OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ISPOR STUDENT NETWORK TO COMPLEMENT THE CURRENT ACADEMIC CURRICULUM
Author(s)
Gaitonde P1, LyttleNguessan CJ2, Cannon-Dang E3, Shah AB4, Oehrlein EM5, Khan ZM6
1University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Florida A&M University, Tallahasse, FL, USA, 3Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 4University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA, 5University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA, 6Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, USA
OBJECTIVES: The curricular needs of graduate students studying pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research (HEOR) are very broad with topics from health policy and economics to epidemiologic methods. Given the diversity of topics areas, individual academic HEOR departments may have difficulty introducing students to each of these topics. To examine topic areas where the ISPOR Student Network (SN) may complement existing academic curriculum through webinars and trainings, the SN undertook a survey of student members to identify research concepts important for HEOR, but not necessarily covered by departmental curriculum. METHODS: The survey was fielded among all ISPOR SN members in November 2015. It contained questions aimed at evaluating familiarity with topics under three broad domains: CER/Pharmacoeconomic concepts, methodological considerations, and resources. Responses were in form of Likert scale and/or were open ended. We qualitatively analyzed the frequencies and have reported the topics where ≥ 50% were “not familiar” or had “little familiarity”. RESULTS: Survey participants (n= CONCLUSIONS: The concepts of least familiarity among the student researchers were uncertainty analysis and health policy-related issues. The results of this survey have highlighted some of the specialized topics on outcomes research, which will inform subject matter for ISPOR SN-led educational programming and provide suggestions for supplementary discussions in the courses taught at the Universities.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-05, ISPOR 2016, Washington DC, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 3 (May 2016)
Code
PHP162
Topic
Organizational Practices
Topic Subcategory
Academic & Educational
Disease
Multiple Diseases