Enhancing translational medical research through proof-of-concept services: clinicians' perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Although the proof-of-concept (POC) phase is critical for the success of translational medical research (TMR), its use remains limited, and clinicians are frequently uncertain about how to seek assistance from POC teams when experiencing difficulties with TMR. Therefore, this study explored clinicians' awareness of POC and the supportive reference services offered by POC teams. We distributed an internet-based questionnaire to 702 clinicians who conducted TMR between August 2022 and March 2023. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test, and stepwise logistic regression analysis were applied. Clinicians' awareness of POC was low (69.23%). However, young clinicians (aged 21-30 years) with a higher educational level than their colleagues, go

SUBMITTER: Yuan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11680784 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature