Navigating the road ahead: using concept mapping to assess Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program goals.

ABSTRACT: Evaluating large-scale programs designed to transform public health demands innovative approaches for navigating their complexity and scope. The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, supported by the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), represents a significant national investment with over 60 sites or "hubs" spread across the country. Assessing an initiative of this size and complexity requires measures that balance local flexibility with national coherence. To that end, this study used concept mapping, a mixed-methods approach integrating qualitative brainstorming and sorting with quantitative multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Participation across the CTSA was unprecedented. Over 100 evaluation stakeholders were engaged acro

SUBMITTER: Kane C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11994586 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature