Wipfli Heather L, Berman Micah, Hanson Kacey, Kelder Steven, Solis Amy, Villanti Andrea C, Ribeiro Carla M P, Meissner Helen I, Anderson Roger
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA;
Ohio State University, College of Public Health & Moritz College of Law, Columbus, OH.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Feb;19(2):222-230. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw178. Epub 2016 Jul 14.
In 2013, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration funded a network of 14 Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) with a mission that included research and training. A cross-TCORS Panel was established to define tobacco regulatory science (TRS) competencies to help harmonize and guide their emerging educational programs. The purpose of this paper is to describe the Panel's work to develop core TRS domains and competencies.
The Panel developed the list of domains and competencies using a semistructured Delphi method divided into four phases occurring between November 2013 and August 2015.
The final proposed list included a total of 51 competencies across six core domains and 28 competencies across five specialized domains.
There is a need for continued discussion to establish the utility of the proposed set of competencies for emerging TRS curricula and to identify the best strategies for incorporating these competencies into TRS training programs. Given the field's broad multidisciplinary nature, further experience is needed to refine the core domains that should be covered in TRS training programs versus knowledge obtained in more specialized programs.
Regulatory science to inform the regulation of tobacco products is an emerging field. The paper provides an initial list of core and specialized domains and competencies to be used in developing curricula for new and emerging training programs aimed at preparing a new cohort of scientists to conduct critical TRS research.
2013年，美国国立卫生研究院和食品药品监督管理局资助了一个由14个烟草监管科学中心（TCORS）组成的网络，其使命包括研究和培训。成立了一个跨TCORS小组来定义烟草监管科学（TRS）能力，以帮助协调和指导其新兴的教育项目。本文的目的是描述该小组制定TRS核心领域和能力的工作。
该小组采用半结构化德尔菲法制定领域和能力清单，该方法分为2013年11月至2015年8月期间的四个阶段。
最终提议的清单包括六个核心领域的总共51项能力和五个专业领域的28项能力。
需要继续进行讨论，以确定提议的能力集对新兴TRS课程的实用性，并确定将这些能力纳入TRS培训项目的最佳策略。鉴于该领域广泛的多学科性质，需要更多经验来完善TRS培训项目应涵盖的核心领域与在更专业项目中获得的知识。
为烟草产品监管提供信息的监管科学是一个新兴领域。本文提供了核心和专业领域及能力的初步清单，可用于为旨在培养一批新科学家进行关键TRS研究的新兴培训项目制定课程。
