Christian brothers school, portarlington, co laois

The university of sheffield

The course approach is based around two different types of measures, how they’re developed and calculated, and how they’re used by decision makers in practice: •Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs): provide a means of gaining an insight into the way patients perceive their health and the impact that treatments or adjustments to lifestyle have on their quality of life. These instruments can be completed by a patient or individual about themselves, or by others on their behalf… Show more The course approach is based around two different types of measures, how they’re developed and calculated, and how they’re used by decision makers in practice: •Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs): provide a means of gaining an insight into the way patients perceive their health and the impact that treatments or adjustments to lifestyle have on their quality of life. These instruments can be completed by a patient or individual about themselves, or by others on their behalf. •Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs): is a generic measure of disease burden, including both the quality and the quantity of life lived. It is used in assessing the value for money of a medical intervention. Show less

Dublin business school

www.dbs.ie/

Maynooth university

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/

The university of sheffield

This course explored the key processes within Health Technology Assessments which include clinical trials, systematic reviews and economic modelling. The course explains the process which leads to potential decisions on whether or not a new health technology is adopted and funded by the NHS or another national healthcare system.

University of york

Course included overviews of the most common methods for modelling treatments for cancer, and payed particular attention to the areas that prove most challenging in HTA, including survival curve analysis, data extrapolation, quality of life modelling (including adverse events), handling treatment discontinuation, modelling disease progression and post-progression model assumptions.

Maynooth university

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/

Universitat pompeu fabra

www.upf.edu/en

Waterford institute of technology

www.wit.ie/

The marketing institute of ireland

https://mii.ie/

Council member

Associated with Gerard Slevin