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488 Translational Science Competencies in a Virtual CTSA Internship Program

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The Workforce Development Core of the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) has developed an internship program for students to engage in virtual research projects across the CTSA Hub. We sought to evaluate how intern projects within NJ ACTS align wit...

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Autores principales: Aleksunes, Lauren, Ebanks, Yasheca, Tafuto, Barbara, Lechner, Doreen, Gladson, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9209223/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.285
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author Aleksunes, Lauren
Ebanks, Yasheca
Tafuto, Barbara
Lechner, Doreen
Gladson, Barbara
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description OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The Workforce Development Core of the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) has developed an internship program for students to engage in virtual research projects across the CTSA Hub. We sought to evaluate how intern projects within NJ ACTS align with the competencies needed for translational science. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Core leads and researchers within NJ ACTS developed 34 projects that were completed by individual interns or pairs of interns. Forty-two professional, undergraduate, and graduate students across the 3 Hub institutions have completed semester-long intern projects. Intern mentors mapped their projects to the C-COMEND competency profile for translational scientists which were further aligned with the seven fundamental character traits defined by Translation Together. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: More than 75% of intern projects addressed the C-COMEND competencies in Personal Development, Communication and Dissemination, Project Management and Time Management. Few projects (< 10%) focused on skills related to preclinical or clinical research. The competencies needed for development as a Rigorous Researcher were most consistently addressed in the intern projects. Additionally, intern projects fostered a number of skills needed for becoming a Domain Expert and Skilled Communicator. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Taken together, a virtual internship program can be designed to introduce and/or refine the competency skills needed for translational science.
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spelling pubmed-92092232022-07-01 488 Translational Science Competencies in a Virtual CTSA Internship Program Aleksunes, Lauren Ebanks, Yasheca Tafuto, Barbara Lechner, Doreen Gladson, Barbara J Clin Transl Sci Workforce Development OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The Workforce Development Core of the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) has developed an internship program for students to engage in virtual research projects across the CTSA Hub. We sought to evaluate how intern projects within NJ ACTS align with the competencies needed for translational science. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Core leads and researchers within NJ ACTS developed 34 projects that were completed by individual interns or pairs of interns. Forty-two professional, undergraduate, and graduate students across the 3 Hub institutions have completed semester-long intern projects. Intern mentors mapped their projects to the C-COMEND competency profile for translational scientists which were further aligned with the seven fundamental character traits defined by Translation Together. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: More than 75% of intern projects addressed the C-COMEND competencies in Personal Development, Communication and Dissemination, Project Management and Time Management. Few projects (< 10%) focused on skills related to preclinical or clinical research. The competencies needed for development as a Rigorous Researcher were most consistently addressed in the intern projects. Additionally, intern projects fostered a number of skills needed for becoming a Domain Expert and Skilled Communicator. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Taken together, a virtual internship program can be designed to introduce and/or refine the competency skills needed for translational science. Cambridge University Press 2022-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9209223/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.285 Text en © The Association for Clinical and Translational Science 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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Tafuto, Barbara
Lechner, Doreen
Gladson, Barbara
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title_short 488 Translational Science Competencies in a Virtual CTSA Internship Program
title_sort 488 translational science competencies in a virtual ctsa internship program
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9209223/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.285
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