1. Career Sustainability Survey of KL2 Programs: Preliminary Results
Christine A. Sorkness, PharmD
University of Wisconsin-Madison CTSA
Jason G. Umans, MD, PhD
Georgetown-Howard CTSA
on behalf of the CTSA Workforce Development
Domain Task Force Lead Team and Working Group

2. Introduction
Success of a sustainable and diversified biomedical workforce depends on retention of talented academic researchers, mentoring them to independence
Need to identify key CTSA KL2 program elements that contribute to success, and share best practices
Goals:
100% survey response rate (88.5% to date)
Share data for individual vs CTSA-wide benchmarks
Disseminate results

3. Largest gap between those who applied and were awarded
Largest gap between those who are eligible and those who have applied

11. Other
PhD/DDS
PhD/PharmD
PharmD only

15. 39 out of 54 institutions (72%) indicate they have other parallel or extramurally-funded KL2-equivalent career development programs

16. Other Opportunities Include:
Career development
Ethics/RCR
GCP
Community Engagement
Cultural Competency
Health Disparities
Mentee Training
Degree/Certificate programs
Project Management
Research Administration
Communication

18. Other Contributions Include:
Serving on K or T review panels
Reviewing grant applications
Participating in sessions for current scholars
Serving on KL2 Advisory Group
Teaching courses

19. Minimum # Institutions 1 5 2 22 3 25 >3
Current Minimum Size of KL2 Mentor Team
Minimum
# Institutions 1 5 2 22 3 25
>3
Number of institutions reporting that KL2 mentors are required to take mentor training: 14 (26%)
Minimum number of required mentor training hours:
Range: 2-16 hours; Median: 5 hours
Number of institutions reporting that faculty are compensated in some way to mentor KL2 scholars: 6 (11%)

22. Other Data Analyses to Come…
Additional program / scholar characteristics:
Primary appointments of scholars at start of KL2 program
Prior training of scholars at start of KL2 Program
Gender and URM status of applicants and awardees
Sustainability outcomes:
Career trajectory of graduates
Percent of translational research effort of graduates
Extramural funding support of awardees during and after KL2 support and role on those grants
More granular analyses:
Maturity and size of CTSA program
Outcome data by scholar demographics

23. Next Steps Breakout session today: Please provide your feedback
Work toward 100% survey response rate
Complete the data analysis
Provide data to KL2 program directors to benchmark individual program metrics with CTSA-wide metrics
Prepare manuscript outlining full survey results and analysis
Recommendations for CTSA-wide data collection
Comparable survey for pre- and post-doc CTSA TL1 programs