The Research Education and Training Core expands the skills of scholars through a combination of interactive didactics and mentored health system projects, with a focus on the 8 core competencies for Learning Health System Science. Scholars will achieve skills and knowledge through the E-STAR curriculum, mentored career development and mentored learning health system projects.
8 Core Competencies for Learning Health Systems Science
- Engagement, Leadership, and Research Management - To engage stakeholders in all aspects of the research process and effectively lead and manage LHS research teams and projects.
- Ethics of Research and Implementation in Health Systems - To ensure that research and quality improvement done in health care settings adhere to the highest ethical standards.
- Health and Healthcare Equity and Justice - To know how to assess health equity and apply LHS science methods to advance equity and justice in healthcare delivery systems and health.
- Improvement and Implementation Science - To reduce avoidable variation in processes and outcomes and ensure the systematic uptake of research findings in a health system.
- Informatics - To know how to use information systems to conduct LHS research and improve patient and health system outcomes.
- Research Methods - To conduct research within the context of complex health systems using appropriate study designs and analytic methods to assess outcomes of interest to health systems stakeholders.
- Research Questions and Standards of Scientific Evidence - To ask meaningful questions and evaluate the usefulness of scientific evidence and insights.
- Systems Science - To understand how health systems operate and how to apply systems theory to research and implementation.
E-STAR Curriculum
Dates | Research Education Core Curriculum | Hours |
Required Courses (If not already completed) | Designing Clinical Research (Epi 202) | 28 |
Intro to Statistical Computing (Biostat 212) | 14 | |
Introduction to Clinical Informatics (Epi 232) | 14 | |
Use of EHR Data for Research (Epi 231) | 28 | |
Responsible Conduct of Research | 8 | |
Weekly Didactic Sessions | LEAN Healthcare Improvement Training: Six 4-hour sessions in person at Mission Hall | 24 |
Works in Progress Sessions: 10:30 – noon, September through May, second and fourth Fridays of the month, in person | 16 | |
Stakeholder Engagement: 9:30-10:25, second and fourth Fridays of the month | 9 | |
Other Learning Health System Topics | 9 | |
Fellows Advancement Skills Training in Clinical Research (FAST CaR): Four 3-hour remote sessions | 16 | |
2-Day Workshop | Learning Health System Workshop (PRISE Center) | 16 |
Miscellaneous | LHS E-STAR Advisor Meetings | 4 |
Engagement Grand Rounds | 4 | |
Total | 190 |