Competency-Based Training System for Clinical Research Staff

Author(s):  
Jay D. Miller
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy A. Calvin-Naylor ◽  
Carolynn Thomas Jones ◽  
Michelle M. Wartak ◽  
Karen Blackwell ◽  
Jonathan M. Davis ◽  
...  

IntroductionTraining for the clinical research workforce does not sufficiently prepare workers for today’s scientific complexity; deficiencies may be ameliorated with training. The Enhancing Clinical Research Professionals’ Training and Qualifications developed competency standards for principal investigators and clinical research coordinators.MethodsClinical and Translational Science Awards representatives refined competency statements. Working groups developed assessments, identified training, and highlighted gaps.ResultsForty-eight competency statements in 8 domains were developed.ConclusionsTraining is primarily investigator focused with few programs for clinical research coordinators. Lack of training is felt in new technologies and data management. There are no standardized assessments of competence.


Author(s):  
S. N. Gorlova ◽  
E. A. Makarova

Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education have designated a reorientation from the subject-knowledge education model to the competency-based one, when the goal is to develop students' personal and professional features with an emphasis on their autonomous learning. Universality and generality of requirements for the results of studying the bachelor’s programme in Pedagogical Education does not exclude, but assumes the subject’s orientation of the competencies formulated when implementing specific areas of training. This requires rethinking the functionality of all components of the training system, including the contents. It is the very aspect that remains insufficiently revealed for competency-based teaching of mathematics. The vector of a significant part of studies is directed towards the search for effective educational technologies. Meanwhile, continuity in nurturing competencies requires considering professional orientation on teaching-learning the subject. Reviewing mathematical contents is also vital as the proportion of students’ autonomous learning is getting increased. The article substantiates the role and significance of mathematical contents in arranging control of students' autonomous learning. Keeping in mind the priority of control’s teaching function, it is proposed to make up tasks that contribute to assessing not only knowledge, but also experiential and motivational components of competences.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (s1) ◽  
pp. 74-75
Author(s):  
Karen W. McCracken ◽  
Peter Mayinger ◽  
Cynthia Morris

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The aim of this program is to provide early support to motivated medical students interested in a career as a physician-scientist in a framework of competency-based medical education. The CTSA creates an opportunity to provide clinical research education and protected time for research for medical students in clinical and translational research. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: This physician-scientist experience offers research opportunities in a wide variety of research disciplines, focused on clinical and translational investigations. The program offers both five-month and one-year blocks of protected research time. The five-month option is integrated into the four- year medical curriculum. The one-year option requires enrollment in an established Master of Clinical Research degree. Both options provide research experience under the mentorship of a physician-scientist. The five-month option aligns with UME competencies categorized under the six ACGME Domains of Competence. The one-year option includes coursework in research design, biostatistics, research ethics, data management, scientific communication, and proposal development within the CTSA-based education program. All students in the program attend a bimonthly journal club and seminar series starting in year one and extending through the research experience. This includes discussion of the importance of mentorship, selecting a residency, scientific writing and presentation, and personal narratives of physician-scientists and their pathways to this career. All students will be followed to determine career outcome. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Between 2015 and 2018, 67 students entered the program 46% selected the year out, and 56% selected the 5-month option. Students selecting this program constitute about 10% of the medical student population overall. We have had 17 graduates of the program to date. 55% of the cohort is women which parallels the OHSU medical student population. Long-term follow-up of at least 10 years will be needed to determine career outcomes. We assess student productivity by traditional measures of submitted abstracts, manuscripts, and presentations as well as longer term outcomes such as career orientation in medicine such as entry into a research-oriented residency and ultimately into an academic medicine or research. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: The OHSU physician-scientist experience successfully matches medical students with a diverse set of research mentors focused on the CTSA. Although institutional structures determine the variety of specific research opportunities, the integration of physician-scientist training into a CTSA-based training program expands the reach of training programs such as the TL1.


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 100301
Author(s):  
Merrie Gowie ◽  
Danielle Wilson ◽  
Sarah Gregory ◽  
Louise L. Clark

2019 ◽  
pp. 016327871989639
Author(s):  
Phillip A. Ianni ◽  
Elias M. Samuels ◽  
Brenda L. Eakin ◽  
Thomas E. Perorazio ◽  
Vicki L. Ellingrod

Although there is extensive research literature on clinical skill competencies and the use of competency-based frameworks for clinical research, the appropriate methods to assess these competencies are not as well understood. Our goal in this systematic literature review is to identify, compare, and critique assessments of clinical research competencies. Articles were included in this review if they examined clinical investigators or clinical investigators in training, focused on research-based skills, and included some form of assessment of research-based competencies. A total of 76 articles were identified as part of the initial search; 16 met the criteria for inclusion. Two types of assessments of clinical research competence were identified: subjective self-assessments ( n = 13) and objective tests ( n = 6). These assessments covered a wide range of competencies, but there were no competency domains common to all. Most assessments had limited validation. Training was consistently associated with self-assessed competence but had little relationship to objective measures of competence. In contrast, experience was consistently associated with objectively assessed competence but not with self-assessed competence. These findings have important implications for those interested in assessing medical education programs. We describe a recommended standard for validity for assessments used for the purposes of summative program assessment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-314
Author(s):  
Ghazal Khalid Siddique ◽  
Huma Lodhi ◽  
Muhammad Anwer ◽  
Muhammad Khalid Zubair

Traditional training system of TVET sector is focusing on traditional procedures of learning and is based on the numbering system. Such old fashioned procedures and the numbering system are producing certificate holders who do not have proper skills to complete the tasks independently in a professional manner as per the requirements of the industry. Traditional training is not paying focus on the competency oriented workforce in Pakistan. To meet rapid technological changes and need of modern era, the approach of the TVET sector is now shifting from traditional training to Competency Based Training (CBT). The purpose of this study is to make an innovative effort in the Pakistani context, identify the perceptions of employers and graduates about traditional training and CBT programs. This study falls in the interpretivism paradigm. Phenomenological research design was utilized to conduct this study. 10 TVET trainers, 10 TVET graduates of traditional training, 10 TVET graduates of CBT and 10 employers selected through convenient sampling. Semi structured interviews were conducted from employers, trainers and both types of graduates. Thematic analysis was used for to draw the results. Results showed that graduates of competency based training programs are more competent than that of traditional training program and the employers are comparatively more satisfied with graduates of the CBT program. TVET sector should develop the curriculum according to the current demand of the industry and implement the curriculum effectively by updating the labs for the TVET graduates for better job opportunities in the industry. It is also proposed that TVET sector should shift its educational institutes from traditional training to CBT approach to meet the needs of the labour market for employers’ satisfaction. Furthermore, research should be conducted to explore the challenges and their solutions of training provided in TVET sector and its assessment to meet the level of competency satisfaction to meet labour market needs.


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