Implementation Science

Website: https://ctsi.utah.edu/

Kellie E. Brown
Email: kellie.e.brown@hsc.utah.edu

JD Smith, PhD Email: JD.Smith@hsc.utah.edu

The Implementation Science (IS) Certificate provides faculty and student trainees with an opportunity to develop a discrete and transferable set of research skills in implementation science. Implementation science is an emerging field of the scientific study of methods to improve the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of evidence-based practices in health services settings.

The format of the IS Certificate provides faculty and students with the opportunity to engage in implementation science methods didactic training in a shorter time frame than traditional degree programs. The IS certificate provides trainees seeking career development awards with a formal program of training focused on specific skills required to successfully complete a proposed program of research that includes dissemination and implementation science methodology. This certificate also provides a flexible route for trainees who are looking to acquire a set of focused research skills built on existing and new courses in this area.

• The Certificate in Implementation Science is intended for students who have completed an undergraduate degree and who seek to acquire critical skills in implementation science methods: theories/models/frame- works; study designs; measurement and evaluation; and academic-community-health system partnerships.

• Current medical, master, and doctoral students may elect to pursue the certificate. The Certificate is designed to foster and support students in attaining transferable research skills to help them achieve their learning and career goals.

• The program is open to students from all undergraduate education backgrounds.