Master Comparative Effectiveness Research
Université Paris Cité
Paris

MASTER / DU
Outil proposé par l’ANEPF

Objectif de la formation

This is a unique opportunity for students to get a specialised Master in Comparative Effectiveness Research, a first of its kind in Europe, offered by top-level professors coming from the Amsterdam University, the Danube University, the Ioannina University, the Oxford University, the Paris Descartes University, the Paris Diderot University, the Queen’s University Belfast, the Utrecht University, and the York University.

This new Master of Science is delivered in English and aims at international students who want to acquire interdisciplinary skills to evolve in the field of Comparative Effectiveness Research. The programme is limited to 30 students, a small group size that will allow professors to use highly interactive and innovative teaching methods including work in small groups. The goal of the programme is to acquire strong skills in methods, epidemiology, and biostatistics.

Compétences développées

Classes are full-time and take place from late October to mid-January (Monday to Friday, all day). Each week is dedicated to one module that is delivered by two outstanding international lecturers. Classes take place at Reid Hall, Columbia Global Centers, 4 rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris. Each week, there are presentations from the lecturers, exercises in class, and student presentations (in Acquire the methodological bases needed to do any activity in public health, and master the public health concepts and methods in order to apply them to:
● Therapeutic assessment and comparative assessment of research in the diagnostic, therapeutic, prognostic, and preventive fields,
● The development of health information systems,
● The context of healthcare in the diagnostic, therapeutic, prognostic, and preventive fields,
● The context of the assessment and management of risks – including professional and environmental risks,
● The context of health safety and healthcare quality.

After finishing the Master’s degree, students should be able to get involved in research projects or be active in protecting, promoting, or restoring public health.
The Master’s aims at providing students with:
● Theoretical background related to subjects that contribute to the collective approach of health events, such as general biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, modelling, biomedical computing, epidemiology, clinical research, risk assessment, …
● Extended CER-specific methodological knowledge,
● Practical experience within a research or professional environment. Students should be able to apply the acquired methodological knowledge through their personal work (writing of a thesis and thesis defense) during their 6-month internship.
Débouchés
Continuing into a PhD degree is a possibility.
The following career paths could be pursued after the completion of the current Master’s programme: joining research agencies (R&D), NGOs, think-tanks, government or international agencies working on health issues, and many other professional opportunities.

Organisation de la formation

Classes are full-time and take place from late October to mid-January (Monday to Friday, all day). Each week is dedicated to one module that is delivered by two outstanding international lecturers. Classes take place at Reid Hall, Columbia Global Centers, 4 rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris. Each week, there are presentations from the lecturers, exercises in class, and student presentations (in group). Examinations will take place late January. Upon the completion of formalised courses and examinations in January, students will have to complete a six-month internship. The internship can take place in France or abroad, in public health agencies and companies, in research laboratories, etc. and is supervised by a senior researcher. The thesis defence will be in July.
Contrôle de connaissances
Examinations will take place late January. Upon the completion of formalised courses and examinations in January, students will have to complete a six-month internship. The internship can take place in France or abroad, in public health agencies and companies, in research laboratories, etc. and is supervised by a senior researcher. The thesis defence will be in July.
Retake exams usually take place in summer; the retake of the thesis defence takes place in September.
Condition admission / Public cible
Applicants must meet minimum requirements to enrol in this Master’s programme :
● Hold a Master’s degree or first year Master’s degree (M1, MSc) in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, mathematics or related fields;
● or successful completion of 4 years of study in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, mathematics or related fields;
● or hold a Bachelor’s in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, mathematics or related fields;
● Knowledge of English language (you may be asked proof of proficiency), at the very minimum B2 level.
● Knowledge of (bio)statistics is appreciated.
Période approximative de candidature
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Témoignage
Lieu de formation
Faculté de Médecine, site des Cordeliers – Université Paris Cité
Coût de la formation
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Contact
Responsables pédagogiques :
Philippe RAVAUD : philippe.ravaud@aphp.fr
Isabelle BOUTRON : isabelle.boutron@aphp.fr
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