Advanced knowledge and skills needed in the following competency areas: | Academic researcher track | Clinician researcher track | Policy/ manager researcher track |
1. Science of patient safety | √ | + | √ |
2. At least one patient safety subspecialty | √ | – | – |
3. Research design and methodology | + | √ | √ |
4. Conducting research | + | √ | √ |
5. Statistics and data analysis | + | √ | √ |
6. Knowledge translation | √ | √ | + |
√, essential competency; –, competency could be de-emphasised; +, additional emphasis may be required.
↵* Adapted from Ginsburg and Norton.3