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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Outlook. 2008;56(3):123–131. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2008.02.004

Table 1.

Learning Outcomes and Competencies for TRBOCC Program

LEARNING OUTCOME 1. Integrate advanced knowledge from biological, clinical, behavioral and population sciences to gain depth of understanding within a focused area of behavioral oncology and cancer control

  1. Develops advanced knowledge of the philosophical, conceptual, and theoretical issues relevant to a focus area in behavioral oncology and cancer control.

  2. Analyzes arguments related to methodological, psychometric, and analytic issues relevant to area of research focus.

  3. Applies advanced knowledge of the interplay of biological, clinical, and behavioral factors to identification of scientific problems in behavioral oncology and cancer control.

  4. Evaluates the merits of ethical, clinical, and socio-political issues relevant to knowledge expansion in area of research focus.

  5. Incorporates differing perspectives and epistemological orientations of colleagues from complementary disciplines into ongoing inquiry.

LEARNING OUTCOME 2. Builds a focused program of research that extends scientific knowledge in an area of research relevant to behavioral oncology and cancer control.

  1. Establishes a collegial relationship with a primary mentor and at least one other interdisciplinary mentor to gain advanced knowledge and experience.

  2. Actively participates in mentors’ interdisciplinary program of research.

  3. Conducts a research project from the role of lead investigator.

  4. Disseminates expert knowledge through a record of refereed presentations.

  5. Delivers oral and written arguments that articulate the fit between professional research goals and national/international priorities in area of research focus.

  6. Carries out scientific investigations that extend existing boundaries of knowledge in area of research focus.

  7. Obtains funding from intramural and/or extramural agencies to conduct such scientific investigations

LEARNING OUTCOME 3. Is recognized as a beginning scholar within a larger community of behavioral oncology and cancer control scientists.

  1. Evaluates personal and professional strengths in developing as an independent scientist.

  2. Develops an action plan for a research trajectory in behavioral oncology research.

  3. Presents data based oral and written critiques outlining the existing boundaries of scientific knowledge in area of research focus.

  4. Serves as a reviewer for abstracts, manuscripts, and/or grant proposals to advance the knowledge within the area of clinical expertise.

  5. Establishes collaborative relationships with scientific colleagues at the local, regional, and national levels.

  6. Engages in professional activities to advance the community of scholars within and across disciplines.