Title of Course: Health Technology Assesment
Exam number: XM 2620
Length of course: 2 hours per week
Type of course: lecture
Language: English
Lecturer: Dr. D. Luehmann
Learning outcomes:
• The students learn about the role of health technology assessment (HTA) in the decision processes of the medicare.
• The students learn about the structure, the methods, and the typical content of HTA
• The students learn to evaluate the scientific quality of HTA-reports
• The students learn to design a record for a HTA
Course Requirements:
Recommended Literature:

• Clifford S. Goodman: Introduction to Health Technology Assessment. The Lewin Group; January 2004
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hta101/ta101_c1.html

Content:

• Introduction to Technology Assessment, History, International Developments and Collaborations, relation to industry and politics
• Basics of Epidemiology; prototypic description of diseases: severity, course, outcomes; determination of the "burden of illness"; examples
• Description of technologies: technical characteristics and functioning; requirements for its use; "Life cycle" of technologies (e.g. diffusion, patterns of use, regulatory status)
• Assessing safety, efficacy, effectiveness of diagnostic technologies
• Assessing safety, efficacy, effectiveness of therapeutic and / or preventive interventions
• Basics of Health economics; Social and ethical implications of technology use
• Drawing conclusions, Information resources

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