Table 5.

Novel/Emerging Competency Descriptions and Rankings.

	Mean importance	SD	Count of respondents rated competency very or extremely important, N (%)
Design strategies to address the multi-level influences of health inequities as it relates to the implementation of an evidence-based intervention	4.31	0.84	100 (84.7)
Integrate strategies within D&I research to facilitate meaningful stakeholder engagement (e.g., shared power, shared decision-making, co-learning)	4.27	0.78	100 (84.7)
Operationalize hybrid effectiveness-implementation designs when appropriate to accelerate the implementation of evidence-based interventions in real-world settings	4.14	0.87	94 (79.7)
Develop strategies to promote equity in resource distribution across all external research partners, including community partners or other external organizations and the researcher's institution	4.00	0.94	80 (67.8)
Summarize the importance of ethically and culturally competent clinical and community-based research in D&I science	3.98	0.92	85 (72.0)
Develop and assess processes and outcomes that support iterative cycles of implementation and bidirectional flow of information (e.g., learning health systems)	3.90	0.89	79 (66.9)
Characterize process models that support iterative cycles of implementation and adaptation based on learning	3.75	0.99	73 (61.9)
Examine the importance of rapid research to advance D&I science concepts and directions	3.70	1.00	65 (55.1)
Apply theory and strategies from team science to promote team effectiveness in D&I research	3.47	0.95	55 (46.6)
Apply systems science and systems modeling approaches in D&I research	3.34	0.99	53 (44.9)

Note. D&I = dissemination and implementation; SD = standard deviation.