scholarly journals Scientific retreats with ‘speed dating’: networking to stimulate new interdisciplinary translational research collaborations and team science

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 382-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damayanthi Ranwala ◽  
Anthony J Alberg ◽  
Kathleen T Brady ◽  
Jihad S Obeid ◽  
Randal Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Translational Research ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Novel Technologies ◽  
Speed Dating ◽  
Research Collaborations

To stimulate the formation of new interdisciplinary translational research teams and innovative pilot projects, the South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research (SCTR) Institute (South Carolina Clinical and Translational Science Award, CTSA) initiated biannual scientific retreats with ‘speed dating’ networking sessions. Retreat themes were prioritized based on the following criteria; cross-cutting topic, unmet medical need, generation of novel technologies and methodologies. Each retreat begins with an external keynote speaker followed by a series of brief research presentations by local researchers focused on the retreat theme, articulating potential areas for new collaborations. After each session of presentations, there is a 30 min scientific ‘speed dating’ period during which the presenters meet with interested attendees to exchange ideas and discuss collaborations. Retreat attendees are eligible to compete for pilot project funds on the topic of the retreat theme. The 10 retreats held have had a total of 1004 participants, resulted in 61 pilot projects with new interdisciplinary teams, and 14 funded projects. The retreat format has been a successful mechanism to stimulate novel interdisciplinary research teams and innovative translational research projects. Future retreats will continue to target topics of cross-cutting importance to biomedical and public health research.

PROFESIONALISASI GURU BAHASA INGGRIS SEKOLAH YAYASAN PENDIDIKAN JAYAWIJAYA MENUJU SEKOLAH BERTARAF INTERNASIONAL: Sebuah Analisis Reflektif dalam Perspektif Psikologi

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28
Author(s):  
Supriyono Supriyono
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
School Quality ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Pilot Projects

This study aims at describing pilot projects to increase teachers’ professionalism in English proficiency.  Pilot project was conducted by Yayasan Pendidikan Jayawijaya, Papua regarding efforts to increase school quality management from national into international qualification.  Reflective analysis using qualitative approach was used for analysis.  This study revealed that strategies to conduct the policy asserted psychological perspectives focusing and maintaining motivation, expectation and andragogy implementation.  Teachers’ problems were approached through constructive relation. The pilot project that initially was administered for English teachers, has been implemented successfully for all teachers at the Yayasan.

Physicians’ accounts of frontline tensions when implementing pilot projects to improve primary care

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Mansfield ◽  
Onil Bhattacharyya ◽  
Jennifer Christian ◽  
Gary Naglie ◽  
Vicky Steriopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Canada’s primary care system has been described as “a culture of pilot projects” with little evidence of converting successful initiatives into funded, permanent programs or sharing project outcomes and insights across jurisdictions. Health services pilot projects are advocated as an effective strategy for identifying promising models of care and building integrated care partnerships in local settings. In the qualitative study reported here, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the strengths and challenges of this approach. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 34 primary care physicians who discussed their experiences as pilot project leads. Following thematic analysis methods, broad system issues were captured as well as individual project information. Findings While participants often portrayed themselves as advocates for vulnerable patients, mobilizing healthcare organizations and providers to support new models of care was discussed as challenging. Competition between local healthcare providers and initiatives could impact pilot project success. Participants also reported tensions between their clinical, project management and research roles with additional time demands and skill requirements interfering with the work of implementing and evaluating service innovations. Originality/value Study findings highlight the complexity of pilot project implementation, which encompasses physician commitment to addressing care for vulnerable populations through to the need for additional skill set requirements and the impact of local project environments. The current pilot project approach could be strengthened by including more multidisciplinary collaboration and providing infrastructure supports to enhance the design, implementation and evaluation of health services improvement initiatives.

scholarly journals Using the payback framework to evaluate the outcomes of pilot projects supported by the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Latrice Rollins ◽  
Nicole Llewellyn ◽  
Manzi Ngaiza ◽  
Eric Nehl ◽  
Dorothy R. Carter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Translational Science ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Payback Framework

Abstract Introduction: The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) seeks to improve population health by accelerating the translation of scientific discoveries in the laboratory and clinic into practices for the community. CTSAs achieve this goal, in part, through their pilot project programs that fund promising early career investigators and innovative early-stage research projects across the translational research spectrum. However, there have been few reports on individual pilot projects and their impacts on the investigators who receive them and no studies on the long-term impact and outcomes of pilot projects. Methods: The Georgia CTSA funded 183 pilot projects from 2007 to 2015. We used a structured evaluation framework, the payback framework, to document the outcomes of 16 purposefully-selected pilot projects supported by the Georgia CTSA. We used a case study approach including bibliometric analyses of publications associated with the selected projects, document review, and investigator interviews. Results: These pilot projects had positive impact based on outcomes in five “payback categories”: (1) knowledge; (2) research targeting, capacity building, and absorption; (3) policy and product development; (4) health benefits; and (5) broader economic benefits. Conclusions: Results could inform our understanding of the diversity and breadth of outcomes resulting from Georgia CTSA-supported research and provide a framework for evaluating long-term pilot project outcomes across CTSAs.

scholarly journals The Effect of Team Communication Behaviors and Processes on Interdisciplinary Teams’ Research Productivity and Team Satisfaction

10.28945/4857 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 083-110
Author(s):  
Susan E Morgan ◽  
Soyeon Ahn ◽  
Alexandra Mosser ◽  
Tyler R Harrison ◽  
Jue Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Team Communication ◽  
Team Processes ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Team Outcomes ◽  
Goal Clarity ◽  
Team Satisfaction ◽  
Communication Processes

Aim/Purpose: There is ample evidence that team processes matter more than the characteristics of individual team members; unfortunately, very few empirical studies have examined communication process variables closely or tied them to team outcomes. Background: The University of Miami Laboratory for Integrated Knowledge (U-LINK) is a pilot funding mechanism that was developed and implemented based on empirically-established best practices established in the literature on the Science of Team Science (SciTS). In addition to addressing grand societal challenges, teams engaged in processes designed to enhance the process of “teaming”. This study uses the Inputs-Mediator-Outputs-Inputs (IMOI) model as a blueprint for an investigation into how team communication processes (shared communication, shared leadership, formal meetings, informal meetings) influence intermediary team processes (goal clarity, role ambiguity, process clarity, trust) and team outcomes (team satisfaction, team productivity). Methodology: Monte Carlo methodologies were used to explore both longitudinal self-report (survey of communication and team outcome variables) data and objective data on scholarly productivity, collected from seventy-eight members of eleven real-world intact interdisciplinary teams to explore how team communication processes affect team outcomes. Contribution: This study is among the few that centers communication practice and processes in the operationalization and measurement of its constructs and which provides a test of hypotheses centered on key questions identified in the literature. Findings: Communication practices are important to team processes and outcomes. Shared communication and informal meetings were associated with increased team satisfaction and increased research productivity. Shared leadership was associated with increased research productivity, as well as improved process and goal clarity. Formal meetings were associated with increased goal clarity and decreased role ambiguity. Recommendation for Researchers: Studying intact interdisciplinary research teams requires innovative methods and clear specification of variables. Challenges associated with access to limited numbers of teams should not preclude engaging in research as each study contributes to our larger body of knowledge of the factors that influence the success of interdisciplinary research teams. Future Research: Future research should examine different team formation and funding mechanisms and extend observation and data collection for longer periods of time.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF ORGANIC AND RECYCLABLE WASTE SEPARATION AT GENERATION SOURCE IN RATNAPURA AND KATARAGAMA LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN SRI LANKA

Detritus ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 176-186
Author(s):  
Naofumi Sato ◽  
Chiharu Iida ◽  
Chiaki Nishi ◽  
Anurudda Karunarathna
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Biodegradable Waste ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Coconut Shells

