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- Title
Assessing the Organizational Climate for Translational Research with a New Survey Tool.
- Authors
Simons, Arno; Riedel, Nico; Toelch, Ulf; Hendriks, Barbara; Müller-Ohlraun, Stephanie; Liebenau, Lisa; Ambrasat, Jens; Dirnagl, Ulrich; Reinhart, Martin
- Abstract
Promoting translational research as a means to overcoming chasms in the translation of knowledge through successive fields of research from basic science to public health impacts and back is a central challenge for research managers and policymakers. Organizational leaders need to assess baseline conditions, identify areas needing improvement, and to judge the impact of specific initiatives to sustain or improve translational research practices at their institutions. Currently, there is a lack of such an assessment tool addressing the specific context of translational biomedical research. To close this gap, we have developed a new survey for assessing the organizational climate for translational research. This self-assessment tool measures employees' perceptions of translational research climate and underlying research practices in organizational environments and builds on the established Survey of Organizational Research Climate, assessing research integrity. Using this tool, we show that scientists at a large university hospital (Charité Berlin) perceive translation as a central and important component of their work. Importantly, local resources and direct support are main contributing factors for the practical implementation of translation into their own research practice. We identify and discuss potential leverage points for an improvement of research climate to foster successful translational research.
- Subjects
CLIMATE research; INSTITUTIONAL environment; TRANSLATIONAL research; MEDICAL research
- Publication
Science & Engineering Ethics, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 6, p2893
- ISSN
1353-3452
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11948-020-00234-0