In addition to the educational, training and career development opportunities offered through ICTR's Research Education and Career Development core (charged with developing a diverse, multidisciplinary, clinical and translational research workforce), the following workshops, on-line resources and video-captured seminars have been assembled specifically to support investigators, clinicians and community members interested in Type 2 translational research.

Research-related educational resources:

Type 2 translational research often involves collaboration skills and insightful data-gathering and analysis techniques not covered in many methods courses. It can require:

• Creating, managing, and sustaining working relationships with communities and people of various educational, cultural and economic backgrounds;


• Devising data-gathering methods that are cognizant of a community or an organization’s culture, values, staffing, and work flow and that provide direct benefits to the community/organizational site.

• An Overview of Qualitative Research Methods, by Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN


• Community Academic Research Partnerships


• Bibliography on Type 2 Translational Research, compiled by Maureen Smith, MD, MPH, PhD


• Bibliography on Qualitative Research Methods, compiled by Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN

Health research and community partnership information resources:

• Outreach @ Ebling Library's information professionals provide workshops on general and specific topics such as: health information literacy, evidence-based resources, evaluating health information, effective search techniques, PubMed Savvy Alerts, updates and RSS feeds; consumer health resources; information management tools, and public health resources. Training is customized to meet audience needs. Ebling also offers a document delivery service for a fee.


• The Innovations in Medical Education (IME) Video Library is a collection of free videos of educational events that have taken place at the UW Health Sciences Learning Center. The IME Video Library allows the entire educational network and the public access to the presentations from remote locations. Videos can be searched by key words, title, speaker, date of presentation, or most viewed.


• Sources of up-to-date information on evidence-based practices
• Guides for developing a program evaluation and research design
• Tips on evaluating and negotiating beneficial research partnerships for your organization or community
• Guidelines for developing competitive funding proposals


• Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. The website is a clearing house of resources on service-learning, community-based participatory research, broad-based coalitions, and other partnership strategies.


• Transforming Campus & Communities through Public Engagement: The Critical Role of Boundary Spanners, by David J. Weerts, PhD


• The University of Wisconsin-Madison Speakers Bureau offers community groups around the state the expertise of more than 700 faculty and staff at UW.

Program development and evaluation:

• Cooperative Extension's Web Site on Program Development and Evaluation provides training and technical assistance that enables campus and community-based faculty and staff to plan, implement, and evaluate programs.


• Education and Training Resources for Wisconsin Community Research Partners lists local, regional and web-based programs available to Wisconsin communities covering grant writing, program evaluation, working with universities, and evidence-based public health practices.

Grant writing resources:

• The Wisconsin Partnership Fund Web Site provides successful grant writing tips, resources on outcome evaluation, resources on evidence-based practices, and data on state, regional, and county health priorities.


• Fundamentals of Effective Grant Writing, a video-taped workshop conducted by Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, UW Madison School of Nursing.