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 - Funding Information:
The project described was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through Grant UL1 TR002645. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
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
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 -