DEVELOPING a GLOBAL CORE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

DEVELOPING A GLOBAL CORE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH PA 116 DEVELOPING A GLOBAL CORE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH Amélie Julé, Tamzin Furtado, Liam Boggs, François Van Log[.]

PA-116 DEVELOPING A GLOBAL CORE COMPETENCY

FRAMEWORK FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

Amélie Julé, Tamzin Furtado, Liam Boggs, François Van Loggerenberg, Trudie Lang Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000260.145

Background Lack of recognition for working in clinical research is widely cited as an impediment to its conduct There

is a lack of career structure for the many roles involved (investi-gators, trial managers, nurses, etc.), and a lack of understanding

of who does what Competency frameworks exist for some indi-vidual job roles, but these are infrequent; thus the need for a global framework describing roles and responsibilities in a research team This would facilitate appraisal of staff, promote career development by highlighting acquired skills, and illumin-ate areas where training opportunities are lacking

Methods In this project, we combine 28 frameworks created by external groups, with information from 116 job descriptions obtained from partners in clinical trial units worldwide, includ-ing input from the EDCTP Networks of Excellence, and from the web, to create a widely-encompassing framework derived from 11 different roles Using qualitative analysis software, we systematically assess the activities performed by the clinical research team to categorise them and define underlying knowledge-, skill- or task-based competencies

Results The resulting framework counts 50 competencies required throughout the research life cycle, from assessment of scientific literature to results dissemination via project

Abstracts

management, public engagement or grant application It is

applicable to studies that may differ in design, geographical

location, disease, etc., and can be adapted to the particular

needs of specific projects or roles The framework was subject

to an initial validation through consultations with over 30

global health research experts in collaboration with WHO-TDR

in September 2015, resulting in enhancements and its

subse-quent beta release

Conclusions The adaptable ‘Global Core Competency

Framework for Clinical Research’ is now accessible via The

Global Health Network, alongside a protocol for individuals

who may wish to pilot test it in their work The framework may

be further refined before being finally approved and launched in

collaboration with WHO-TDR

Abstracts

RESEARCH COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR CLINICAL DEVELOPING A GLOBAL CORE

and Trudie Lang Amélie Julé, Tamzin Furtado, Liam Boggs, François Van Loggerenberg

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000260.145

2017 2: A54-A55

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