Optimizing external advisory committee meetings of Clinical and Translational Science Awards through focused pre-review.

ABSTRACT: External advisory committees (EACs) are critical peer-review meetings that drive improvement at Clinical and Translational Science Award Program Hubs. Despite their ubiquity, evaluations of EAC optimization and effective implementation remain scarce. We present a two-tiered approach to optimizing EAC meetings through (1) in-depth, topically focused "pre-review" meetings comprised of external topic experts and at least one standing "full-board" EAC member, followed by (2) a traditional "full-board" EAC meeting. This approach allowed pre-review discussion of program-focused topics and specific recommendations, later delivered to the full-board for review and direction. To evaluate this approach, we interviewed 18 people who planned, administered, or attended pre-review and/or full-board meet

SUBMITTER: Casey SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11557274 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature