Health Services Research Competencies Development & Conferences

描述(由申请人提供)：他的小型会议申请建立在AHRQ开始的为博士卫生服务研究人员开发核心能力的工作基础上。该应用程序符合AHRQ的研究培训、基础设施和职业发展会议及其提高所有美国人的医疗保健质量、安全、效率和有效性的使命。具体目标是：1)决定卫生服务研究(HSR)核心能力持续发展的范围和过程；2)制定一份以共识为导向的第二版HSR教育能力文件；3)传播会议产品并参与能力讨论。将举行两次会议。第一个是2007年6月5日在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行的学院健康年度研究会议上的规划会议，将审查能力发展方法/过程和类似领域的清单，并使用这些方法来告知高铁能力并确定其发展的下一步步骤。第二个是2008年初在西雅图西雅图举行的高铁共识会议，该会议将产生一份基于第二版共识的高铁教育能力文件，并描述促进学术界、联邦机构、雇主和其他最终用户使用高铁能力的下一步步骤。计划委员会和UW团队将计划会议，促进沟通，收集和汇总来自项目和利益相关者的数据，并使用改进的德尔福技术来最终确定高铁能力。这些产品将通过网络、电子邮件讨论列表、同行评议期刊上的一篇文章以及在国家会议上的演示文稿广泛传播。会议的结果将用于提高高铁工作人员的一致性和质量，并将导致更好的研究进行和翻译，这最终将改善美国人口的健康。卫生服务研究能力的发展和传播将改善公共卫生，首先，帮助为潜在的学生和公共卫生雇主定义领域。其次，能力的采用将提高跨计划培训的一致性和质量。第三，这些能力将培养出一支训练有素的卫生服务研究人员队伍，将研究转化为实践和政策，从而改善美国公众的健康。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): his small conference application builds on the work begun by AHRQ to develop core competencies for doctoral health services researchers. The application aligns with AHRQ's Research Training, Infrastructure and Career Development conferences and its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. The specific aims are to: 1) decide on the scope and process for continued development of health services research (HSR) core competencies; 2) produce a Version 2 consensus-driven document of competencies for HSR education; and 3) disseminate conference products and engage discussion of competencies. Two conferences will be held. The first, a Planning Meeting, at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting June 5, 2007 in Orlando FL, will review competency development methods/processes and lists from similar fields and use these to inform HSR competencies and to identify next steps in their development. The second, a HSR Consensus Conference, in Seattle WA in early 2008 will produce a Version 2 consensus-derived document of competencies for HSR education and describe next steps to facilitate the use of HSR competencies by academia, federal agencies, employers, and other end-users. The Planning Committee and the UW team will plan the conferences, facilitate communication, collect and summarize data from programs and stakeholders, and use a modified Delphi technique to finalize the HSR competencies. The products will be disseminated widely through the web, an E-mail discussion list, an article in a peer reviewed journal, and presentations at national meetings. The results from the conferences will be used to improve the consistency and quality of the HSR workforce and will result in better conduct and translation of research, which eventually will improve the health of the U. S. population. The development and dissemination of health services research competencies will improve public health by, first, helping to define the field for potential students and public health employers. Second, the adoption of the competencies will increase consistency and quality of training across programs. Third, the competencies will yield a better trained workforce of health services researchers that will translate research into practice and policy and, thus, improve the health of the U. S. public.