Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Clin Transl Sci. 2011 Jun;4(3):153-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00291.x.
We examine the concept of translational research from the perspective of evaluators charged with assessing translational efforts. One of the major tasks for evaluators involved in translational research is to help assess efforts that aim to reduce the time it takes to move research to practice and health impacts. Another is to assess efforts that are intended to increase the rate and volume of translation.
We offer an alternative to the dominant contemporary tendency to define translational research in terms of a series of discrete "phases."
We contend that this phased approach has been confusing and that it is insufficient as a basis for evaluation. Instead, we argue for the identification of key operational and measurable markers along a generalized process pathway from research to practice.
This model provides a foundation for the evaluation of interventions designed to improve translational research and the integration of these findings into a field of translational studies.
我们从评估者的角度审视转化研究的概念，评估者的主要任务之一是评估旨在缩短研究转化为实践和产生健康影响的时间的努力，另一个任务是评估旨在提高转化速度和数量的努力。
我们提供了一种替代当前主流趋势的方法，即用一系列离散的“阶段”来定义转化研究。
我们认为这种分阶段的方法令人困惑，作为评估的基础是不够的。相反，我们主张在从研究到实践的一般过程途径中确定关键的操作和可衡量的标记。
该模型为评估旨在改善转化研究和将这些发现纳入转化研究领域的干预措施提供了基础。
