Evaluation Methods in Public Health and Health Care

What it is about

You will learn methods for evaluating interventions in public health and health care. In the end you will be able to understand various study designs and analysis approaches, plan your own evaluation designs, perform simple empirical analyses, and critically evaluate scientific evidence.

What you will be able to do

• Analytical skills to generate causal evidence
• Methods for planning and conducting scientific evaluations
• Critical reception of scientific evidence in Public Health/Health Care
• Applying and explaining different evaluation and study designs
• Carrying out analytical steps and interpreting graphical representations
• Developing your own evaluation and analysis designs and conducting analyses with simple data sets

What the module consists of

• VorlesungInteractive lecture to convey approaches, concepts and methods
• Tutorium/ÜbungApplication and deepening of the presented methods through exercises and programming tasks
• Präsentation/GruppePresenting and discussing project work and scientific publications

Teaching method

• Interaktive VorlesungFosters understanding of the methods and provides an overview of concepts
• Tutorien mit ÜbungsblätternEnable practical application and deepening
• Präsentationen und GruppendiskussionenStrengthen critical engagement and communication skills
• Programmieraufgaben (R)Train practical analysis skills
• Exercise SheetsPractice analytical steps and calculations