Graduate Certificate in Pharmacoeconomics

Course code: 2681 + Course abbreviation: GradCertPharmEc + Total credit points required: 24 + 3 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

Off-campus (Gippsland – P/T only)

Course description

This course is designed to provide an understanding of the economics of pharmaceuticals in health care systems. The course provides the skills necessary to apply economic analysis to the broad issues of industry development as well as the specific skills to: prepare a cost-effectiveness analysis of a drug; apply economic modelling to support the inclusion or exclusion of a drug on a national or hospital formulary; design a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of drugs; and apply methods of evaluating health and non-health outcomes of drug use.

Course structure

Students must complete four core units (24 points):

ECX9120 Introduction to microeconomic theory and policy
ECX9700 Introduction to health economics
ECX9710 Pharmaceutical economics
ECX9720 Introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics

Contact details

Course director

Ms Jennifer Watts

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