Training structure
Faculty of Pharmacy
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
Duration of theoretical training: 95 hours
Supervision of a tutored professional project: 10 hours
Start date: September
End of course: June
Objectives
This diploma is designed to train hospital, industrial, institutional and academic professionals in the medico-economic evaluation of healthcare systems and products, with the aim of helping medical or institutional decision-makers to take into account economic constraints and opportunities.
Know-how and skills
Skills acquired at the end of the course :
On completion of the course, the learner will be able to :
- master the methodology of medico-economic evaluations, linking the cost of healthcare organizations or products with medical outcomes.
- master the regulatory and ethical aspects of medical/pharmaco-economic evaluation
- hospital, industrial and institutional applications
- know how to propose a healthcare decision-making process that includes controlling healthcare expenditure
Program
The course is designed as a 100% distance learning e-learning program, with live and/or recorded access to lectures and teaching aids. It adapts to the constraints of students in initial training and those of working professionals, with validation of acquired knowledge through continuous assessment at the learner's own pace, and through the implementation of a tutored professionalization project.
1 examination session
- Continuous assessment at the learner's own pace, carried out remotely on the teaching platform, coefficient 4
- Dissertation on a group project, written, coefficient 2
- Oral presentation of the professional tutored project, oral, coefficient 2
To validate the DU, the learner must obtain a final grade of 10/20 or higher.
Admission
Admission requirements
Applications :
Submit CV and cover letter online between July 1ᵉʳ and August 31.
Incomplete or late applications will not be processed.
Target audience
Initial training :
Completion of the 5th year of study in medicine, pharmacy, midwifery or dentistry, or by waiver in the 5th year, depending on professional project.
And/or hold a Master's 2 degree, as assessed by the pedagogical committee.
And/or any person deemed suitable to follow the course by the pedagogical committee, based on their professional project.
Continuing education :
Engineer, doctor, pharmacist
And/or hold a foreign degree in medicine, pharmacy or dentistry.
And/or any person deemed fit to follow the course by the teaching committee
And then
Professional integration
- Expert in health economics
- Healthcare professional with expertise in health economics
Here are a few examples of concrete job opportunities:
In industry or private enterprise:
- Market access manager
- Health economics manager
- Pharmacoeconomics manager (coordinateur des études pharmco-économiques)
- Health economics engineer (Ingénieur d'études en médico-économie)
In healthcare facilities :
- Pharmacist/Physician/Hospital research engineer, expert in medico-economics
- Hospital pharmacist/physician participating in the Drug and Sterile Medical Devices Commission of his/her establishment
- Hospital pharmacist, drug and/or medical device purchasing/supplying sector
In institutions :
- Pharmacist/Institutional physician (OMEDIT, ARS, HAS, Assurance Maladie, University) in charge of medico-economic issues
- Medico-economics research engineers