Dr. Ester Villalonga Olives

The course on Health Outcomes Assessment provides an understanding of the principles for measurement of health and health outcomes. Students gain a familiarity with various measurement types (e.g., COA, PRO, ObsRO, ClinRO, PerfO); measure concepts, including instruments used to evaluate health status, quality of life, patient satisfaction, function and disability, and compliance/adherence; and their properties. As a GLOBALtimore Teaching Fellow, I envision introducing methodological platforms developed in Europe such as COSMIN and Biblio-PRO in the course and inviting experts from Europe and Latin America to deliver some of the content of the course. In addition, at present the course is very focused on the FDA roadmap and FDA guides to measure health outcomes. Other countries have roadmaps and guides that should be reviewed as well to introduce some critical thinking and a more global perspective.