15
Structured modules, from A to Z
79
Plain-language interactive lessons
~20 min
Per lesson, 25 to 30 hours in total
100%
Online, self-paced learning
Who This Course Is For
Designed for Professionals Across the HTA Ecosystem
Whether you work in industry, consulting, public agencies or policy — this course equips you with structured, practical HTA knowledge relevant to your role.
Pharma & Biotech
Understand how assessors read your evidence and where submissions fail
Medical Devices
How HTA bends for devices and diagnostics, and what that means for you
Market Access
The full reasoning chain from evidence to reimbursement decision
HEOR Teams
Health economics, modelling and uncertainty explained from first principles
Consulting Agencies
A structured framework you can explain to any client in plain language
HTA Bodies & Payers
Critical appraisal, budget impact and the practitioner's toolkit
Healthcare Policy
How evidence becomes a decision, and what the numbers really say
Students & Early Careers
The whole field from A to Z, with no prior background assumed
Why HTA Matters
Why HTA Knowledge Changes Everything
Health Technology Assessment determines whether new treatments reach patients, and at what price. It sits at the intersection of clinical evidence, health economics and policy. Getting it wrong is expensive for everyone.
HTA Determines Market Access
In most high-income markets, no positive HTA recommendation means no reimbursement. Understanding HTA is not optional. It is the gate through which every new treatment must pass.
Evidence Is Not Enough on Its Own
A strong clinical trial does not guarantee a positive HTA decision. Knowing how assessors read evidence, and where submissions typically fail, is what separates good from great.
Common Principles, Different Rules
Every HTA system has its own rules, but they all share a common analytical language. This course teaches the principles behind NICE, IQWiG, HAS and the EU Joint Clinical Assessment, so you can apply them in any market.
Both Sides of the Table
Most HTA training speaks to one audience. This course is built for assessors, market access professionals and HEOR teams alike, because understanding the other chair makes you better at your own.
What You Will Learn
From Evidence to Decision: Skills You Can Use Tomorrow
The course covers HTA from both sides of the table, explained in plain language from A to Z. Whether you assess submissions or build them, you will leave understanding the reasoning, not just the vocabulary.
Read clinical evidence the way an HTA assessment demands: study designs, bias and validity
Make sense of the statistics: p-values, confidence intervals, hazard ratios, NNT
Understand how evidence is pooled: systematic reviews, meta-analysis, GRADE
See where the QALY comes from and how the ICER turns evidence into a decision
Follow how economic models work: decision trees, Markov models, uncertainty
Understand budget impact and why good value can still be unaffordable
See how real-world evidence, pricing and reimbursement fit into the picture
Read a submission critically and spot the red flags in a dossier
Course Curriculum
15 Structured Modules: From Foundations to Mastery
Each module builds on the last, taking you from a first map of the field through evidence, statistics and economics to the practitioner's workshop.
Orientation
A first map of the field: how medicine, statistics and economics meet in an HTA decision. One lesson that shows you the whole territory before you start walking it.
What HTA Is and Why It Exists
The decision problem, opportunity cost, efficacy versus effectiveness, and framing the question with PICO. Where HTA sits in the system and why it exists at all.
The Evidence
Study designs, the evidence hierarchy, bias, confounding, randomisation and validity. How to judge what a trial can and cannot prove.
Biostatistics: Reading the Numbers
Variation, uncertainty, confidence intervals, p-values, hazard ratios, NNT and survival analysis. Not a statistics lecture, but a plain-language toolkit for reading the numbers a trial reports.
Evidence Synthesis
Systematic reviews, risk of bias, meta-analysis, forest plots, heterogeneity, network meta-analysis and GRADE. How to tell a rigorous evidence summary from a curated one.
Health Economics Fundamentals
The four types of economic evaluation, perspective, costing and discounting. The machinery that turns a trusted effect into a decision about money.
How the Course Teaches
Learn by Doing, Not Just Reading
The course explains every nuance of HTA in plain language and walks you through the reasoning step by step, from A to Z.
Plain-Language Lessons
Every nuance of HTA explained in simple language. No jargon-dropping, no assumed background in statistics or economics.
Learning by Doing
Worked examples and interactive explanations inside the lessons, so you reason through the concepts instead of memorising definitions.
A Structured Path, A to Z
15 modules and 79 lessons in a deliberate sequence, from a first map of the field to the practitioner's workshop. Each lesson builds on the last.
Bite-Size Format
Lessons of around 20 minutes each, roughly 25 to 30 hours in total, designed to fit around a working day.
Both Sides of the Table
Written for people who build submissions and people who assess them. Understanding the other chair makes you better at your own.
Principles That Travel
Methods and concepts you can apply in any market or HTA system, rather than the procedures of one national agency.
Benefits by Role
Relevant Knowledge for Every Role
Wherever you sit in the HTA ecosystem, this course delivers practical value you can apply immediately.
Market Access & HEOR
- Understand how assessors read your evidence, and where submissions typically fail
- Follow cost-effectiveness and budget impact reasoning from first principles
- Spot the red flags in a dossier before a committee does
Consultants & Agencies
- Get a complete A-to-Z grounding in HTA methods and reasoning
- Explain complex evidence and economics to clients in plain language
- Apply one structured framework of principles across any market
HTA Bodies & Payers
- Sharpen critical appraisal of clinical evidence and economic models
- Reason through uncertainty, budget impact and affordability decisions
- Practise the assessor's craft: reading submissions, writing reports, defending judgement
Students & Early Careers
- Build the whole field from a blank page, with no background assumed
- Understand the reasoning behind the methods, not just the vocabulary
- Learn both sides of the HTA table from the start
Course Format
Flexible, Professional, International
Fully Online
Access all 79 lessons through our interactive platform, from any device, anywhere in the world.
Self-Paced
Learn at your own pace and fit the course around your professional schedule. No fixed deadlines or live sessions required.
25 to 30 Hours
15 modules across 79 lessons of roughly 20 minutes each. The full course takes around 25 to 30 hours to complete.
Globally Applicable
Principles-first teaching you can apply in any market or HTA system, rather than the procedures of one national agency.