Comparative Effective Research in Healthcare
Prerequisites: GNUR 450 or equivalent required; CMAN 439 and 440 recommended.
Comparative effective research (CER) is a central tenet of health care reform. This course offers an overview of policy implications and rationale for CER and explores different approaches of developing, analyzing and communicating CER. Research comparing the clinical and economic merits of different treatments, devices and procedures will be explored.
Outcomes: Apply political, social and ethical perspectives to uses of CER, Demonstrate effective retrieval of CER reviews from public sources, Demonstrate knowledge of major CER methods and tools, Evaluate quality of evidence from CER reports, Assess treatment options in defined patient population.
Comparative effective research (CER) is a central tenet of health care reform. This course offers an overview of policy implications and rationale for CER and explores different approaches of developing, analyzing and communicating CER. Research comparing the clinical and economic merits of different treatments, devices and procedures will be explored.
Outcomes: Apply political, social and ethical perspectives to uses of CER, Demonstrate effective retrieval of CER reviews from public sources, Demonstrate knowledge of major CER methods and tools, Evaluate quality of evidence from CER reports, Assess treatment options in defined patient population.