Table 1.
A survey of selected D&I research training courses, as discussed at the 2013 NIH workshop
| Course title | Length of course; frequency held | Target audience | Number of slots per cohort | T Theory/frameworks |
O Research designs |
P Measurement |
I Comparative effectiveness research |
C Economics/cost |
S Reviews of individual study ideas |
What is D&I research | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIDIRH | 1 week; annually | All researchers new to D&I, any content area | 40–45 | YES; overview | YES; overview | YES; measurement and evaluation lecture and exercises | YES | YES | YES, small group discussions daily | YES, as part of a pre-training webinar format | |
| IRI | 1 week for 2 years; annually | Early-to-mid career researchers new to D&I, mental health focus | 10–12 | YES | YES | YES | Yes in relation to D&I research | Yes | YES, one-on-one mentoring and small-group discussions | Yes as brief overview | |
| MT-DIRC | 1 week for 2 years; annually | Early-to-mid career researchers new to D&I, cancer focus | 14 | YES | YES | YES | No | YES | YES, one-on-one mentoring and small-group discussions | YES | |
| KT Canada Summer training Institute | 3 days; annually | Early career researchers and graduate students/fellows focused on D&I | 36 | YES | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, one-on-one mentoring and small group discussions | YES | |
| UW PhD | Multi-year program, generally 3–5 years. | Graduate students | 3–5 | YES; didactic and dissertation phases | YES; heavy focus throughout didactic and dissertation phases | YES; ~70% overlap in coursework with metrics area of emphasis | YES | YES; at a minimum covered through coursework | YES; mentoring and cohort review of disseration projects | YES | Total program time is generally 3–5 years. |
| UCSF | Master’s Track in Implementation Science (ImS) within a 2 year masters program in clinical research Certificate Program; Two-Week Summer ImS Institutes (new) at UCSF and previously in Croatia and Uganda | Early-to-mid career researchers new to D&I as well as graduate and medical students; early transitioning faculty meeting NIH disparities criteria | No limits for masters or certificate; 10-12/cohort for summer institute programs | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES, masters committee and WIP options; 1:1 and team mentors for summer ImS institutes | YES | We also have developed competencies for the masters students and are working on those for the other formats. We have one on-line class and are working on more |
| UICC | 8 h webinars; once | Researchers new to D&I | |||||||||
| NCI IS advanced topics webinar | 10 hour-long webinars per year | D&I researchers of all levels/ experiences | No limit on participation; webinars are archived for future retrieval. | YES; webinars feature individual frameworks | |||||||
| KT Canada Seminar series | 12 one-hour-long webinars per year | D&I researchers of all levels/ experiences | Unlimited – an average of about 70 participants | YES | YES | YES | Yes | Yes | YES | Yes | |
| KT Canada Twitter journal club | 6 one-hour-long webinars per year | Unlimited – an average of about 25 participants | YES | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | n/r | Yes | ||
| UW IS for family planning, reproductive health & HIV/STI prevention and control | 10 days (80 h); annually | Researchers, policymakers, practitioners from low and middle-income countries | 30 | Yes | Yes; emphasis of short course is development of a study protocol | Yes; overview | Yes | Yes; overview | Yes; mentoring and cohort review of developed protocols | Yes | 2nd year of short course in 2015, with the USAID-supported EVIDENCE project |