PROBLEMS OF FORMING A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the state and problems of the formation of a professional environment for the health technologies assessment (HTA) in the context of the integration of education, science and practice in accordance with international standards, the requirements of employers and the needs of society. The development of HTA in Ukraine and the focus of the new European HTA Regulation on joining efforts in this area actualizes the issue of training qualified HTA experts, who are able to properly plan and conduct such studies, document their results and implement them in scientific, educational and practical activities. Equally important is the issue of developing professional standards (PS) for professions, that were included in the national classifier at the time challenge, in particular, the position of an HTA expert. In Ukraine, the implementation of HTA is at an initial stage, the regulatory framework for organizational aspects and assessment methodology is being formed. The qualification characteristics of the HTA expert, the master’s training program and the professional standard “HTA expert” were created and approved. Professional and educational standards should be elements of a coherent national system of qualifications in the form of a complex of interrelated documents aimed at improving the quality of training of specialists and their competitiveness on the national and global labor market. For the proper functioning of such a system, the legal framework must be improved, in particular, in the context of harmonizing the terminology and substantive elements of the standards, avoiding duplication, and harmonizing with international requirements.