1. Speed Mentoring Session for Early Researchers (Wednesday July 13 2022)
Finding a good research mentor could be a valuable capital for students. We acknowledge that the early career landscape comes with its own set of very unique challenges, and that the journey could at times feel isolating and stressful. Being able to talk to someone who has already walked that journey could be invaluable. The 16th Post Graduate Forum on Health System & Policy will be running a mentee–mentor “speed-dating” session during its pre-conference events. The session will entail a relaxed, semi-structured opportunity for mentors and mentees to meet one another and make useful connections. If you are an early career researcher or a student looking for a mentor from broadly similar disciplines, this session is for you!
| Time[GMT+7] | Activities |
| 09.30 – 09.45 | Introduction of the session by Moderator – A teaser of points of discussion will be provided – Attendees in the breakout room can discuss the points or choose to have a free flow Q&A session between mentor-mentees Assigning participants to breakout rooms |
| 09.45 – 10.15 | First round of breakout room session – 2 mentors will be grouped with 5-6 mentees |
| 10.15 – 10.20 | Main room: transition to the second round of breakout room discussion by Moderator |
| 10.20 – 10.50 | Second round of breakout room session – 2 mentors will be grouped with different 5-6 mentees |
| 10.50 – 11.00 | Closing by Moderator |
2. Sharing Sessions: Navigating Public Health Career Pathway (Wednesday Jul 13, 2022)
A panel session to provide an overview of various career pathways for those with public health background. Panelists will include multinational public health professionals with diverse careers, including an academic, a public health professional working at an international NGO, a public health practitioner working at a national NGO that focuses on suicide prevention and/or inclusive reproductive health care, public health/doctor working the Ministry of Health. Participants will be able to reflect on how the panelists were driven into public health and eventually work in their respective careers.
| Time [GMT+7] | Activities |
| 13.00-15.00 | Three Questions and Answers Sessions
Speaker:
Moderator: Dr. Sophia Hage (Medical Specialist Sports) |
3. Short courses / Trainings (Thursday, July 14th 2022)
The 16th Post Graduate Forum on Health System & Policy will provide some short courses / training with the following themes:
Morning Session
Conducting CEA Studies using TreeAge Software
Cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a tool that uses an explicit, quantitative health economic analysis to analyze health care costs and outcomes of one or more interventions. It compares several interventions by estimating how much it costs to gain a unit of a health outcome of interest. The output of the CEA is usually presented as an Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). One of the approaches to conduct the CEA is through decision tree analysis. Decision tree analysis or decision tree modelling extrapolates the cost and effectiveness of competing interventions over time.
This course will provide an introduction to the principles of decision tree analysis in CEA. The analysis will be conducted by using the TreeAge software. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to construct simple decision trees in the software, understand the basic mechanics of tree evaluation and acquire skill in the interpretation of a decision analysis. The participants will have hands-on experience in constructing and analyzing a decision analysis tree using the software and engage in model-building exercises with examples given by the trainer.
| Conducting CEA Studies Using TreeAge Software | |
| Time [GMT+7] | Activities |
| 09.00 – 09.10 | Introduction of the session by Moderator
Moderator: dr. Likke Prawidya Putri, MPH, Ph.D |
| 09.10 – 09.40 | Introduction to economic evaluation, focusing on cost-effectiveness analysis.
Speaker: Professor Dato’ Dr Syed Mohamed Aljunid |
| 09.40 – 10.40 | Basic health economic modelling and its application using TreeAge software
Speaker: Dr Amirah binti Azzeri |
| 10.40 – 11.40 | Practical and hands-on session for TreeAge software
Speaker: Dr Amirah binti Azzeri |
| 11.40 – 12.10 | Interpreting results of CEA model
Speaker: Dr Mohd Hafiz bin Jaafar |
Afternoon Sessions
Data Analytics For Research
| Room 1 : Analisis Efisiensi Fasilitas Kesehatan: Aplikasi Menggunakan Sotware R (dr. Firdaus Hafidz, MPH, Ph.D and dr. Muhammad Fikru Rizal, M.Sc) | |
| Time [GMT+7] | Activities |
| 13.00 – 13.10 | Introduction of the session by Moderator
Moderator: Guardian Yoki Sanjaya |
| 13.10 –16.00 | Course about Analisis Efisiensi Fasilitas Kesehatan: Aplikasi Menggunakan Sotware R |
Shortcuts to produce tables for publications using R and epicalc package
All participants require their own computer during online session and the registered participants will be requested download the R software and required packages used in the workshop. Upon registration, please inform your age, sex, affiliation and experiences of using R software and other software for data analysis.
| Room 2 : Shortcuts to produce tables for publications using R and epicalc package | |
| Time [GMT+7] | Activities |
| 13.00 – 13.10 | Introduction of the session by Moderator
Moderator: dr. Lutfan Lazuardi, M.Kes, Ph.D |
| 13.10 –16.00 | Course by Assist.Prof. Wit Wichaidit (Prince of Songkla University) |