*We also offer a 20% discount for bookings of 4 or more people on to the
same ScHARR Short Course. Please **email Karen Holden**, for further
details of how to book at this discounted rate.*
The Identification and Review of Evidence to Inform Cost Effectiveness
Models
1 day course - Wednesday 6th May 2020
*Course overview:* the course will enable participants to develop an
understanding of the methods available for the identification and review of
evidence to inform cost effectiveness models. The course will consist of
three main sessions:
1. Practical conceptual modelling methods
2. Identification of evidence to inform models
3. Reviewing of evidence to inform models
During the sessions there will be presentations to illustrate the main
issues, structured small group discussions working through a set of related
questions and practical exercises. The course will be delivered by
researchers experienced in health technology assessment in the UK including
a cost-effectiveness modeller, information specialist and systematic
reviewer.
The course will meet the needs of those involved in health technology
assessments and is particularly suited to:
• Health Economic modellers wishing to extend their knowledge of how to
identify and review evidence
• Information specialists who wish to advance their skills in identifying
evidence for cost effectiveness models
• Systematic reviewers who wish to extend their reviewing skills related to
cost effectiveness models
*Early bird rate for bookings will close on 6th March 2020. *
*Standard booking will close on 22nd April*
Here is the direct to the course information:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit/cost_effectiveness_models
The Application of Psychometrics for Measuring Health Outcomes and Quality
of Life - 2 part course (can be done together or individually)
*Part 1: 2 day course - Mon 1st - Tues 2nd June 2020*
*Part 2: 3 day course - Weds 3rd - Fri 5th June 2020*
*Part 1:* The aim of this 2 day course is to provide participants with an
introduction to psychometrics as applied to health. It will cover the core
psychometric and statistical methods used in scale construction and the
development of multi-item patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
Sessions will be delivered by external staff Professor Jakob Bue Bjorner -
Optum Patient Insights and Georgina Jones - Leeds becket University, who
have an international reputation in psychometric methods and questionnaire
development, analysis and interpretation and ScHARR Staff Anju Keetharuth.
The course will be interactive and practical. Sessions will be delivered
using lectures and individual and small group practical exercises using
real world examples.
*By the end of this course participants should be able to:*
- Identify the key stages involved in scale construction and development
- Understand the qualitative process involved in the development of a
PROM and item generation
- Describe the different ways of scoring and scaling a PROM and the
theory underpinning these
- Understand exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analysis
and be able to carry out EFA using SPSS
- Understand what is meant by reliability, validity, and responsiveness
and be able to analyse and interpret these using SPSS
- Explore the above concepts using datasets from a range of existing
disease-specific and generic PROMs
- Be aware of the use of different software other than SPSS where
applicable.
*Part 2: The aim of this 3 day course is to provide participants with an
introduction to advanced psychometric models in analysis of multi-item
patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). The course will cover
confirmatory factor analytic methods for categorical data, Rasch models,
and other items response theory (IRT) models. Sessions will be delivered by
external staff Jakob Bue Bjorner - Optum Patient Insights, who has an
international reputation in advanced psychometric methods and ScHARR Staff
Anju Kaeetharuth. The course will be interactive and practical. Sessions
will be delivered using lectures and individual and small group practical
exercises using real world examples.*
*By the end of this course participants should be able to:*
- Perform item-level confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of PROMs using
Mplus software
- Understand the assumptions of CFA models, evaluate model fit, and
revise the model
- Understand the similarities and differences between CFA models, Rasch
models and other IRT models
- Perform IRT analyses using the Mplus software
- Understand the assumptions of Rasch and IRT models and the principles
for testing the models
- Use results from IRT analyses to develop or select the optimal PROM
for a particular research purpose
- Be aware of the use of other software for CFA, Rasch and IRT analyses.
Early bird booking rate for these courses will close 1st April 2020.
Standard booking will close 21st May 2020
Link to further information on Part 1 of the course
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit/psychometrics-part1
Link to further information on Part 2 of the course
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit/psychometrics-part2
*Link to our online store, for all ScHARR short course bookings:*
*https://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-medicine-dentistry-and-health/school-of-health-and-related-research-scharr
<https://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-medicine-dentistry-and-health/school-of-health-and-related-research-scharr>*
*If you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact the
ScHARR Short Course Unit via this email address.*
*Mrs Karen Holden*
*Short Courses & Events Officer*
*ScHARR Knowledge Exchange*
*University of Sheffield*
*ScHARR*
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Tel: 0114 222 2968
Fax: 0114 272 4095
http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit
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