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Students may also choose to obtain a graduate certificate in Health and Aging.
Core Competencies
The following table presents our core competencies for Health Services Research Predoctoral Training along with the courses included in our curriculum to ensure that our students are well trained in each of these competencies.
Core Competency |
Curricula (Didactic) |
| (1) Understand & communicate knowledge regarding the healthcare system & current areas of health care & health policy research | PM 420, 421, 422, 436, 445, 448, 456, 483, 484, ECO 207 |
(2) Understand & communicate key theories underlying current explanations for healthcare phenomena |
PM 420, 421, 422, 436, 445, 448, 456, 483, 484, ECO 207 |
(3) Identify important & innovative HSR questions |
PM 421, 422, 428, 436, 445, 448, 456, 472, 483, 484, 494 |
(4) Create policy-relevant theory-based explanations for healthcare phenomena, & identify corresponding testable implications |
PM 421, 422, 428, 436, 445, 448, 456, 472, 483, 484, 494 |
(5) Create models that facilitate the investigation of research questions |
PM 428, 494 |
(6) Identify, develop, & implement the proper study designs, data collection & acquisition approaches, & analytic methods required to answer research questions |
PM 412, 416,422, 428, 445, 463, 464, 465, 472, 484, IND 503, BST 513, 465 |
(7) Integrate research findings into the current body of knowledge |
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(8) Professional communication |
PM 428 |
(9) Effectively work in multidisciplinary teams |
PM 421, 448 |
| (10) Responsible conduct of research | IND 503 |
PM 412 Survey Research
PM 416 Epidemiology Methods
PM 420 Politics & Policies in the US Health Care System
PM 421 US Health Care System: Financing, Delivery Performance
PM 422 Quality of Care & Risk Adjustment
PM 428 Research Workshop
PM 436 Health Policy
PM 445 Introduction to Health Services Research & Policy
PM 448 Health Policy Analysis
PM 456 Advanced Health Economics II
PM 463 Statistics I: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
PM 464 Statistics II: Introduction to Regression Analysis
PM 465 Statistics III: Applied Advanced Multivariate Analysis
PM 472 Measurement & Evaluation of Research Instruments
PM 483 Advanced Health Economics I
PM 484 Cost Effectiveness Research
PM 494 Principles of Theory & Model Development for Health Services Research
BST 465 Design of Clinical Trials
BST 513 Analysis of Longitudinal & Dependent Data
ECO 207 Intermediate Microeconomic
IND 503 Ethics in Research
Training experiences to enable successful achievement of the core competencies include our Research Workshop (PM 428), the Grant Writing Course (PM 438), and each student’s PhD Dissertation. Partnerships and work experiences include students collaborating as Research Assistants on studies conducted by HSR faculty, other UR faculty, and/or research partners outside of the university, such as Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency.
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