Table 2.
CER curriculum and/or competencies identified by four expert groups.
| Curriculum/competencies (reference) | IOM roundtable4 | CTSA CER 4–5a group5 | CTSA CER 4–5b group6 | IOM CER report1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical epidemiology | X | X | X | |
| • Practical clinical trials (pragmatic; effectiveness) | X | X | X | X |
| • Nontrial clinical research | X | X | ||
| • Systematic reviews (including meta‐analyses and technology assessment) | X | X | X | X |
| • Pharmacoepidemiology | X | |||
| • Clinical epidemiology methods research | X | X | ||
| Biomedical informatics | X | X | X | X |
| • Electronic health records (EHR) | X | |||
| • Reuse of clinical data | X | |||
| • Information needs assessment | X | |||
| • Data mining/other knowledge discovery | X | |||
| • Ontology development/knowledge management | X | |||
| • Computer sciences | X | |||
| Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) | X | |||
| Health services research | X | X | X | |
| Implementation and dissemination | X | X | ||
| Biostatistics (in CER) | X | X | X | |
| Large database research | X | X | ||
| Health economics/cost‐effectiveness | X | X | X | |
| Decision analysis/cognitive sciences | X | X | ||
| Practice‐based network research | X | |||
| Community‐engaged research | X | |||
| Library sciences | X | |||
| Communication (of research findings) | X | |||
| Clinical medicine | X | |||
| Genomics | X |