Catalogue of Competencies

Competency Domain 6. Personal effectiveness and professional development as a researcher in the field of global health

Competency 6.1. Demonstrate knowledge of, value for and the ability to apply and adapt the values, principles and approaches of building and sustaining connections, networks and collaboration in global health research. 

  • Basic level: Know about and comprehend the above-mentioned values, principles and approaches of networking and collaboration in global health research.
  • Skilled level: Demonstrate commitment to and appropriately use and apply under supervision the above-mentioned values, principles and approaches of networking and collaboration at national and international level, including to recognise and strategically share, disseminate and build on individual and team research goals and outcomes.
  • Advanced level: Independently demonstrate commitment to and apply, adapt, evaluate and further advance the above-mentioned values, principles and approaches of networking and collaboration at national and international level, including to recognise and strategically identify, share, disseminate and build on individual, team, institutional and collaborative partnership research goals and outcomes.

Competency 6.2. Demonstrate critical self-reflection (reflexivity), continuous learning and flexibility in a changing environment (e.g. changing research circumstances due to natural disasters or political dynamics) in global health research. This includes values and norms (normativity), concepts and approaches as well as the skills (adaptability and creativity) to foster critical self-reflection about one’s own perspectives, beliefs and biases as well as for continuous learning to consider alternative viewpoints and paradigms in global health research.

  • Basic level: Know about and comprehend the above-mentioned values, norms, concepts, approaches and skills in global health research.
  • Skilled level: Demonstrate commitment to and appropriately use and apply under supervision the above-mentioned values, norms, concepts, approaches and skills in the planning, design, conduct, evaluation and reporting of global health research.
  • Advanced level: Independently demonstrate commitment to and apply, adapt, evaluate and further advance the above-mentioned values, norms, concepts, approaches and skills in the planning, design, conduct, evaluation and reporting of global health research, and foster these practices in others at individual and collective level.

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