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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Improvement and Implementation Science - To reduce avoidable variation in processes and outcomes and ensure the systematic uptake of research findings in a health system.
5. Informatics - To know how to use information systems to conduct LHS research and improve patient and health system outcomes.
6. 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.
7. Research Questions and Standards of Scientific Evidence - To ask meaningful questions and evaluate the usefulness of scientific evidence and insights.
8. Systems Science - To understand how health systems operate and how to apply systems theory to research and implementation.

E-STAR Curriculum