Build your understanding of health technology assessment with the only online course offering the full range of skills needed by those developing health technologies for market.
This is the only online course offering the full range of skills needed by those developing health technologies for markets across the globe.
The course is taught by experts who work directly with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on health technology appraisals.
You’ll gain an understanding of the entire HTA process alongside practical insights into the markets, pricing and customers needed for new product development in the healthcare industry. If you’re already working or aspire to work in the field of health technology assessment, health economics or market access, this course will give you the training you need to progress in your career or gain a post as a health technology evaluator or commissioner.
The course is suited to those working in the pharmaceutical, medical devices or diagnostics industries worldwide, or within health technology policy formulation, management and evidence-based commissioning and purchasing. You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the processes and contexts of markets, pricing and customers needed for new product development in multiple jurisdictions.
A 2:1 honours degree in a related subject.
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We have a number of funding options including scholarships. Please visit https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/funding
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Our students live and work all over the world. They are seeking to develop key skills to enhance their careers within HTA, market access, trial design and other aspects of health technology assessment in the private or public sector.
Core modules:
Methods and Processes in International Health Technology Assessment
Systematic Reviews and Evidence Synthesis: Principles DL
International Healthcare Systems and Reimbursement DL
Cost-effectiveness Modelling in International Health Technology Assessment DL
Economic Evaluation in International Health Technology Assessment DL
International Health Technology Assessment and Reimbursement Real World Case Studies
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