Teaching and learning in health economics: Resources and support

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Teaching and learning in health economics
Resources and support

• Health Economics Study Group
• Brunel University
• September 2007
• Nancy Devlin
• Associate/Advisor, Economics Network
• E-mail n.j.devlin_at_city.ac.uk

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Aims of this session

• To introduce you to the services of the Economics
  Network, and support being provided for health
  economics.
• To provide information on recommendations/likely
  outcomes from the 2006 working group on Research
  Capacity in Health Economics.
• To seek your views on key issues in teaching and
  learning in health economics
• To get your suggestions about resources and
  support services you would find useful.
• To begin establishing a community of health
  economics teachers prepared to share resources
  and expertise with others.

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Economics Network Activities

• Events
• Workshops, away-days, conferences, visits,
  training (both standard, eg. for TAs, and
  bespoke)
• Resources
• Lecture materials exercises Case studies,
  assessment question bank.
• Evaluating and improving performance
• student surveys analysis and support for
  improvement
• Initiatives
• Funded Projects, e-Learning projects, awards
• Publications
• Teaching Handbook, journals (IREE and CHEER),
  Newsletter, email news.
• Networking
• Departmental contacts, database.

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Promoting and supporting health economics

• To date the Economics Network resources has
  concentrated mainly on core areas in UG
  programmes.
• The Economics Network recently appointed
  Associates in a number of sub-disciplinary areas
  (eg. Labour, Health Economics).
• Our aim is to promote and encourage health
  economics teaching and learning, by developing
  resources and providing active support similar to
  that currently available for core UG teaching and
  learning.

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Working Group on capacity building in health
economics

• National Coordinating Centre for Capacity
  Development, NHS.
• Chaired by Ali McGuire
• Reported August 2006, with 4 recommendations re
  funded lectureships additional MSc scholarships
  post-doc training/placements teaching resources.
  
• Some decisions/actions have been taken, but not
  yet public.
• Information will be circulated via HESG

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Issues in health economics teaching

• Curriculum content/theoretical level
• Managing disparate student skills
• Introducing interactive/problem-based teaching
• Assessment
• other?
• What support services resources would you find
  useful?