and implemented in Microsoft Excel.
ProceduralEvaluateInterpret and assess the robustness of the results of an economic evaluation for the purpose of informing policy and practice in health care.

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