Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Clin Transl Sci. 2013 Aug;6(4):303-9. doi: 10.1111/cts.12036. Epub 2013 Apr 18.
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a part of the National Institutes of Health, currently funds the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs), a national consortium of 61 medical research institutions in 30 states and the District of Columbia. The program seeks to transform the way biomedical research is conducted, speed the translation of laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, engage communities in clinical research efforts, and train a new generation of clinical and translational researchers. An endeavor as ambitious and complex as the CTSA program requires high-quality evaluations in order to show that the program is well implemented, efficiently managed, and demonstrably effective. In this paper, the Evaluation Key Function Committee of the CTSA Consortium presents an overall framework for evaluating the CTSA program and offers policies to guide the evaluation work. The guidelines set forth are designed to serve as a tool for education within the CTSA community by illuminating key issues and practices that should be considered during evaluation planning, implementation, and utilization. Additionally, these guidelines can provide a basis for ongoing discussions about how the principles articulated in this paper can most effectively be translated into operational reality.
美国国立卫生研究院下属的国家转化医学科学中心（NCATS）目前为临床与转化科学奖（CTSA）提供资金支持，这是一个由 30 个州和哥伦比亚特区的 61 个医学研究机构组成的全国性联盟。该计划旨在改变生物医学研究的进行方式，加快实验室发现转化为患者治疗方法，使社区参与临床研究工作，并培养新一代临床和转化研究人员。像 CTSA 这样雄心勃勃和复杂的计划需要高质量的评估，以表明该计划得到了很好的实施、高效管理并具有明显的效果。在本文中，CTSA 联盟的评估关键职能委员会提出了一个评估 CTSA 计划的总体框架，并提供了指导评估工作的政策。制定的准则旨在通过阐明在评估规划、实施和利用过程中应考虑的关键问题和实践，为 CTSA 社区提供一个教育工具。此外，这些准则还可以为正在进行的讨论提供基础，探讨如何将本文阐述的原则最有效地转化为实际操作。
