TY - JOUR
T1 - Bootstrapping implementation research training
T2 - A successful approach for academic health centers
AU - Stevens, Kathleen R.
AU - De La Rosa, Elisabeth
AU - Ferrer, Robert L.
AU - Finley Garcia, Erin
AU - Flores, Bertha E
AU - Forgione, Dana A.
AU - Noel, Polly Hitchcock
AU - Reistetter, Timothy A
AU - Valerio-Shewmaker, Melissa
AU - Wooten, Kevin C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Association for Clinical and Translational Science.
PY - 2021/7/26
Y1 - 2021/7/26
N2 - Demand for building competencies in implementation research (IR) outstrips supply of training programs, calling for a paradigm shift. We used a bootstrap approach to leverage external resources and create IR capacity through a novel 2-day training for faculty scientists across the four Texas Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSAs). The Workshop combined internal and external expertise, targeted nationally established IR competencies, incorporated new National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute OpenAccess online resources, employed well-known adult education principles, and measured impact. CTSA leader buy-in was reflected in financial support. Evaluation showed increased self-reported IR competency; statewide initiatives expanded. The project demonstrated that, even with limited onsite expertise, it was possible to bootstrap resources and build IR capacity de novo in the CTSA community.
AB - Demand for building competencies in implementation research (IR) outstrips supply of training programs, calling for a paradigm shift. We used a bootstrap approach to leverage external resources and create IR capacity through a novel 2-day training for faculty scientists across the four Texas Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSAs). The Workshop combined internal and external expertise, targeted nationally established IR competencies, incorporated new National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute OpenAccess online resources, employed well-known adult education principles, and measured impact. CTSA leader buy-in was reflected in financial support. Evaluation showed increased self-reported IR competency; statewide initiatives expanded. The project demonstrated that, even with limited onsite expertise, it was possible to bootstrap resources and build IR capacity de novo in the CTSA community.
KW - Implementation science
KW - educational design
KW - online resources
KW - research training
KW - translational research
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U2 - 10.1017/cts.2021.827
DO - 10.1017/cts.2021.827
M3 - Article
C2 - 34733544
AN - SCOPUS:85111574336
SN - 2059-8661
VL - 5
JO - Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
JF - Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
IS - 1
M1 - e168
ER -