TABLE 2.

Core Competencies in Thematic Areas IX, XI, XI, and XIII developed by the CTSA Educational and Career Development Key Function Committee (2009)

Core Thematic Area	Competencies
Scientific Communication (IX)	1. Communicate clinical and translational research findings to different groups of individuals, including colleagues, students, the lay public, and the media. 2. Translate the implications of clinical and translational research findings for clinical practice, advocacy, and governmental groups. 3. Write summaries of scientific information for use in the development of clinical health care policy. 4. Translate clinical and translational research findings into national health strategies or guidelines for use by the general public. 5. Explain the utility and mechanism of commercialization for clinical and translational research findings, the patent process, and technology transfer.
Translational Teamwork (XI)	1. Build an interdisciplinary/ intradisciplinary/ multidisciplinary team that matches the objectives of the research problem. 2. Manage an interdisciplinary team of scientists. 3. Advocate for multiple points of view. 4. Clarify language differences across disciplines. 5. Demonstrate group decision-making techniques. 6. Manage conflict. 7. Manage a clinical and/or translational research study.
Leadership (XII)	1. Work as a leader of a multidisciplinary research team. 2. Manage a multidisciplinary team across its fiscal, personnel, regulatory compliance and problem solving requirements. 3. Maintain skills as mentor and mentee. 4. Validate others as a mentor. 5. Foster innovation and creativity.
Cross Disciplinary Training (XIII)	1. Apply principles of adult learning and competency-based instruction to educational activities. 2. Provide clinical and translational science instruction to beginning scientists. 3. Incorporate adult learning principles and mentoring strategies into interactions with beginning scientists and scholars in order to engage them in clinical and translational research. 4. Develop strategies for overcoming the unique curricular challenges associated with merging scholars from diverse backgrounds.