PharmD AND HTA
RECONSTRUCTING THE PharmD CURRICULUM Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy occupy a critical position in the future of health technologyassessment because they educate the next generation of practitioners, researchers and decisionmakers. PharmD students are introduced to pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, utilities,QALYs, simulation modelling and cost-effectiveness analysis as the accepted foundations oftherapy assessment. What is taught in these programs ultimately shapes the future direction ofHTA. Interrogations of pharmacy-related HTA knowledge bases reveal the same pattern ofmeasurement inversion found throughout the wider HTA community. Concepts such
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