Customized Career Development Platform (CCDP) for clinical and translational researchers : A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial

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Introduction: Early-stage clinical and translational researchers who set and track career goals, milestones, and progress are successful in career development. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of the Customized Career Development Platform (CCDP), an online individual development plan (IDP), versus the traditional IDP template in improving research success and career satisfaction.

Methods: We conducted a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial of 340 scholars and trainees at 27 US academic healthcare institutions. The primary outcome was number of published manuscripts 24 months post-intervention. Secondary outcomes included the number of grant proposals submitted and funded, job satisfaction, and level of communication with mentors. An analysis of CCDP participants assessed proficiency level for the 14 Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) competencies. Data were analyzed using intention-to-treat.

Results: Participants were mostly female (60.3%) and Caucasian (67.2%); mean age was 34 years. Twenty-four months following the intervention, the CCDP versus traditional IDP groups showed a similar number of publications (9.4 vs 8.6), grants submitted (4.1 vs 4.4) and funded (1.3 vs 2.0), and job satisfaction score (3.6 vs 3.7). The CCDP group had higher odds of discussing communication (OR = 2.08) and leadership skills (OR = 2.62) and broadening their network (2.31) than the traditional IDP group. The CCDP arm reported improvements in 9 of the 14 CTSA competencies.

Conclusion: The CCDP offers CTSA hubs an innovative alternative to traditional IDP tools. Future studies are needed to elucidate why the CCDP users did not fully appreciate or adopt the functionality of the online platform.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical and translational science - 7(2023), 1 vom: 12., Seite e259

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rubio, Doris M [VerfasserIn]
Mayowski, Colleen [VerfasserIn]
Meagher, Emma A [VerfasserIn]
Patino, Cecilia M [VerfasserIn]
Thakar, Maya S [VerfasserIn]
Welch, Julie L [VerfasserIn]
White, Gretchen E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Career development
Career goals and milestones
Career planning
Career success
Competencies
Individualized development plan
Journal Article
Mentoring

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Date Revised 18.01.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/cts.2023.687

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367204452