Module Aims:
- Introduce the basic principles of decision analysis
- Develop basic decision-analytic models for
pharmacotherapeutic interventions - Teach critical appraisal of decision models in health
care with an emphasis on drug therapy
Learning Objectives
- Knowledge of the Classical Rational or Maximisation
model of decision-making - Knowledge of the different approaches to decision-
making - Ability to understand published decision-analytic
models in relation to healthcare - Ability to formulate a classical decision-analytic model
Module content
1. Written course text: Introduction to Decision-Making
2. Tutor-Marked Assigment
3. Case study of a recent decision by the Australian
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) not to
approve teriparatide for the treatment of severe vertebral
osteoporosis.
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