The Culture of Translational Science Research: Participants' Stories

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dc.contributor.authorKotarba, Joseph A.
dc.contributor.authorWooten, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, Jean
dc.contributor.authorBrasier, Allan R.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T16:26:39Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T16:26:39Z
dc.date.issued2013-05
dc.description.abstractWe apply a symbolic interactionist framework and a qualitative methodology to the examination of the everyday reality of translational science research (TSR). This is a growing scientific movement that aims to facilitate the efficient application of basic research to clinical service design and delivery. We describe the emerging culture of translational research at a mid-size medical center that received a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health. The stories related by scientists, clinicians, and students in interviews indicate that they make sense of the emerging inter- and cross-disciplinary, team-oriented culture of TSR through the refinement and redefinition of the significant symbols that inform their work while they attempt to master translational research by addressing the dilemmas it produces for them and their work. We see the strength, currency, adaptability, and energy of the core self-definition of "scientist" to be significant in shaping the emerging culture of translational research. We conclude by celebrating the value of interpretive ethnography for evaluation research.
dc.description.departmentSociology
dc.description.versionThis is the accepted manuscript version of an article published in International Review of Qualitative Research.
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dc.format.extent13 pages
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dc.identifier.citationKotarba, J. A., Wooten, K., Freeman, J., & Brasier, A. R. (2013). The culture of translational science research: Participants’ stories. International Review of Qualitative Research, 6(1), pp. 127–142.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1525/irqr.2013.6.1.127
dc.identifier.issn1940-8447
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/9774
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of California Press
dc.sourceInternational Review of Qualitative Research, 2013, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 127–142.
dc.subjecttranslational research
dc.subjectqualitative research
dc.subjectevaluation
dc.subjectsymbolic interactionism
dc.subjectinterpretive ethnography
dc.subjectknowledge transfer
dc.subjectscience
dc.subjectSociology
dc.titleThe Culture of Translational Science Research: Participants' Stories
dc.typeArticle

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