Policy analysis and evaluation

Knowledge

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• explain different theoretical perspectives of the policy process
• explain different models for understanding policy implementation
• explain empirical examples from different countries and health policy areas
• explain the differences between different forms of evaluation

Skills

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• analyse the health policy process
• know the main features of impact analysis
• recognise variables that affect the outcomes of health policy implementation
• distinguish analytically between different phases of the policy process
• apply different forms of evaluation

General competence

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• diagnose and solve implementation problems in health care organisations
• the benefits and disadvantages of different impact analysis designs
• discuss different evaluation designs.

This course is only available for students at the following master programmes:

MFM2-HEPAM

MFM2-EMHEM

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Written examination, individual.

Examination and grading at The Faculty of Medicine.

For Eu-HEM students:

An EU-hem student cannot present her or himself for the examination in a course more than two times. There will be held re-sits for EU-hem students who have failed an exam or who have legitimate absence (usually illness) in January and August. If you are entitled to a re-sit you must contact the student advisor via email no longer than one week after the result of the exam has been published.

For students at Eu-HEM: English

For students at HEPAM: The problem set will be given in English. Answers can be given in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or in English.