Applying the lessons of implementation science to maximize feasibility and usability in team science intervention development

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Enhancing translational team effectiveness: The Wisconsin Interventions in Team Science framework for translating empirically informed strategies into evidence-based interventions

“…(2) the form the intervention will take (e.g., workshop, facilitated discussion, online assessment, consultation); (3) how success of the intervention will be measured; (4) how the intervention will be disseminated, including how the intervention will reach the adopters (those responsible for bringing the intervention to their institution), the implementers (those delivering the intervention), and the end users; (5) how will implementers be trained in delivering the intervention; and (6) how the intervention will be tested, both in the pilot testing and pragmatic testing in Phase 3. (For additional guidance on intervention design considerations, please see Rolland et al [30]. Decisions on all of these design elements should be dictated by the assessment of the team's needs and their context conducted in the Discover phase.…”

“…We hypothesize that, even with disparate intervention outcomes and approaches, there will be common metrics that can be developed for each of the phases and activities of the process. We have begun this work in Rolland et al [30], but there is still much to be done in honing and testing these metrics. We also plan to continue investigating methods of testing interventions that are easily applied to team-based intervention and also increase the rigor and reproducibility of evaluation results.…”

Introduction to the themed issue on the design, development, evaluation, and dissemination of team science interventions in clinical and translational research

“…• The interventions described in this issue had varying outcomes as their goals, ranging from participant satisfaction with a workshop to improved competency of individuals in team science skills as measured by validated surveys. However, the ultimate objective of the team science interventions was often less clear; this is an area for growth in the SciTS field [6,7,15]. Is it the improvement of team effectiveness?…”

“…What can an individual, a team, or an institution expect to gain from participating in a given intervention and how will that gain be measured in a rigorous and reproducible way? itself [6,15,16], with others describing the process they used in intervention development in detail [8,13]. The SciTS field needs more rigorous methods for every stage of the intervention development process, but we do not need to start from scratch.…”

“…The SciTS field needs more rigorous methods for every stage of the intervention development process, but we do not need to start from scratch. As proposed in this issue, the fields of human-centered design, implementation science, and health intervention development can be leveraged to develop methods specifically geared toward meeting the needs of translational teams [14][15][16][17]. Special attention is needed for the evaluation and dissemination/implementation stages of intervention development if we are to make claims of efficacy and effectiveness for our interventions.…”