Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Science Graduate Certificate Program
Core Competencies
The certificate program courses have been mapped to core D&I competencies including the following:
- recognizing the level of evidence required to justify disseminating a program
- developing a rationale for selecting a D&I model or framework to guide one’s study design
- designing pragmatic interventions
- selecting appropriate process/outcome measures
- engaging key stakeholders to select the appropriate implementation strategies for a given context
- using study designs that assess and plan for adaptations, sustainability, and future dissemination
- conducting transparent evaluations of implementation strategies that address generalizability, costs and health equity
- balancing the need for site adaptations with internal validity needs
- use of mixed methods approaches for evaluation of D&I studies