Strengthening the clinical research workforce through a competency-based orientation program: Process outcomes and lessons learned across three academic health institutions

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Clinical research coordinators are increasingly tasked with a multitude of complex study activities critical to scientific rigor and participant safety, though more than half report not receiving appropriate training. To determine the reproducibility of an established clinical research workforce orientation program, collaborative partners across Clinical and Translational Science Award institutions seeded core principles and structure from Mayo Clinic's Clinical Research Orientation program within Penn State University and the University of Mississippi Medical Center from 2019 to 2021. Training concepts were established and tied to those domains deemed critical by the Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency for the conduct of clinical research at the highest levels of safety and quality possible. Significant knowledge and confidence gains and high overall program satisfaction were reported across participants and partner sites, despite programs being required to pivot from traditional, in-person formats to entirely virtual platforms as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The successful standardization and translation of foundational clinical research training has important efficiency and efficacy implications for research enterprises across the USA.

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Musshafen, L. A., Poger, J. M., Simmons, W. R., Hoke, A. M., Hanson, L. N., Bondurant, W. W., … Kraschnewski, J. L. (2021). Strengthening the clinical research workforce through a competency-based orientation program: Process outcomes and lessons learned across three academic health institutions. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2021.852

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