Study on the construction status and countermeasures of Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center / 中华医学科研管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:By analyzing the development purpose and goals, status quo and achievements, characteristics, and problems identified of Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center, tailored measurements and suggestions are put forward in this paper, to serve for better development of Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center, and construct a more efficient clinical research transformation platform.Methods:Carrying out statistical analysis of the annual reports of the first two batches of 12 Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Centers to identify similarities and uniqueness; Benchmarking with the construction goals of Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Centers to figure out achievements and space for improvement; SWOT analysis was conducted to analyze opportunities and challenges, and experiences were summarized.Results:After two years’ construction, the centers have remarkable achievement by facilitating resources, establishing research platforms, and setting up collaborative research networks. However, common problems are still existed, such as weak innovation foundation, insufficient attention from supporting institutions, lacking of compound talents in clinical research, peak discipline should be developed at provincial centers to promote the capacity building, and the ability to promote innovation at local level also needs to be improved.Conclusions:The construction of Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center is facing a great deal of opportunities and challenges. By boosting attention of the supporting institution, enhancing continuing investment, implementing annual evaluation system, guiding the outstanding provincial centers to apply for national centers, and strengthening the achievement transfer and promotion, the construction of the provincial centers will be improved, and further enhance the clinical research capacity at provincial level.