Master of Science Competencies - Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics
Each department identifies competencies for each degree offered. These competencies
reflect the full range of knowledge, skills, and other attributes that a
student will acquire as a result of completing the requirements for a
particular degree.
Upon
graduation, a student completing the M.S. curriculum in health outcomes, policy, and economics will be
able to:
- perform cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit and decision analysis;
- use health technology assessment and economic methods to evaluate a new medical technology;
- perform Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) using experimental, quasi-experimental and observational designs;
- critique and perform a critical review of the existing literature through standards of evidence, literature reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis;
- apply Tree-age or other decision analysis software packages for CEA/CUA;
- apply statistical techniques for missing data and bias reduction in order to increase the validity of inferences;
- apply statistical and other economic analytic skills to evaluate health economics, health policy, health services, and outcomes research studies;
- evaluate tools to assess patient-reported outcomes of disease or treatments; and
- be proficient in presentation and communication of research findings.
