Training Structure
School of Pharmacy
Language(s) of Instruction
French
Overview
Duration of the theoretical training: 95 hours
Supervised vocational project monitoring: 10 hours
Start of classes: September
End of the school year: June
Objectives
This degree program is designed to train professionals in hospitals, industry, institutions, and academia in the health economics evaluation of healthcare systems and health products, with the aim of supporting medical or institutional decision-making that takes economic constraints and opportunities into account.
Expertise and Skills
Skills acquired upon completion of the training:
Upon completion of the training, the learner will be able to:
- Master the methodology of health economic evaluations, which link the costs of healthcare organizations or products to medical outcomes.
- gain a thorough understanding of the regulatory and ethical aspects of health economic and pharmacoeconomic evaluation
- Understand hospital, industrial, and institutional applications
- be able to propose a health decision-making framework that includes controlling health care spending
Program
This program is designed as an e-learning course with live and/or hybrid access. It is tailored to the schedules of students in initial training and working professionals, with learning outcomes assessed through ongoing evaluation conducted at the learner’s own pace and through the completion of a supervised professional project.
1 exam session
- Continuous assessment tailored to the learner's pace, conducted remotely on the learning platform; weighting: 4
- Report on a group-based, supervised vocational project, written, weighted 2
- Oral defense of the supervised career-oriented project, oral, weighting 2
To earn the University Diploma (DU), the student must achieve a final grade of 10/20 or higher.
Admission
Admission Requirements
Applications:
Submit your resume and cover letter online between July 1 and August 31.
Incomplete applications or those submitted after the deadline will not be processed.
Target Audience
Initial training:
Have successfully completed the fifth year of study in medicine, pharmacy, midwifery, dentistry, or, by special exemption, the fifth year based on the student’s career plans.
And/or hold a Master’s 2 degree, subject to review of the applicant’s credentials by the academic committee
And/or any person deemed by the academic committee to be capable of following the coursework based on their career plans
Continuing Education:
Engineer, doctor, pharmacist
And/or hold a foreign degree in medicine, pharmacy, or dentistry
And/or any person deemed capable of participating in the program by the academic committee
And then
Employment Placement
- Expert in health economics
- Healthcare professional with expertise in health economics
Here are a few examples of specific career opportunities:
In industry or the private sector:
- Market Access Manager
- Health Economics Manager
- Pharmacoeconomics Coordinator (Pharmacoeconomics Manager)
- Health Economics Engineer
In a healthcare facility:
- Pharmacist/Physician/Hospital Engineer in the research sector, expert in health economics
- Pharmacist or hospital physician serving on the committee on medications and sterile medical devices at his or her institution
- Hospital Pharmacist in the Purchasing/Procurement Department for Medications and/or Medical Devices
In an institution:
- Pharmacist/Physician working in an institutional setting (OMEDIT, ARS, HAS, Health Insurance, University) responsible for health economics issues
- Institutional Health Economics Analysts