Specific | Supporting the institutionalization of the use of evidence | To support and publicly promote the use of scientific evidence in the institution, through processes and mechanisms of knowledge translation in all its stages (synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically sound application). | A |
Knowing the organizational context | To know the structure, dynamics and capacities to formulate and implement EIPM in relevant organizations, according to their contexts. | K |
Contextualizing evidence | To use scientific evidence in a contextualized way, identifying and implementing adaptations when necessary. | S |
Using evidence | To use the best available evidence to identify, in a systematic and transparent manner, potential benefits, risks, uncertainties, and costs arising from the decisions. |
Formulating EIPM | To plan and formulate evidence-informed health programs and policies in a systematic, transparent and participatory way. |
Implementing EIPM | To implement and monitor health programs and policies by developing and adopting contextualized and evidence-informed implementation plans. |
Evaluating health policies | To evaluate public health policy implementation processes and their outcomes (e.g., products, processes, impacts). |
Mobilizing collaborative networks | To mobilize collaborative networks among EIPM stakeholders, respecting institutional and cultural norms and practices. |
General | Understanding health policies | To understand what public health policies are, and the processes involved in their development and implementation. | K |
Knowing health systems | To know the structure and dynamics of health systems and their organizations, in their different spheres of management and levels of care. |
Managing organizational processes | To manage organizational processes in health system institutions at their specific level of practice. | S |
Managing projects | To manage resources, processes and risks, and carry out monitoring and evaluation of projects related to health systems and policies. |
Managing people and teams | To coordinate, mobilize, and engage individuals and teams to achieve the institutional objectives. |
Managing conflicts of interest | To manage conflicts of interest, minimizing competition and maximizing collaboration. |
Area of activity – scientific research |
Specific | Conducting scientific research | To produce, search, critically assess and synthesize scientific evidence. | S |
General | Knowing the fundamentals of scientific research | To know methods, techniques and resources of scientific research. | K |
Extracting scientific information | To extract information from scientific texts relevant to a certain field, written in languages other than the native one. | S |
Area of activity – civil society |
Specific | Advocating for EIPM | To advocate or promote EIPM with civil society, governments and decision-makers, research groups and institutions. | S |
Area of activity – knowledge translation |
Specific | Prioritizing questions and problems | To identify and prioritize questions and problems relevant to the context of health policies and systems. | S |
Managing knowledge translation actions | To plan and apply organizational knowledge translation strategies in the context of practice. |
Conducting knowledge translation | To apply knowledge translation methods, mechanisms and processes. |
Combining different types of evidence | To combine scientific evidence with other types of evidence to inform the decision-making process in health systems and policies. |
Area of activity – cross-sectional |
Specific | Valuing scientific research | To value scientific research as an important resource in decision-making in health policies and systems, at all its stages and levels. | A |
Trusting the other partners and actors in the system | To establish and maintain relationships of mutual trust based on transparency with the actors involved in the EIPM processes in their own environments and contexts. |
Valuing transparency in EIPM | To recognize, advocate and adopt transparency as a principle of action, so that EIPM processes are reliable and accessible to all stakeholders. |
Communicating and disseminating evidence | To communicate and disseminate scientific evidence to different audiences, publicly promoting its social appropriation. | S |
Improving evidence communication | To continuously enhance the use of evidence communication techniques and resources in the context of health policy and systems. |
Leading knowledge translation processes and projects | To lead knowledge translation processes and projects, promoting the engagement of the responsible team and relevant key actors. |
Promoting cooperative actions for EIPM | To establish and encourage the creation of bonds, partnerships and exchanges for cooperation and teamwork among decision-makers, researchers, and other actors involved in EIPM. |
Having basic computer skills | To properly manage computer resources (software and hardware) and other information technologies important to the practice and development of EIPM. |
General | Acting for the benefit of citizens | To work for a broad conception of the right to health, advocate and prioritize the quality and sustainability of health policy, systems and services. | A |
Reflecting carefully | To carefully, judiciously and sensibly reflect on problems and dilemmas related to public health policies, with a balanced judgment. |
Acting with professionalism and ethics | To act with high ethical and professional standards, guided by principles of integrity, responsibility, commitment to learning, and continuous improvement of practice. |
Valuing social participation | To recognize, advocate and act to value participatory processes in health policy and systems. |
Appreciating teamwork | To adopt practices that promote collaborative teamwork. |
Valuing learning | To have a lifelong commitment to self-directed learning based on critical and reflective thinking. |
Valuing creativity | To value creativity to solve problems, combining strategies and resources in a proactive and participatory manner. |
Appreciating the possibility of change | To have a flexible personal and professional attitude, accepting, valuing, enabling and managing the occurrence of situations that bring change. |
Acting with confidence in one’s own abilities | To make an assertive use of one’s already developed knowledge, skills and attitudes. |
Acting with motivation and initiative | To act with motivation and initiative, proactively seeking opportunities to contribute to improving the environment and context of practice. |
Facilitating group interaction | To apply techniques for facilitating groups, aimed at exchange and cooperation in the collective construction of knowledge and practices in health. | S |
Establishing good interpersonal relationships for collaborative processes | To establish good interpersonal relationships based on ethical and respectful practices for collaboration, regardless of the hierarchical position occupied. |