E-drug: Preliminary course announcement
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Preliminary course announcement - Pharmacoeconomics: Evidence, money
and drug selection.
An international short course on the use of pharmacoeconomics in drug
selection, developed under the auspices of WHO/EDM, will be held in
Budapest from May 20-30, 2001. The aim of the programme is to provide
participants with an understanding of the principles and techniques of
pharmacoeconomics, and how these tools can be used in making decisions
about selecting and purchasing pharmaceuticals for use in health care systems.
The course has been developed by an international consortium, including
departments of clinical pharmacology and public health at the Universities
of Newcastle (Australia), Sydney, and Dundee (UK), in collaboration
WHO/EDM. The programme in Budapest will be hosted jointly by the
University of Newcastle, Australia, and National Institute of
Pharmacy, Hungary. The confirmed faculty include David Henry, Suzanne
Hill, Ruth Lopert, Danielle Lang, Glenn Salkeld and Peter Davey.
The course will be problem-based, facilitated by international and national
experts. It will provide participants with the opportunity to work in small
groups, learning about and using pharmacoeconomic techniques to address
common problems in selecting drugs for national and sub-national
formularies. Participants should therefore be working in some aspect of the
academic or public health sector, and have some responsibility, either at
managerial level or "hands on" level, for selection of pharmaceuticals for
essential drugs lists or hospital formularies. Participants should also
have a basic understanding of the principles of assessing and evaluating
data for drug selection.
Course details:
Dates: May 20 - 30, 2001
Venue: Ibis Hotel Volga, Budapest.
Fees: $US2250 [dual occupancy]
$US2500 [single occupancy]
The fee covers tuition and all course materials, accommodation for 10
nights, breakfast and lunch. Supplement for evening meals: $US150.
Participants must arrange their own sponsorship. The course fee does not
include travel costs, insurances or incidental expenses.
Language: English
Closing date: 6th April 2001.
The number of participants will be limited to 40.
Application forms may be obtained from the secretariat by contacting:
Kerry Mannix
Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology
5th floor, Clinical Sciences Building
Newcastle Mater Hospital
Waratah NSW 2298
AUSTRALIA
email: <mannix@mail.newcastle.edu.au>
fax: +612 4960 2088
Further information about the course may be obtained from:
Suzanne Hill or Ruth Lopert
WHO Collaborating Centre for Training in Pharmacotherapy & Rational Drug Use
Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology
University of Newcastle, Australia, 2298
Fax: +61 2 4960 2088
Ph: +61 2 4921 1294
<hillsu@ mail.newcastle.edu.au> or <rlopert@mail.newcastle.edu.au>
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