Your Voice in ACVIM’s Research Strategy: Co-Creating the New Research Competency Framework

The ACVIM Education and Research Committee (ERC) spent the last year refining a comprehensive research strategy and competency framework to guide how the ACVIM supports the research needs of Diplomates and candidates throughout the course of their careers. The updated strategy is more inclusive of different practice settings and stakeholders and creates room to develop and support a broader array of research-related activities.
In approaching this work, the ERC considered:

• What are our primary objectives of resident training in the area of research?


• What are the research-related needs of the ACVIM members throughout their careers?


• What competencies are critical for clinical practice, academic/training roles, execution of basic or clinical research?


• How does the ACVIM’s research strategy fit with the future needs of specialty medicine and various career paths of ACVIM Diplomates?

 
Drawing on answers to these and many other questions, the ERC developed the beginning of a research competency framework. It defines the research-related competencies that serve as baseline expectations of someone who has successfully completed a residency, which are further distilled into categories that define research-related competencies for Diplomates as they progress through their careers. The document also includes an overview of the ACVIM activities that align with these competencies, as well as gaps and opportunities to provide further support to stakeholders.
Since this framework will be a tool to guide the development of specific tactics, it is critical that it reflects broad input from all stakeholder groups. This session is an opportunity to offer feedback and perspective, so that the collective wisdom of our community is the basis of the ERC’s ongoing work and their final recommendations to the ACVIM Board of Regents for action.