Specific Competencies	Courses / Learning Opportunities		Evaluation Opportunities
Specific Competencies	Courses / Learning Opportunities		Course Work/Exam	Written Comps	Dept Preliminary Orals	School Preliminary Orals	Thesis	Final Defense	Public Thesis Presentation	Non-Thesis Research
3.1—Pose innovative and unique research questions, informed by structured reviews of the literature and relevant theoretical and conceptual models; formulate testable hypotheses to address these questions	300.870-1	Research and Proposal Writing Process I-II	X		X	X	X	X
	Written Proposal for Thesis Committee Approval
3.2—Select appropriate experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational study designs to address specific research questions and be able to argue in favor of a specific design as the most appropriate; design studies to minimize bias and maximize generalizability	140.621-4	Statistical Methods in Public Health I-IV	X		X	X	X	X
	140.651-4	Methods in Biostatistics I-IV
	300.714	Health Policy IV: Health Policy Research and Evaluation Methods
	309.715	Advanced Methods for Health Services Research: Research Design
	340.601	Principles of Epidemiology
	340.602	Intermediate Epidemiology
3.3—Develop and implement research protocols that ensure adherence to ethical standards; prepare an application for IRB approval	306.655	Ethical Issues in Public Health	X		X	X	X	X
	306.665	Research Ethics and Integrity
	Written Proposal for Thesis Committee Approval
	IRB Application to JHSPH CHR for Thesis Research
3.4—Obtain appropriate data sources from which sufficient variables can be validly measured to operationalize study constructs necessary for testing specific hypotheses	300.714	Health Policy IV: Introduction to Health Policy Research and Evaluation Methods	X		X	X	X
	309.715	Advanced Methods for Health Services Research: Research Design
	30X.820	Thesis Research
3.5—Analyze data using appropriate epidemiological, statistical, economic, or qualitative research techniques	140.621-4	Statistical Methods in Public Health I-IV	X				X
	140.651-4	Methods in Biostatistics I-IV
	140.658	Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Structural Models
	224.690-1	Qualitative Research I-II
	309.716	Advanced Methods for Health Services Research: Analysis
	309.820	Thesis Research Health Services Research
	313.630	Cost-Benefit Analysis: Theory and Techniques
	313.631	Cost-Effectiveness, Cost Utility and Their Applications
	313.640-1	Introduction to Health Economics I-II
	313.642-3	Introduction to Microeconomics I-II
	330.657	Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement
	340.601	Principles of Epidemiology
	340.602	Intermediate Epidemiology
3.6—Communicate research findings in oral and written form; place research findings in the context of current knowledge; identify limitations and further areas for research; discuss policy implications and public health significance of findings	309.820	Thesis Research Health Services Research					X	X	X
	Final Defense
	Public Thesis Presentation

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Appendix F (continued)

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#3—Conduct research from conception of ideas through study design, selection and application of appropriate analytic methods, interpretation of results, and publication of findings.