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Health Services Research Doctoral Level Core Competencies and Associated Learning Objective Content Areas |
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Core Competency |
Associated Learning Objective Content Areas |
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1 |
Demonstrate breadth of HSR theoretical and conceptual knowledge by applying alternative models from a range of relevant disciplines. |
Biomedicine Economics Epidemiology Informatics Management Sciences Political Science Psychology Sociology Statistics |
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2 |
Apply in-depth disciplinary knowledge and skills relevant to health services research. |
Variable depending on the discipline or interdisciplinary area of specialization |
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Apply knowledge of the structures, performance, quality, policy, and environmental context of health and health care to formulate solutions for health policy problems. |
Access and Use Financing of Health Care Health Health Economics Health Policy Organization of Health Care Quality of Care |
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Pose innovative and important health service research questions, informed by systematic reviews of the literature, stakeholder needs, and relevant theoretical and conceptual models. |
Scientific Method and Theory Literature Review Proposal Development |
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5 |
Select appropriate interventional, observational, or qualitative study designs to address specific health services research questions. |
Study Design for Interventions Observational Study Design Qualitative Research |
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Know how to collect primary health and health care data obtained by survey, qualitative, or mixed methods. |
Survey Research Qualitative Research Primary Data Acquisition and Quality Control |
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Know how to assemble secondary data from existing public and private sources. |
Health Informatics HSR Data Sources Secondary Data Acquisition and Quality Control |
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Use conceptual models and operational measures to specify study constructs for a health services research question and develop variables that reliably and validly measure these constructs. |
Measurement Theory and Methods Variable Construction |
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9 |
Implement research protocols with standardized procedures that ensure reproducibility of the science. |
Research Management |
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Ensure the ethical and responsible conduct of research in the design, implementation, and dissemination of health services research. |
Research Ethics |
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11 |
Work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams. |
Teamwork |
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12 |
Use appropriate analytical methods to clarify associations between variables and to delineate causal inferences. |
Advanced HSR Analytic Methods Advanced Statistics Economic Evaluation Decision Sciences |
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Effectively communicate the findings and implications of HSR through multiple modalities to technical and lay audiences. |
Proposal Development Dissemination |
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Understand the importance of collaborating with stakeholders, such as policymakers, organizations, and communities to plan, conduct, and translate health services research into policy and practice. |
Community Participatory Research Translating research into practice and policy |
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Forrest et al. BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:107 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-107 |
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