Aligning community-engaged research competencies with online training resources across the Clinical and Translational Science Award Consortium.

Introduction: The extent to which Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) programs offer publicly accessible online resources for training in community-engaged research (CEnR) core competencies is unknown. This study cataloged publicly accessible online CEnR resources from CTSAs and mapped resources to CEnR core competency domains.

Methods: Following a search and review of the current literature regarding CEnR competencies, CEnR core competency domains were identified and defined.

Action Learning Cohort Series: An Innovative Community-Engaged Approach for Translating Research Into Practice.

Cultivating strong partnerships among community and academic stakeholders expedites the translation of research findings into practice and communities by enhancing opportunities for research dissemination and implementation. However, the lack of systematic methods for community stakeholder engagement may decelerate the translational research process. The North Carolina Translational Research and Clinical Sciences Institute implemented an innovative approach to community engagement called the Action Learning Cohort (ALC) Series.