Course - Using evidence to inform health decision-making - HELA3004
HELA3004 - Using evidence to inform health decision-making
About
New from the academic year 2023/2024
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home examination | 100/100 | 6 hours |
Course content
This course introduces the concept of evidence-informed decision making, focusing on how research and other evidence can be used within decision making processes in the health and social sectors to help ensure better decisions for better health. During the course, students learn about the kinds of evidence that can be used to address different questions; how we might understand the roles of evidence in decision making processes in organisations, including factors affecting evidence use; how evidence can be packaged for use in managerial decision making processes, including the roles of systematic reviews; and critiques of the concept of evidence-informed decision making. Using global and national examples from the health and social care sectors, the course will explore how different types of evidence can inform understanding of issues such as the acceptability and feasibility of decision options and their affordability.
Learning outcome
On completion of the course, the student...
Knowledge:
- knows theories that help understand the decision making stage of policy processes within the health and social sector organisations
- knows different understandings of what constitutes evidence in relation to decision making
- knows the roles that different types of evidence and different stakeholders can play in decision making, and other factors that impact on decision making
- knows of approaches for packaging evidence to inform decision making in the health and social sectors, including tools for assessing how much confidence to place in findings from systematic reviews
- knows of factors affecting managers’ use of evidence decision making in organisations
- knows key critiques of evidence-informed decision making and challenges to implementing it in health and social care organisations
Skills
- can explain theories and concepts regarding decision making processes as part of the policy cycle, including the roles of different types of evidence and policy stakeholders
- can explain and assess when to use systematic reviews in a decision making process
- can identify tools for packaging evidence for decision making
- can identify approaches that can support the use of research evidence to inform decision making in your organisation
- can reflect on your role as a health manager in decision making processes for health and social care
General competence
- has insights into how managers can use evidence within decision making processes in the health and social sectors
- is aware of the ways in which structured, evidence-informed decision making processes can be organized and managed
Learning methods and activities
The course will include a range of different forms of learning, including lectures, seminars, groupwork tasks, oral presentations and simulation, with a focus on learner-led approaches and dialogue-based teaching and discussions. We will draw actively on students’ experiences in the course. The teaching will be "session-based" with two in-person gatherings of two days each in Ålesund. The option to join online may also be available. The language of teaching and examination is English.
Further on evaluation
Individual written home examination with a duration of six hours. Letter grades A-F.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Global Health (MSPUHE)
Health Care Management (MHLED)
Required previous knowledge
Admission to one of the following study programmes is required: Healthcare Management (MHLED), Global Health (MSPUHE), a PhD programme at NTNU.
Exchange students or students from other Norwegian universities may be accepted after an individual evaluation.
Course materials
There is no required textbook for the course. Course readings and other resources will be published in Blackboard at the start of studies.
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2023
Language of instruction: English
Location: Ålesund
- Health Science
- Public Health
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Health Sciences Ålesund
Examination
Examination arrangement: Home examination
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
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Autumn
ORD
Home examination
100/100
Release
2023-11-09Submission
2023-11-09
09:00
INSPERA
15:00 -
Room Building Number of candidates -
Spring
UTS
Home examination
100/100
Release
2024-01-15Submission
2024-01-15
09:00
INSPERA
15:00 -
Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"