Assessing and evaluating multidisciplinary translational teams: a mixed methods approach.
A case report illustrates how multidisciplinary translational teams can be assessed using outcome, process, and developmental types of evaluation using a mixed-methods approach. Types of evaluation appropriate for teams are considered in relation to relevant research questions and assessment methods. Logic models are applied to scientific projects and team development to inform choices between methods within a mixed-methods design. Use of an expert panel is reviewed, culminating in consensus ratings of 11 multidisciplinary teams and a final evaluation within a team-type taxonomy. Based on team maturation and scientific progress, teams were designated as (a) early in development, (b) traditional, (c) process focused, or (d) exemplary. Lessons learned from data reduction, use of mixed methods, and use of expert panels are explored.
University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA.
Kevin C
KC
Wooten
Robert M
RM
Rose
Glenn V
GV
Ostir
William J
WJ
Calhoun
Bill T
BT
Ameredes
Allan R
AR
Brasier
D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016015:Logistic Models; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
logic models; mixed methods; process evaluation; team science; translational teams