Using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a CTSA hub environment
For the past 4 years, as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant award number UL1TR001436, the Clinical Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) has used process engineering approaches to identify and understand barri...
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| description | For the past 4 years, as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant award number UL1TR001436, the Clinical Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) has used process engineering approaches to identify and understand barriers that local researchers and other stakeholders face when engaging in clinical and translational science. We describe these approaches and present preliminary results. We identified barriers from published and unpublished work at other CTSA hubs, supplemented by surveys and semi-structured interviews of CTSI faculty. We then used a multifaceted approach to organize, visualize, and analyze the barriers. We have identified 27 barriers to date. We ranked their priority for CTSI to address based on the barrier’s impact, the feasibility of intervention, and whether addressing the barrier aligned with CTSI’s institutional role. This approach provides a systematic framework to scope and address the “barriers to research problem” at CTSI institutions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ff2c32bcda3407c91419b4bfadd36452023-03-09T12:31:04ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612021-01-01510.1017/cts.2020.522Using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a CTSA hub environmentDouglas Grabenstetter0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1196-2013Ramez Rashid1Jeff Whittle2Mechanical Engineering Department, Industrial Engineering Program, Milwaukee School of Engineering University, Milwaukee, WI, USA Clinical Translational Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USAMechanical Engineering Department, Industrial Engineering Program, Milwaukee School of Engineering University, Milwaukee, WI, USAMechanical Engineering Department, Industrial Engineering Program, Milwaukee School of Engineering University, Milwaukee, WI, USA Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA Primary Care Division, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USAFor the past 4 years, as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant award number UL1TR001436, the Clinical Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) has used process engineering approaches to identify and understand barriers that local researchers and other stakeholders face when engaging in clinical and translational science. We describe these approaches and present preliminary results. We identified barriers from published and unpublished work at other CTSA hubs, supplemented by surveys and semi-structured interviews of CTSI faculty. We then used a multifaceted approach to organize, visualize, and analyze the barriers. We have identified 27 barriers to date. We ranked their priority for CTSI to address based on the barrier’s impact, the feasibility of intervention, and whether addressing the barrier aligned with CTSI’s institutional role. This approach provides a systematic framework to scope and address the “barriers to research problem” at CTSI institutions.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866120005221/type/journal_articleBarrierstranslational researchcontinuous improvementperceptionspolicyqualitative researchquantitative researchSix Sigmamulticriteria decision-making |
| spellingShingle | Douglas Grabenstetter Ramez Rashid Jeff Whittle Using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a CTSA hub environment Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Barriers translational research continuous improvement perceptions policy qualitative research quantitative research Six Sigma multicriteria decision-making |
| title | Using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a CTSA hub environment |
| title_full | Using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a CTSA hub environment |
| title_fullStr | Using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a CTSA hub environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a CTSA hub environment |
| title_short | Using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a CTSA hub environment |
| title_sort | using a process improvement approach to identifying barriers to research in a ctsa hub environment |
| topic | Barriers translational research continuous improvement perceptions policy qualitative research quantitative research Six Sigma multicriteria decision-making |
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