PGDip

Applied Health Economics

Run with our collaborative partner Diploma MSc, the Postgraduate Diploma Applied Health Economics will enable health care professionals to be well equipped to elicit the maximum value from finite budgets.

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Key Course Details

  • Start Date

    March

  • Location

    Online

Fees

  • Start Date

    September

  • Location

    Online

Fees

The course help students understand why Health Economics has and should become integral to healthcare decision-making as well as understanding the underlying principles, methodologies and processes.

DESIGNED FOR

The online course in Health Economics will enable more health care professionals to have the required knowledge to treat patients.

In Partnership With

  • Learna | Diploma MSc

Skills Taught

  • Decision making
  • Critical evaluation 

Module Overview

This course will help students understand why Health Economics has and should become integral to healthcare decision making as well as understanding the underlying principles, methodologies and processes associated with this established and growing international discipline.

Health Economic Decision Making and Health Technology Appraisal/Assessment
In this module, you will understand and evaluate the purpose, principles and processes of health economics in healthcare decision-making, understand and critically evaluate the strengths and limitations of health economics in healthcare decision making.

Principles of Obtaining Patient Access in Healthcare Systems
You will develop a critical understanding of the way in which benefits or clinical value are calculated and judged within health economic decision making.

Health Economic Modelling and Analysis
This module will develop a critical understanding of the economic burden of chronic diseases, types of economic analyses, establishing pay thresholds and budget impact

Understanding the Use of Data in Health Technology Assessment
You will develop a critical understanding of data interpretation including levels of evidence and statistical interpretation of data.

National and International Health Economic Decision Making
You will develop a critical understanding of the international health economic decision-making processes within legal frameworks together with the procurement and tendering processes associated with treatments.

Sub-National (regional, institutional) Health Economic Decision Making
Explore how national decisions are applied at sub-national level; what additional information is needed at a sub-national level and in what format; who are the stakeholders/decision makers and the challenges.

 

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Typical qualification requirements:

To secure your place on the course, applicants will typically hold a first degree or equivalent (including international qualifications) in a relevant professional healthcare field, such as a medical or nursing degree. Registered healthcare professionals without these recognised qualifications will be considered on an individual basis and a wide range of prior experience may be taken into account.

In some cases, applicants may be asked to submit a piece of work for assessment in order to confirm that they are able to work comfortably at postgraduate level, and demonstrate the requisite clinical and professional knowledge.

 

 

International applications welcomed:

We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence please view our dedicated country pages.

English language requirements

International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.

Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.

If you have previously studied through the medium of English IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.

If you do not meet the English entry criteria please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.

Contextual offers

We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.

USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.

 

We're here to help

Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch and we'd to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.

 

Fees and Funding

Additional Costs

As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote- access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.

Course Highlights

How you'll learn

The course is delivered online and each module has the same format. Using an online platform and one tutor per 10-15 students, the self-directed distance learning is guided by tutor stimulated discussion based on clinically rich case scenarios.

Group projects are undertaken alongside independent projects. Reflective practice is recorded in a reflective portfolio to help students consider how the learning can be translated into everyday work and practice.

Once you have secured your place on the course, you will be invited to an Online Induction Day Webinar.

Facilities

Students will have access to over 13,000 full-text journal articles, news articles and
conference proceedings. You will also have access to the Learning Resources Centre
materials at the University of South Wales.

Careers and Employability

Graduate careers

The PG Diploma in Health Economics is being introduced with the express purpose of promoting and enhancing professional skills and knowledge among its students which have direct relevance and application to the demands of their working roles.

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