Assessing Health Care Services and Technologies (5 cr)

Objective

To introduce students to the sustainable, evidence-based and ethical development, evaluation and use of health technologies.

Content

• The significance of health technology assessment (HTA)
• The process and main concepts of HTA
• HTA principles and their application to different types of health technologies
• HTA methods
• Content and use of HTA criteria
• Special features of HTA of digital technologies

Location and time

27.2 at 3pm-5pm
6.3 at 3pm-5pm
13.3 at 3pm-5pm
27.3 at 3pm-5pm
17.4 at 3pm-6pm FINAL SEMINAR

Materials

Useful reading materials (can be accessed electronically):
Development and Implementation of Health Technology Assessment Turning Knowledge into Action. Contributions to Management Science. Valentina Beretta, ISSN 1431-1941 ISSN 2197-716X (electronic) Contributions to Management Science ISBN 978-3-030-70307-3 ISBN 978-3-030-70308-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70308-0

New Health Technologies: Managing Access, Value and Sustainability. OECD (2017), New Health Technologies: Managing Access, Value and Sustainability, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264266438-en

Developing and Utilizing Digital Technology in Healthcare for Assessment and Monitoring. Andreas Charalambous Editor. ISBN 978-3-030-60696-1 ISBN 978-3-030-60697-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60697-8
Patient Involvement in Health Technology Assessment
Karen M. Facey • Helle Ploug Hansen Ann N.V. Single Editors
ISBN 978-981-10-4068-9 (eBook)

New Horizons in Health-Promoting Technologies: From Development to Rational Use. Topic Editors: Luciane Cruz Lopes, University of Sorocaba, Brazil Cristiane De Cássia Bergamaschi, University of Sorocaba, Brazil S., Barberato-Filho, S., Silva, M. T., Godman, B., eds. (2020). Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. ISSN 1664-8714 ISBN 978-2-88966-043-8 DOI 10.3389/978-2-88966-043-8

Teaching methods

Online contact teaching
Independent online studies
Peer reviewed interim assignments

Exam schedules

Final assignment

Completion alternatives

Final assignment

Student workload

5 ECTS=135 ECTS

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student understands the meaning of health technology assessment (HTA)
The student understands the basic concepts and process of HTA
The student understands the principles of HTA to a selected health technology solution.
The student understands the importance of HTA methods.
The student will use HTA criteria and understand their content.
The student understands the specificities of digiHTA

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student has a deeper understanding of the meaning of health technology assessment (HTA).
The student is able to apply HTA basic concepts and process.
The student is able to apply the principles of HTA to a selected health technology solution.
The student is able to apply some HTA methods.
The student uses HTA criteria and understands their content.
The student understands the specificities of digiHTA.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has an in-depth understanding of the importance of Health Technology Assessment (HTA).
The student is able to apply the basic concepts and process of HTA.
Students are able to apply the principles of HTA to selected health technology solutions.
Students are able to apply some HTA methods independently.
The student can apply the content and use of HTA criteria in an innovative way
The student has an in-depth understanding of the specificities of digiHTA.