Monday 24 February 2020
In this one day course you will learn about different approaches to prioritisation, how it works in practice in NZ, and then explore an online interactive league table with many different NZ and Australian health sector interventions. Whether you ever need to prioritise interventions as part of policy development work or if you need to consider the prioritisation work done by others, this course will help you.
Topics covered
- Limited resources, opportunity costs and why a society needs to prioritise health sector interventions.
- Prioritisation processes used in NZ (eg, by Pharmac etc).
- How does prioritisation work in practice in NZ?
- Use of an online interactive league table – for informing health gain, reducing inequalities, and cost-effectiveness (with worked examples around prioritisation).
Style of course
Teaching and discussion in a group of up to 25 people; we are exploring options around spending time in the computer laboratory for the league table part.
Who should attend?
Those wanting to prioritise interventions as part of policy development work (eg, when writing proposals).
Those wanting to better understand the broad issues around prioritisation and how to interpret the prioritisation work done by others.
Draft timetable
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30am | Registration | |
| 9:00am | An introduction to prioritisation | Professor Nick Wilson |
| 10:30am | Morning tea | |
| 11:00am | Prioritisation processes in NZ and how it works in practice | Professor Nick Wilson |
| 12:30pm | Lunch break | |
| 1:30pm | Using an online interactive league table with many NZ and Australian interventions | Dr Amanda Jones |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3:30pm | Worked examples using the league table and other prioritisation case studies | Dr Amanda Jones Professor Nick Wilson |
| 5:00pm | Finish |
Teaching staff
- Professor Nick Wilson (who has contributed many of the modelled preventive interventions used in the BODE3 league table)
- Dr Amanda Jones (expertise in public health interventions – especially dietary but also alcohol)
Course cost and registration
$300 early bird, $400 after 19 December 2019.
A 50% discount is available to full-time students, those unwaged and University of Otago staff.
