MEDICAL STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF

HEALTH ECONOMICSwhat should they know …

what do they know …

BSc (intercalating) undergrad project

Teaching Health Economics

General consensus about what undergraduate economics and postgraduate economics/HSR/ public health students need to know

General competency among us to teach this (see one, do one, teach one)

Growth in demand for health economics teaching

Not just “economists” who are interested

Medical students/nurses/physiotherapists are “interested”

Public Health Training (MFPH Part A) Scottish Doctor (Learning outcome for

basic, social and clinical sciences and underlying principles )

Raises the questions

What to teach? Who to teach it? When to teach it?

Personal experience of Nottingham, UEA and now Glasgow

Student Project

Reviews of the literature and documentation

Interviews with teaching staff (Pilot) survey of three medical schools

Analysis of the survey multi choice questions will be scored comparisons across schools/years

Issues

Pedagogy of learning Problem Based Learning (PBL) How does Health Economics fit into

this What do they need to know?

Costs, benefits, ICERs, WTP Demand, supply, cost curves Health funding, organisation Grossman model

What next?

Newcastle University and NICE are looking at establishing a teaching package

But still the issue of what to teach And who should teach it (anyone if a

“package” exists) Larger survey to establish the

extent of the “problem”