Nicholas J Matiasz, Justin Wood, Wei Wang, Alcino J Silva, William Hsu
Computer-Aided Experiment Planning toward Causal Discovery in Neuroscience
Frontiers in neuroinformatics
introduction clinical research professionals ie clinical research assistants clinical research nurses clinical research coordinators etc outlined joint task force jtf core competency framework highly trained support breadth clinical trial operations manage participant care clinical research professionals uniquely equipped scope practice permits product administration participant assessments data management clinical trials grow complexity management expands beyond traditional sitebased operations models decentralized andor hybrid models need becomes great ensure adequate staffing however rural hospitals frequently lack research staff patient recruiters would allow support decentralized clinical trials across sizeable rural geographic demographic methods paper examines contributory factors clinical research professional workforce contraction response efforts professional organizational levels within large magnetdesignated healthcare system rural northwestern united states perspectives shared adapting core competency framework reflect unique strengths opportunities towards decentralized trials rural regions united states areas priority workforce cultivation retention descriptive survey used gather initial data identifying current research perspectives healthcare workers working across rural community participants asked complete questions jtf competency domains behaviorbased questions analysis competency behaviorbased questions asked related roles crossreferenced using rasmussen ladder system descriptive statistics conducted sample characteristics selfreported competency domain questions behavior questions results discussion survey findings suggest although healthcare workers clinical research teams interact unlikely ask patients participate research based limited response rate results suggest better education throughout rural community could benefit decentralized research efforts increased use technology also highlighted area interest