The Japan International Cooperation Agency implemented a technical cooperation project from 2017 to 2019 in collaboration with Central Environmental Authority (CEA) in Sri Lanka. The project provided technical; and financial assistances in preparing solid waste management plans at selected local authorities, and consequently implemented 3R promotion programs introducing source separation at households and subsequent separate collection by local authorities. Two pilot projects were implemented based on the solid waste management plans which were aimed at reducing the amount of solid waste to be landfilled. This paper described the approaches taken and results obtained through the pilot projects in Ratnapura Municipal Council (RMC) and Kataragama Pradeshiya Sabha Town (KPS) of Sri Lanka. The pilot project in RMC consisted of distribution of household compost bins and the separate collection of five categories of waste: 1) biodegradable waste, 2) plastic and polythene, 3) paper and cardboard, 4) glass, metal and coconut shells, and 5) other residual waste; and provision of advices to households by leaflets, distribution of equipment, and implementation of an awareness program. The pilot project in KPS consisted of procurement of separation bins for biodegradable waste by cost-sharing with dischargers and the separate collection of three categories of waste: 1) biodegradable waste; 2) recyclables including paper, cardboard, plastic, polyethylene, iron and coconut shells, broken glass and glass bottles; and 3) other residual waste. The post evaluation of waste composition and final discharge amounts at disposal sites indicated that pilot projects have contributed to increase 3Rs in both pilot project areas.

scholarly journals Tourism and hospitality research: Supporting a shift to holistic, situated and multiple world-views research agendas

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Gayle Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
First Century ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
Multiple Worlds ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Theoretical Paradigms

In order to forge ahead within global and glocal contexts of challenging growth, tourism and hospitality research needs to shift from a reliance on limited dimensional, objective and western-centric research to holistic, situated and multiple worlds-focused research endeavors. Such a shift would embrace the development of multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary research teams and serve to reconnect tourism and hospitality research to broader growth related global, environmental, cultural and societal issues. While the beginning decades of the twenty-first century have been punctuated with a growing number of researchers who are attempting to advance such a shift; more needs to be done. Researchers regardless of their experience need to become more familiar with, appreciative of and engage with the various theoretical paradigms, methodologies and methods that inform research.  Further, to support the development of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams, intrapersonal and interpersonal researcher abilities and capabilities need honing and refining in conjunction with development of personal knowledge and skill sets of researchers regarding team roles, cross-cultural communication, power and politics.  Relatedly, the education of future tourism and hospitality researchers also needs to involve the development of similar knowledge, skills, and competencies.

Is there a Place for Department Stores on the Internet? Lessons from an Abandoned Pilot

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Sauer ◽  
Suzan Burton
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Electronic Retailing ◽  
The World ◽  
Internet Retailing

The potential of Internet retailing is widely promoted yet some retailers have been slow to embrace the technology. Department stores typically have only an information presence on the World Wide Web. This paper describes a pilot project by one of Australia's leading department stores. The case is used to describe certain lessons about Internet retailing and the use of pilot projects. Department stores’ decisions whether to adopt electronic retailing are analysed in terms of the opportunities and threats that face them and the capabilities required for success. The conclusion is reached that, as yet, there is no obvious place for established department stores on the Internet.

Design for Purchasing: A Methodology for Reducing the Materials Cost of Engineered Products

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Bradley ◽  
Matthias Calice ◽  
Marc Fischer ◽  
Michael Harmening
Keyword(s):  
Machine Tools ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Industrial Plants ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Distinguishing Features ◽  
Value Added Products

Abstract This paper gives an overview of a methodology for reducing the cost of purchased materials for engineered products. The methodology has been successfully employed for a wide range of applications, ranging from low value-added products, such as simple processed materials (e.g., steel sheet or profiles), to high value-added equipment, such as machine tools and major components of industrial plants. We have applied the methodology in some 80 projects, achieving cost savings averaging 17% on top of the 10% savings achieved using traditional purchasing optimization approaches. The key distinguishing features of the methodology are a product-oriented as opposed to materials group-driven approach, the establishment of interdisciplinary teams that include engineers and purchasing professionals, and a well-defined, systematic method for addressing the most important drivers of materials cost together with key suppliers. The methodology is introduced by performing pilot projects, then anchored in the enterprise through organizational and procedural changes.

Importance of Prudent Antibiotic Use on Dairy Farms in South Carolina: A Pilot Project on Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 366-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. Friedman ◽  
C. P. Kanwat ◽  
M. L. Headrick ◽  
N. J. Patterson ◽  
J. C. Neely ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices
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