Core Competencies for Clinical and Translational Science
NCRR, in collaboration with the CTSA Education and Career Development Key Function Committee, formed the Education Core Competency Work Group to define the training standards for core competencies in clinical and translational research. The overall goal is to create competency-based educational curricula for training clinician-scientists that will define the discipline of clinical and translational science. The current focus has been on defining the basic knowledge, skills, and attributes that a master's-level candidate should attain. The final recommendations for the core competencies can be found here. In early June, the CTSA Consortium Steering Committee reviewed and endorsed the competencies. The Strategic Goal Committee will now begin aligning the competencies with curricula in programs across the CTSA consortium.