Such training was considered important in improving other policy-makers' competencies in research methods and their ability to understand research presented.
Third cycle descriptors point to the need for competencies in research and studies based on empirical work conducted on an independent basis.
(p < 0.05 for components 1& 3 of item #4) In the ACGME competency based self-evaluation, research rotators consistently scored higher in all competency-based elements of research suggesting that the research rotation increased awareness and confidence regarding competencies in research activities.
Certainly, a drug CEO would have been expected to have been schooled in the sales and marketing side of the business, if not originate from its core competency in research and development of new drugs.
It was also brought up that increased competency in research methods would not only improve policy-makers' ability to understand the research, but it would also increase the importance they place on research and their motivation to use it.
Policy-makers are likely to increase their utilization of research findings if their competency in research methods is improved and the importance they place on research findings in the policy-making process is increased.
These factors include: access to information, relevance of the research, use of research perceived as a time consuming process, trust in the research, authority of those who presented their view, competency in research methods, priority of research in the policy process, and accountability.
Increased collaboration and personal contact between researchers and policy-makers could lead to increased access to information, improve policy-makers' trust in the research, enhance their understanding of, and competency in, research methods and the skills required to access research findings, and allow them to influence the research and make it more relevant to their own needs.
The short-term objectives were to increase decision-makers' and stakeholders' competencies in using research and to develop researchers' capacities to transform knowledge into a format suitable for transfer.
With his core competency rooted in research, coupled with his strong neighborhood ties and access to larger communities through Techbook Online, the South Philly native is aiming to harness the spirit of innovation to change the world through participatory action research (PAR).
To address low productivity due to lack of technical competencies, training programmes in research methods, grant and manuscript writing and human research subject protection were organized for faculty and postgraduate trainees and regularly presented at UEM and Unilurio by UEM faculty and international partners.
