Alternatives to the HERC course for non-VA researchers

Space is limited in the HERC course, and priority is given to students who are affiliated with VA. Several of the lectures in the HERC course are specific to VA cost and utilization data. This document provides alternatives to the HERC course. This includes alternative venues for the HERC course, and other courses that may be useful to non-VA researchers.

If you are unable to enroll in the HERC course, it will be possible to view a recorded archive of each lecture. Please see the HSR&D training page for details:
http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/cyber_seminars/

An alternative to the online course is the in-person course sponsored by the Seattle ERIC each June, taught by HERC faculty. For more information, see:
http://www.eric.seattle.med.va.gov/index.html

Other organizations teach cost-effectiveness workshops that are not specific to VA. Tuition is charged for all of these courses.

The Academy for Health Services Research has offered an introductory cyberseminar on cost-effectiveness methods in the past. The presentation is titled, “Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care, taught by Emmett B. Keeler, Ph.D.”. An archive of this presentation is available on the web:
http://www.academyhealth.org/cyberseminars/index.htm.

The Society for Medical Decision Making provides short courses in association with its annual meeting, held each October. In previous years, these have included half-day sessions on economic evaluation. For more information, see:
http://www.smdm.org/

The Program for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH), affiliated with McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, has offered a workshop on Advanced Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Medicines. It currently offers a workshop on economic modeling. For more information, see:
http://www.path-hta.ca/workshop.htm

Harvard School of Public Health has offered a course “Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals”. While this course is not currently scheduled, it may be offered again in the future:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/index.html

Courses on economic evaluation have been offered by the Centre for Health Economics, The University of York, UK.
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training/expert.htm

A list of training opportunities in health economics is available at HealthEconomics.com. However, this list may be out of date.
http://www.healtheconomics.com/education.cfm