Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) is organising the 1st International fellowship programme in health technology assessment (HTA) in association with University of Montreal; University of Toronto from December 10-17, 2012 at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Kochi.
The cost of health care products and medical devices continues to rise consistently. Appropriate and adequate selection of health technology thus remains an area of continuous debate. The Health Technology Assessment programme will equip participants to understand the role various factors play in this analysis and help them make their decision making evidence based.
Thus, HTA is a practice for conceptualisation, recommendation, selection and use of health technologies for aiding patient care or in selection of interventions to improve health care delivery. Guided by techniques that bring evidence-based medicine, cost–effectiveness and patient safety, HTA continues to be a subject with tremendous potential to guide decisions and planning.
The participants will learn the basics of impact assessment (IA) in selection and use of health technologies, by methodological approach. Key learning areas would include learning to conduct systematic reviews to measure clinical effectiveness, economic modelling by understanding basics of health economics and harm–benefit assessment through an integrated patient safety approach.
Hence, the programme is suited for hospital and healthcare administrators, decision makers, finance officers, medical professionals, clinical staff and will open the doors of clearer understanding for fresh graduates in medical/bio-medical/pharmaceutical/hospital management sciences.
For more information contact:
Dr Sanjeev K Singh
Medical Superintendent
AIMS Kochi
Tel: (0484) 2801234
Email: htafellowship@aims.amrita.edu / hospitaladministration@aims.amrita.edu
Website: www.aimshospital.org