1. The Need for Training on Team and Meeting Management to Enhance Capacity for Team Science Kady Nearing, Senior Evaluator The Evaluation Center Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute

2. Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute Charge: to transform research to accelerate the pace of discovery and the application of new knowledge to improve clinical and community-based practice Team science: thought to be an important mechanism to promote cutting edge research and foster innovation Evaluation Context Evaluation Context

3. Serendipitous discoveries New insights (new interpretations) of existing data Innovative approaches (new or novel applications) Findings that advance a field/discipline Grants, publications, patents Positive attitude toward to collaboration Anticipated Outcomes Anticipated Outcomes

4. How do aspects of team structure and functioning relate to anticipated outcomes? Evaluation Question Evaluation Question

5. Two-stage approach: 1.Administration of survey that explored different dimensions of team science Translational reach Disciplinarity Safety 2.Focus groups with research teams to explore their unique experiences in greater depth Methods Methods

6. An inverse relationship was found between perceived productivity and team size: As the # of team members increased, perceptions re: meeting productivity decreased (r(17)=-.61, p=.005) Perceptions of productivity (overall) tended to decrease as the teams grew in size ( r(17)=.54, p=.016) Results: Survey Data Results: Survey Data

7. Results: Focus Groups Results: Focus Groups Needs: Negotiate authorship early in the process to manage expectations/roles and establish accountability Mentors and institutional leaders to serve as facilitators and active supporters/champions Protected research time for clinicians to engage meaningfully in each phase of team science endeavors Increased start-up time (e.g., for regulatory review) Leadership skills development to bring teams together, maintain focus and enthusiasm, facilitate team identity

8. Administered March 2011 Distributed to CCTSI members and non- members based at the Anschutz Medical Campus, as well as CCTSI members at affiliated organizations 639 individuals responded Results: CCTSI Needs Assessment Results: CCTSI Needs Assessment

9. Question: “Please provide any suggestions for education, training, or career development programs that … would support clinical or translational research … at your institution.” Themes that surfaced: Leadership development Teambuilding (e.g., forming interdisciplinary teams) Lab / personnel management training Results: CCTSI Needs Assessment Results: CCTSI Needs Assessment

10. “Networking, running meetings, time management, email management, leadership, running projects, managing staff and budgets. We all do these things every day but most of us have no training in how to do them really well.” “Training on how to develop an efficient research team to conduct moderate to large-size clinical studies would be great.” “Mini-symposia on how to build interdisciplinary teams” “Ongoing development of investigators as leaders of research teams.” Results: CCTSI Needs Assessment Results: CCTSI Needs Assessment

11. Senior and mid-career faculty and academic administrators 4 two-day sessions over academic year Sponsored by the CCTSI ETCD Core Goal: create and sustain a strong network of colleagues who will mentor / train the next generation of clinical and translational scientists Leadership for Innovative Team Science

12. Leadership development Teamwork Interpersonal relationships Conflict as a productive, creative force Decision making and task management Meeting management Leadership for Innovative Team Science

13. The team science approach permitted research teams to: 1.Frame more interesting/robust and clinically- relevant research questions, 2.Discern the most strategic ways to utilize limited resources (e.g., which hypotheses, experiments or patient populations may be most fruitful to pursue), and 3.Apply cutting-edge technologies/methodologies to address existing research questions. Benefits of Team Science Benefits of Team Science

14. For More Information: Kathryn.Nearing@ucdenver.edu www.the-evaluation-center.org www.the-evaluation-center.org