This course will address the following competencies important for Healthcare Delivery Science:
- Demonstrate knowledge of exemplar theories and models and frameworks for D&I research to produce value for stakeholders
- Identify the components to designing and conducting D&I research
- Evaluate how the evidence-based interventions, stakeholder engagement and dissemination inform the quality, equity or value of health care
- Describe evidence-based strategies to engage stakeholders from diverse health care settings in developing D&I research to ensure the feasibility and relevance to real-world health care
- Describe evidence-based strategies to recruit and engage diverse health care stakeholders in conducting D&I research to ensure the feasibility and relevance to real-world health care
- Demonstrate knowledge of mixed methods and how they can be used to improve D&I research studies
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to assess multi-level determinants of health and health care disparities when designing studies
- Demonstrate the ability to employ implementation research and quality improvement to promote efficiency, quality, and patient safety in the healthcare system
Barbara Turner, MD, MSED, MACP, and Albert Farias, PhD, MPH, faculty in The USC The Gehr Family Center For Health Systems Science And Innovation, in conjunction with Brian Mittman, PhD, Senior Scientist at Kaiser Permanente with affiliations at USC and UCLA.
