Creating effective academic research teams: Two tools borrowed from business practice.

ABSTRACT: Academic Medical Centers strive to create multidisciplinary research teams to produce impactful science. However, few faculty researchers receive training in "team science," a well-established concept in business research and practice. Responding to demand for assistance developing effective research teams, the Collaboration and Team Science Program of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at Wake Forest School of Medicine (WFSM) partnered with faculty from the Wake Forest University (WFU) School of Business with expertise in leadership, management, and team building. We initiated a needs assessment, including a written survey from a diverse set of 42 research scientists as well as semi-structured interviews with 8 researchers. In response to identified needs, we develope

SUBMITTER: Brower HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8057410 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature