Table 4 Health Services Research (HSR) Doctoral Level Core Competencies and their Educational Domains Number (#)Core CompetencyEducational Domains1Breadth of HSR theoretical and conceptual knowledge.Health, Financing of Health Care, Organization of Health Care, Health Policy, Access and Use, Quality of Care, Health Informatics, Literature Review.2In-depth disciplinary knowledge and skills.(Variable depending on the discipline or interdisciplinary area of specialization.)3Application of HSR foundational knowledge to health policy problems.Health, Financing of Health Care, Organization of Health Care, Health Policy, Access and Use, Quality of Care, Health Informatics, Literature Review.4Pose innovative HSR questions.Scientific Method and Theory, Literature Review, Proposal Development.5Interventional and Observational Study Designs.Study Design, Survey Research, Qualitative Research.6Primary data collection methods.Health Informatics, Survey Research, Qualitative Research, Data Acquisition and Quality Control.7Secondary data acquisition methods.Health Informatics, HSR Data Sources, Data Acquisition and Quality Control.8Conceptual models and operational measures.Scientific Method and Theory, Measurement and Variables.9Implementation of research protocols.Health Informatics, Survey Research, Qualitative Research, Data Acquisition and Quality Control.10Responsible conduct of research.Research Ethics.11Multi-disciplinary teamwork.Teamwork.12Data analysis.Advanced HSR Analytic Methods, Economic Evaluation and Decision Sciences.13Scientific communication.Proposal Development, Dissemination.14Stakeholder collaboration and knowledge translation.Health Policy, Dissemination.Return to Document Current as of October 2012 Internet Citation: Table 4. October 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/other/education/hsrcomptab4.html
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