Health Technology Assessment – Online Course – FutureLearn

Enhance your understanding of how new drugs and treatments are adopted by health services through health technology assessments Explore the decision-making process behind healthcare technology assessment Why are some treatments made available to patients while others are not On this course youll explore how health technology assessment HTA informs whether we should have access to certain treatments on the NHS or other healthcare systems Youll learn how decisions are made about which treatments are made available and the considerations that made surrounding benefits and costs This course is based on the University of Sheffields online distance-learning programme the MSc International Health Technology Assessment You can continue to learn about healthcare decision-making in our other online course Measuring and Valuing Health Well look at some of the key processes of HTA in order to answer some key questions about a new treatment such as How do we know if the treatment is of benefit How can we make sense of all the evidence How is evidence of the cost of drugs used in HTA Well also explore how the final HTA report fits within the wider range of information used to make decisions about which treatments to fund Explore the assessment process for a new health technology and how this applies to a potential decision outcome Explain the process behind decisions about which healthcare treatments are funded to a patient or member of the public Investigate a health technology assessment HTA and understand the evidence presented Contribute to an informed discussion about whether or not a new health technology is adopted and funded by the NHS or other national healthcare system