Registrations close: 27 April 2021

Course start (Orientation opens): 5 May 2021

Module 1 starts: 12 May 2021

Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)

Commitment: 7 - 10 hours per week

Fee: £2,200

• Gain a nuanced understanding of the economic, social, political, and policy structures that influence the readiness of health systems to withstand a pandemic
• Learn how to technically assess health system performance, use the insights, and explore the potential of data integration to better manage current and future healthcare needs
• Acquire an analytical view of the impact COVID-19 has had on health systems, and realise the extent to which factors such as resource constraints and funding will shape global response
• Develop a comprehensive toolkit of strategies and tactics to repair ailing health systems in order to deliver high-quality and equitable care on both a local and global scale

• Orientation module
• Module 1: Introduction to COVID-19 politics and policy
• Module 2: Inequitable suffering
• Module 3: The health and economic consequences of COVID-19
• Module 4: A comparative perspective on assessing the COVID-19 health system impact
• Module 5: Healthcare quality and the impact of COVID-19
• Module 6: Health system surveillance

Dr Clare Wenham – Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, Department of Health Policy, LSE 

Dr Miqdad Asaria – Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, LSE Health

Andrew Street – Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Policy, LSE

Dr Rocco Friebel – Assistant Professor of Health Policy, Department of Health Policy, LSE

Dr Irene Papanicolas – Associate Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Policy, LSE

There are no prerequisites for this course.

This course is presented entirely online, in collaboration with leader in online education, GetSmarter. View this Analysing Health Systems: Lessons From COVID-19 online certificate course on the GetSmarter website.

Modules are released on a weekly basis, and can be completed in your own time and at your own pace. 

This interactive, supportive teaching model is designed for busy professionals and results in unprecedented certification rates for online courses.

All reading materials for this course will be made accessible to you through the Online Campus. Notes for each module are often downloadable, and you are able to save any information or collateral you use to your personal profile.