This is one of the four core short courses of the permanent SMDM curriculum. The SMDM curriculum is an initiative of the Society with the goal of having a set of introductory-level core courses in foundational aspects of medical decision making. This effort serves the core mission of the Society to educate its members in key content areas, including decision modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, the psychology of medical decision making, and shared decision making.

This class will answer the WHO, WHERE, WHY, WHEN, WHAT, HOW questions related to CEA. Given the introductory level, this class is for individuals interested in developing their understanding of SMDM posters and presentations. Our objective is that attendees will be able to explain more confidently what presenters have done, what they have found and what it means. We will practice identifying meaningful knowledge being conveyed in the four languages: Plain language, Math, Graph and Jargon. In addition, attendees will complete this class with the confidence to engage more thoroughly with the producers of economic evaluations meant to inform medical decision making. Lastly, we will review guidance documents featuring “best practices” for doing CEA.