Overview

The Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Science Graduate Certificate Program was designed to address a local and national need for rigorous training in D&I Science in health services research.

D&I science is the study of methods and strategies to facilitate the spread, adoption, implementation, and sustainment of evidence-based practices, interventions and policies in real-world and diverse health settings. As a transdisciplinary scientific field, D&I science can address multiple cross-cutting research topics (e.g., reducing disparities in access to and quality of care; use of innovative technologies and data science to improve routine care) and health conditions (e.g., mental health, cancer and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, geriatric care) of high priority. D&I Science also has the potential to make precision health more actionable and relevant and can make the translation of discoveries in this and other high priority areas more rapid.

The D&I Science Graduate Certificate Program is designed to provide pragmatic training to researchers who want to develop competencies in D&I science and practice which can be applied across multiple topic areas and settings in health services, clinical and community health, and public health research. The program is intended to provide researchers with solid foundational skills in D&I science, as well as intermediate and advanced skills in select D&I competency areas.

The D&I Science Graduate Certificate Program has three sponsoring units. The Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS) acts as the primary sponsor, and the Clinical Science Graduate Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz acts as the secondary sponsor. The Colorado Implementation Science Center for Cancer Control and Prevention (1 P50 CA244688-01) serves as an additional sponsor. It is coordinated through the ACCORDS Dissemination and Implementation Science Program.

Admission Requirements

Please visit the D&I Certificate website for admission information: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/accords/cores-and-programs/dissemination-implementation-science-program/d-i-certificate-program

• Degree: BA/BS
• GPA: minimum of 3.00 recommended

There is one application cycle per year with a start date in the Fall (August) semester. Please see website for additional requirements.

Certificate Requirements

Complete a total of 12 credit hours over a 3-year period:

Learning Objectives

The certificate program courses have been mapped to core D&I competencies including the following:

• Recognizing the level of evidence required to justify disseminating a program
• Developing a rationale for selecting a D&I model or framework to guide one’s study design
• Designing pragmatic interventions
• Selecting appropriate process/outcome measures
• Engaging key stakeholders to select the appropriate implementation strategies for a given context
• Using study designs that assess and plan for adaptations, sustainability, and future dissemination
• Conducting transparent evaluations of implementation strategies that address generalizability, costs and health equity
• Balancing the need for site adaptations with internal validity needs
• Use of mixed methods approaches for evaluation of D&I studies.

Courses

Please visit the D&I Certificate website for course information: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/accords/cores-and-programs/dissemination-implementation-science-program/d-i-certificate-program

Policies

Please refer to the Graduate School Policies page.

Contact Us

Please visit the D&I Certificate website for contact information: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/accords/cores-and-programs/dissemination-implementation-science-program/d-i-certificate-program

Galit Mankin, MSW
Program Administrator
303-724-1214
Galit.Mankin@cuanschutz.edu

Amanda Whiting
Program Assistant
Amanda.G.Whiting@cuanschutz.edu