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. 2008 Sep;98(9):1598–1607. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117978

TABLE 1—

Summary of Discipline-Specific and Crosscutting Delphi Processes

Delphi 1 Delphi 2 Delphi 3 Final List
Competency Domains No. of Competencies Response Rate, % No. of Competencies Response Rate, % No. of Competencies Response Rate, % No. of Discipline-Specific Competencies No. of Crosscutting Competencies
Social and Behavioral Sciences 41 81 21 89 11 72 10 10
Biostatistics 30 81 14 94 9 100 10 0
Environmental Health 17 100 14 100 9 100 8 0
Epidemiology 24 100 15 92 11 81 10 2
Health and Policy Management 46 90 50 92 13 100 10 2
Public Health Biology 55 81 16 81 10 100 10 1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 15
Communication and Informatics 76 92 18 90 11 77 . . . 10
Diversity and Culture 65 82 21 65 10 100 . . . 10
Leadership 60 91 31 86 12 66 . . . 9
Professionalism 41 100 25 77 14 80 . . . 11
Program Planning 52 100 28 66 13 75 . . . 10
Systems Thinking 58 100 32 76 14 100 . . . 11
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Total of Phase 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119