Training structure
Faculty of Pharmacy
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
Duration of the theoretical training: 95 hours
Follow-up of a professional project : 10 hours
Start date: September
End of course: June
You will also find a video presentation: http://video.umontpellier.fr/video/12728-du-deesse-aide-a-la-decision-pour-levaluation-medico-economique-des-systemes-de-soins-et-des-produits-de-sante
Objectives
This diploma is designed to train hospital, industrial, institutional and academic professionals in the medico-economic evaluation of healthcare systems and products in order to provide assistance in medical or institutional decision-making, taking into account economic constraints and opportunities.
Know-how and skills
Competences acquired at the end of the training :
Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to:
- mastering the methodology of medico-economic evaluations that link the cost of organizations or health products with medical outcomes.
- master the regulatory and ethical aspects of medical/pharmaco-economic evaluation
- know the hospital, industrial and institutional applications
- know how to propose a decision support approach in health care including the control of health care expenses
Program
This training is designed as a 100% distance learning course with live and/or recorded access to interventions and teaching aids. It is adapted to the constraints of students in initial training and to those of working professionals with a validation of the acquired knowledge by a continuous control carried out at the learner's pace and by the implementation of a professionalizing project with tutorials.
1 exam session
- Continuous assessment at the learner's own pace carried out remotely on the teaching platform, coefficient 4
- Thesis on a professional project carried out in group, written, coefficient 2
- Oral defense of the professional tutored project, oral, coefficient 2
To validate the DU, the learner must obtain a final grade greater than or equal to 10/20.
Admission
Conditions of access
Application to pharma-du @ umontpellier.fr @ by enclosing a CV and covering letter
Target audience
Initial training:
To have validated the 5th year of study in medicine, pharmacy, maieutics, odontology or by derogation in the 5th year according to the professional project.
And/or to have a Master 2 on file evaluated by the pedagogical commission
And/or any person judged suitable to follow the course by the pedagogical commission according to the professional project
Continuing Education:
Engineer, physician, pharmacist
And/or hold a foreign degree in medicine, pharmacy or dentistry
And/or any person judged capable of following the course by the pedagogical commission
And then
Professional integration
- Expert in health economics
- Health professional with expertise in health economics
Some examples of concrete opportunities:
In industry or private company:
- Market access manager
- Health economics manager
- Pharmacoeconomics manager
- Health economics engineer (Ingénieur d'études en médico-économie)
In a health care facility:
- Pharmacist/Physician/Hospital engineer, research sector, expert in medico-economics
- Pharmacist/Hospital Physician participating in the Drug and Sterile Medical Device Commission of his/her institution
- Hospital pharmacist, drug and/or medical device purchasing/supply area
In institutions:
- Pharmacist/Institutional physician (OMEDIT, ARS, HAS, Assurance Maladie, University) in charge of medico-economic issues
- Medical and Economic Institutional Design Engineers