title: Developing the Translational Research Workforce: A Pilot Study of Common Metrics for Evaluating the Clinical and Translational Award KL2 Program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This pilot study describes the career development programs (i.e., NIH KL2 awards) across five Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions within the University of California (UC) system, and examines the feasibility of a set of common metrics for evaluating early outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey of program administrators provided data related to the institutional environment within which each KL2 program was implemented. Application and progress report data yielded a combined data set that characterized KL2 awardees, their initial productivity, and early career outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The pilot project demonstrated the feasibility of aggregating common metrics data across multiple institutions. The data indicated that KL2 awardees were an accomplished set of investigators, both before and after the award period, representing a wide variety of disciplines. Awardees that had completed their trainee period overwhelmingly remained active in translational research conducted within an academic setting. Early indications also suggest high rates of success with obtaining research funding subsequent to the KL2 award.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This project offers a model for how to collect and analyze common metrics related to the education and training function of the CTSA Consortium. Next steps call for expanding participation to other CTSA sites outside of the University of California system.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Ecology, and Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ireland
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Translational Research Institute, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dumbauld
authors.affiliation: Schools of Health and Clinical and Translational Science Center, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rainwater
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002140:California; D002321:Career Choice; D005006:Ethnicity; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D014146:Training Support; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: CTSA; career development; translational research