Emergency Medicine Resources within the Clinical Translational Science Institutes: A Cross-Sectional Study.

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The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program aims to strengthen and support translational ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ by accelerating the process of translating laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, training a new generation of clinical and translational ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ers, and engaging communities in clinical ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ efforts. Yet, little is known about how emergency care ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ers have interacted with and utilized the resources of academic institutions with CTSAs.The purpose of this survey was to describe how emergency care ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ers use local CTSA resources, to ascertain what proportion of CTSA consortium members have active emergency care ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ programs, and to solicit participation in a national CTSA-associated emergency care translational ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ network.Survey of all emergency departments affiliated with a CTSA.Of the 65 CTSA consortium members, three had no emergency care ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ program and we obtained responses from 46 of the remaining 62 (74% response rate). The interactions with and resources used by emergency care ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ers varied widely. Methodology and biostatistics support was most frequently accessed (77%), followed closely by education and training programs (60%). Several emergency care ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ programs (76%) had submitted for funding through CTSAs, with 71% receiving awards. Most CTSA consortium members had an active emergency care ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ infrastructure: 21 (46%) had 24/7 availability to recruit and screen for ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, 21 (46%) had less than 24/7 ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ recruitment. A number of emergency care ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ programs participated in NIH ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ networks with the Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials network most highly represented with 23 (59%) sites. Most emergency care ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ programs (96%) were interested in participating in a CTSA-based emergency care translational ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ network.Despite little initial involvement in development of the CTSA program, there has been moderate interaction between CTSAs and emergency care. There is considerable interest in participating in a CTSA consortium based emergency care translational ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ network. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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