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 Education and Training


 

The Centre undertakes two broad areas of education and training.

1. Annual Workshops

 

Practical Aspects of Conducting a National Burden of Disease and Injury Study

2009 Workshop  Monday 30 Nov - Wednesday 9 Dec

Library - St Leo's College, St Lucia, Queensland Australia 

Download flyer containing details of the workshop here 

 

This intensive 8 day workshop will again be held in Brisbane at the University of Queensland St Lucia campus in 2009. It aims to provide researchers, both Australian & international, with the practical skills to conduct a national or sub-national burden of disease study.
The workshop is a University of Queensland accredited subject for Masters of Public Health and Masters of Health Economics students. Workshops have been conducted annually by the University of Queensland since 2003 and have been the only opportunity for training of burden of disease researchers internationally.

Please note that, as numbers are limited, the organisers reserve the right to screen applications.
Contact Sarah Calderwood, s.calderwood@uq.edu.au ph( 07) 3365 5587 for further information.

 

Health Economic Evaluation: Conducting and reporting of modelled evaluations.

2009 Workshop  Monday 6th July - Friday 10th July

Room 113, Public Health Building, University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 

Download Flyer here 

Download Preliminary Program here

This intensive 5 day workshop will be held in Brisbane at the University of Queensland in 2009. It aims to provide researchers, both Australian & international, with the practical skills to conduct a modelled health economic evaluation, from gathering the data, through developing an appropriate model, to reporting the results including sensitivity and uncertainty.
The workshop is a University of Queensland accredited subject for Masters of Public Health and Masters of Health Economics students. This subject has been presented as a second semester course annually by the University of Queensland since 2003 and has now been converted to a workshop format to offer the opportunity for training of health economic researchers internationally.
Contact Sarah Calderwood, s.calderwood@uq.edu.au ph( 07) 3365 5587 for further information.
 

2. University courses(subjects) and programs 

The centre is involved in the delivery of several undergraduate and postgraduate courses (subjects), including:

 

Masters of Public Health courses (subjects)

  • Introduction to Epidemiology
  • Control of non-communicable disease
     

 Health Economics Programs at UQ

  • Graduate Certificate in Health Economics

  • Graduate Diploma in Health Economics

  • Master of Health Economics 

  • Master of Health Economics (Advanced)

For further information go to:

http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/index.html?page=18464