Assessing the Impact of Medical Technologies on Health - ECO00058M
Module summary
To develop your understanding of the methods for assessing the effectiveness of health technologies.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2024-25 |
Module aims
To develop your understanding of the methods for assessing the effectiveness of health technologies.
Module learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the module you should be able to:
- Outline and explain a range of advanced methodological issues in assessing the impact of medical technologies on health for inclusion in economic evaluation studies.
- Explain and understand the key concepts in epidemiology.
- Explain different types of study design and their respective advantages and disadvantages.
- Explain and understand the principles behind randomised trials.
- Undertake a systematic review of the impact of medical technologies on health.
- Undertake a meta-analysis and understand its use in summarising the results of studies of similar interventions.
- Explain the approaches to evidence synthesis and the criteria for assessing when each is appropriate.
- Explain how to undertake an evaluation of diagnostics and screening.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Open Exam (4 days) | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Open Exam (4 days) | 100 |
Module feedback
Feedback will be given in line with University guidelines
Indicative reading
Detailed reading references are provided in the module learning materials.