Building a strong collaborative biostatistics workforce: Strategies for effective intra-unit professional development activities.

Professional development biostatistics career advancement collaboration team science

Journal

Journal of clinical and translational science
ISSN: 2059-8661
Titre abrégé: J Clin Transl Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101689953

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
received: 05 05 2023
revised: 20 09 2023
accepted: 09 10 2023
medline: 29 11 2023
pubmed: 29 11 2023
entrez: 29 11 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Ongoing professional development is important for collaborative biostatisticians, as it enables them to remain current with the latest advances in statistical methodology and software, refine their analytical skills, and expand their domain knowledge, thereby facilitating their ability to contribute effectively to biomedical research. Although external opportunities for professional development, such as attending conferences and workshops, are widely recognized and valued in the field of biostatistics, there has been comparatively little attention given to internal opportunities for enhancing the skills and knowledge of biostatisticians which can be implemented with lower financial and time investment than external offerings. The purpose of this paper is to offer guidance for ongoing internal professional development activities that can be employed by collaborative biostatistics units in universities and academic medical centers to complement structured curricula and initial training. Specific examples of activities are provided so that collaborative biostatisticians and/or managers of biostatistical units can flexibly combine components to create an appropriately scaled, customized program that meets the needs of themselves or of the unit.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38028352
doi: 10.1017/cts.2023.653
pii: S2059866123006532
pmc: PMC10643907
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e230

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2023.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Auteurs

Sandra L Taylor (SL)

Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

Robert H Podolsky (RH)

Division of Biostatistics and Design Methodology, Children's National Hospital, Silver Spring, MD, USA.

Maria E Montez-Rath (ME)

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

Emily Slade (E)

Department of Biostatistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

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