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Developing the Translational Research Workforce: A Pilot Study of Common Metrics for Evaluating the Clinical and Translational Award KL2 Program

Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: PURPOSE: This pilot study describes the career development programs (i.e., NIH KL2 awards) across five Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions within the University of California (UC) system, and examines the feasibility of a set of common metrics for evaluating early outcomes. METHODS: A survey of program administrators provided data related to the institutional environment within which each KL2 program was implemented. Application and progress report data yielded a combined data set that characterized KL2 awardees, their initial productivity, and early career outcomes. RESULTS: The pilot project demonstrated the feasibility of aggregating common metrics data across multiple institutions. The data indicated that KL2 awardees were an accomplished set of investigators, both before and after the award period, representing a wide variety of disciplines. Awardees that had completed their trainee period overwhelmingly remained active in translational research conducted within an academic setting. Early indications also suggest high rates of success with obtaining research funding subsequent to the KL2 award. CONCLUSION: This project offers a model for how to collect and analyze common metrics related to the education and training function of the CTSA Consortium. Next steps call for expanding participation to other CTSA sites outside of the University of California system.
DOI: 10.1111/cts.12353
Authors: Margaret Schneider, Lourdes Guerrero, Lisa B. Jones, Greg Tong, Christine Ireland, Jill Dumbauld, Julie Rainwater
Institutions: University of California, Irvine, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of California, San Francisco, University of California San Diego, University of California, Davis
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance, National Institutes of Health, University of California, Davis, University of California, San Diego, University of California, San Francisco, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Awards: G1110505228, G1565283526, G2280939255, G2714352180, G2928778974, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, G4459328136, G483408255, G522538789, G530069377, G68902159, G6990385686, G7140729675, G775892330, Mentored Career Development Program, UC San Diego Clinical and Translational Research Institute
OpenAlex ID: W2181178250
FWCI: 1.618
Cites: 9
Cited by: 13
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