Handbook on Teaching Health Economics

Edited by the late Maia Platt, formerly Associate Professor of Health Services Administration, College of Health Professions, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan and Allen C. Goodman, Professor of Economics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, US

• Contents:Preface xixPART I ACTIVE LEARNING ASSIGNMENTS1 Introduction to learning and teaching health economics 2Allen C. Goodman and Maia Platt2 The health insurance game 17Jennifer Kohn3 Assessing competency in health economics using portfolios 32Neha Batura, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Jane Hughes and Jolene Skordis4 Labs and cases in health insurance and cost-effectivenessanalyses to enhance active learning experiences in an introductoryhealth economics course for students in health professions 44Carolyn S. Dewa and Jeffrey S. Hoch5 Active learning techniques to enhance understanding of complexstochastic modeling methods 61Michal Horný6 Using net benefit regression to teach cost-effectiveness analysis with a dataset 77Jeffrey S. Hoch and Carolyn S. Dewa7 Noricum – healthy cooperation or nasty snake pit: a strategic role playteaching how to handle healthcare system conflicts 88Florian Buchner8 Teaching health economics to non-economists 108Elizabeth Pitney SeidlerPART II TEACHING TIPS AND TOOLS FOR ONLINE ENVIRONMENT9 Strategic pedagogy: pursuing best practices for teaching asynchronousonline health economics courses 124Neil Meredith10 Integration of an online homework platform and interactive e-textbookinto a virtual learning environment of a health economics course 135M. Femi Ayadi11 Engaging distance learners with no economic background in an onlinehealth economics course 146Heather Brown12 Opportunities and challenges in delivering postgraduate healtheconomics programs online 157Lisa Gold and Jennifer Watts13 Using distance education to teach health economics: national and globalexperiences 170Diane M. Dewar14 Teaching in a pandemic: quickly adapting to the unexpected 178Jill Boylston HerndonPART III INTERNATIONAL AND COUNTRY-SPECIFICPERSPECTIVES AND APPLICATIONS15 Video-conferencing in a health economics course with alumni inhealthcare and partners abroad 189Ashley Hodgson16 Teaching international health systems through experiential learning 204Simon Condliffe17 Strengthening capacity for teaching of health economics in sub-Saharan Africa 222Thomas Wilkinson, Susan Cleary and Justice Nonvignon18 Lessons from incorporating study-abroad experience in master coursesin health economics 237Arturo Schweiger, Maria Clara Zerbino, Ruth Litmanovich, Noemi Savoiaand Mercedes Alfaro LatorrePART IV DISSEMINATION AND SOCIETAL IMPACT OF HEALTHECONOMICS SKILLS19 Bringing health economics knowledge to non-economists in Quebec,Canada: A case study of a multi-modal knowledge transfer approach forpatient-oriented research (POR) 246Maude Laberge, Annie Poirier, Simon Berthelot, Thomas Poder, Erin Strumpfand Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun20 On the importance of partnerships between public health researchinstitutions and health economics faculty in universities, for theengagement of non-economics students in health economics training:perspectives from Brazil 266Tânia Maria Costa da Silva BeumeIndex

‘This text provides unprecedented teaching tips to create an active learning environment for students in public health and medicine as well as traditional economics programs. Instructors will appreciate the tips on active learning techniques for online teaching and the focus on international and country-specific applications.’