Capacity Building for a New Multicenter Network Within the ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network

Frontiers in Pediatrics

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Kurtis R. Kulbeth¹  Abbot Laptook²  Pearl A. McElfish³  Lee M. Pachter⁴  Barbara A. Pahud⁵  Lee A. Pyles⁶  Jennifer Shaw⁷  Kari Simonsen⁸  Jessica Snowden⁹  Andrew M. Atz¹⁰  Christine B. Turley¹⁰  J. Dean Jarvis¹¹  Mary M. McNally¹¹  Sara Cox¹²  Jessica S. Kosut¹³  John C. Carlson¹⁴  Scott Bickel¹⁵  Robert D. Annett¹⁶  Alberta S. Kong¹⁷  Kelly Cowan¹⁸  Mark J. Fisher¹⁹ 

[1] 0ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network Data Coordinating and Operations Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States;

[2] 1Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States;

[3] 2College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fayetteville, AR, United States;

[4] 3Institute for Research on Equity and Community Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Newark, DE, United States;

[5] 4Children's Mercy Hospital - Kansas City Department of Infectious Diseases, Kansas University Medical Center, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States;

[6] 5Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States;

[7] 6Division of Organizational Development and Innovation, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AK, United States;

[8] 7Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States;

[9] 8Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network Data Coordinating and Operations Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States;

[10] 9Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States;

[11] Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, United States;

[12] Department of Community and Public Health Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States;

[13] Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hospitalist Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States;

[14] Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States;

[15] Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY, United States;

[16] Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States;

[17] Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States;

[18] Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States;

[19] Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States;

关键词: clinical trials;    ISPCTN;    pediatrics;    network;    research capacity building;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2021.679516

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: Research capacity building is a critical component of professional development for pediatrician scientists, yet this process has been elusive in the literature. The ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) seeks to implement pediatric trials across medically underserved and rural populations. A key component of achieving this objective is building pediatric research capacity, including enhancement of infrastructure and faculty development. This article presents findings from a site assessment inventory completed during the initial year of the ISPCTN.Methods: An assessment inventory was developed for surveying ISPCTN sites. The inventory captured site-level activities designed to increase clinical trial research capacity for pediatrician scientists and team members. The inventory findings were utilized by the ISPCTN Data Coordinating and Operations Center to construct training modules covering 3 broad domains: Faculty/coordinator development; Infrastructure; Trials/Research concept development.Results: Key lessons learned reveal substantial participation in the training modules, the importance of an inventory to guide the development of trainings, and recognizing local barriers to clinical trials research.Conclusions: Research networks that seek to implement successfully completed trials need to build capacity across and within the sites engaged. Our findings indicate that building research capacity is a multi-faceted endeavor, but likely necessary for sustainability of a unique network addressing high impact pediatric health problems. The ISPCTN emphasis on building and enhancing site capacity, including pediatrician scientists and team members, is critical to successful trial implementation/completion and the production of findings that enhance the lives of children and families.

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