Who should attend?

The courses are suitable for those who want to increase their familiarity with the application of economic concepts and economic thinking to current policy issues and debates using the latest evidence.  No previous knowledge of economics is required and the material will be presented in a non-technical way.

The courses will be suitable for:

• Public servants and health policy analysts working for government and non-government agencies
• Health service managers across the public and private health sectors
• Health professionals
• Consultants working in the health and human services sector

What you will learn

At the end of the course, participants will be:

• Able to understand how economists think about key policy issues
• Familiar with the latest high quality academic empirical evidence.
• Able to use economic thinking to help improve policy and practice.
• Able to analyse and predict the intended and unintended effects of policy interventions.

Associate Professor Terence Cheng

Theme Lead (Health Financing & Market Organisation), Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School

Terence is an expert on the economics of public and private health systems. He has published extensively in leading international journals on topics covering public and private healthcare and insurance, medical labour markets, internet markets for healthcare, and health and well-being. He is currently on the editorial board of the international journal Health Systems and Reform. Terence has held academic and research appointments at universities in Australia, Singapore and the United States. He returned to Australia in 2024 after a three-year stint as a Research Scientist of Health Systems Research and Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He has consulted for the World Health Organisation, the World Bank and various government departments in Australia.

Learn more about Professor Cheng

For any additional information please contact che_support@monash.edu.