Decision Analysis in Health and Medicine

Code:

MI002

Acronym:

MI002

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2014/2015 - SP

Active?	No
Responsible unit:	Department of Health Information and Decision Sciences Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	0	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina 2007	6	-	1,5	32	40,5
		Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	6	-	1,5	32	40,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The purpose of decision analysis in health and medicine is to answer diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive or prognostic clinical questions through the integration of the best clinical evidence available and the adequate use of specific methodologies of decision analysis. This course aims to give the adequate theoretical foundations and practical guidance for the interpretation, design and implementation of clinical decision analysis and cost-effectiveness studies.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course, students should be able to: analyse decision processes in health and medicine; interpret and evaluate results; design and interpret cost-effectiveness studies and clinical decision analysis studies and apply and understand statistical sensitivity analysis and probabilistic uncertainty analysis.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Clinical Decision Analysis: Methods of decision analysis; decision-trees; integration of diagnostic tests in decision analysis; valuation, utilities and QALY’s; probability and uncertainty; sensitivity analysis; modelling in clinical decision analysis – Markov models and Monte-Carlo simulation; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: costs – definitions and quantification; effectiveness – valuation of health outcomes; cost-effectiveness analysis; adjusting, preferences and discounting; probability and uncertainty; sensitivity analysis; cost-effectiveness modelling.

Mandatory literature

Marthe R. Gold, Joanna E. Siegel, Louise B. Russell, Milton C. Weinstein; Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine , Oxford University Press, 1996
Michael F. Drummond, Bernard J. O'Brien, Greg L. Stoddart, George W. Torrance; Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs , Oxford University Press, 1997
M. G. Myriam Hunink, Paul P. Glasziou, Joanna E. Siegel, Jane C. Weeks, Joseph S. Pliskin, Arthur S. Elstein, Milton C. Weinstein; Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values , Cambridge University Press, 2001

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures for groups discussion, observation of patients and individual

 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Students may only be admitted to the final exam if they a 4 or above mark in the continuous assessment.

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous assessment (10 marks) – It covers the assessment of the student’s participation in the teaching and learning process of the course and it will be based on practical individual assignments.

Theoretical exam (10 marks) – Students may only be admitted to the final exam if they a 4 or above mark in the continuous assessment. The exam covers the theoretical content of the program of the course, consisting of: (a) closed answer, multiple-choice and simple open questions (b) short answer questions and (c) numerical problems.

Final assessment: Upon approval on the course, the final grade will be the sum of the marks obtained on the continuous assessment and on the theoretical exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

There is no special assignments.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the rules approved by FMUP.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the rules approved by FMUP.