@article{977ec401293e4f10b95b72b838d2d9e5,
title = "Process Evaluation of a Retreat for Scholars in the First Cohort: The NIH Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences",
abstract = "The Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences aims to enlarge the national pool of trained investigators in mixed methods and improve the quality of grant applications to the National Institutes of Health. Selected scholars are assigned a consulting team, participate in webinars, and attend an annual “retreat” focused on learning mixed methods through application to their research. Our article summarizes the process evaluation of the retreat. Scholars identified strengths in small interactive groups to discuss individual projects and the opportunity to apply learning. Scholars wanted further opportunity to discuss individual projects, understanding interventions and mixed methods, and finding collaborators. Our findings will be useful to leaders developing workshops or similar programs at the faculty level.",
keywords = "health sciences, methodological training, mixed methods training, student perspective",
author = "Guetterman, {Timothy C.} and Creswell, {John W.} and Charles Deutsch and Gallo, {Joseph J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Addressing these needs, the Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences (MMRTP) is a yearlong training program for researchers in the health sciences funded by the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research with several Institutes of the NIH participating. The application for the MMRTP was in response to a request for applications (RFA-OD-13-009, {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies in the Behavioral and Social Sciences [R25]{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}). The RFA specifically mentioned mixed methods as a potential training topic. The foundation for the application of mixed methods research to NIH sponsored research traces to the 2001 NIH report on qualitative health research (NIH, 2001) that incorporated the idea of combining methods. That report was eventually followed by the publication of the {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Best practices for mixed methods research in the health sciences{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} in 2011 (Creswell, Klassen, Plano Clark, & Smith, 2011). The overarching goal of the MMRTP is to provide a state-of-the-art methods training program to enhance the mixed methods skills of NIH investigators. Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The Mixed Methods Research Training Program is supported by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research under Grant R25MH104660-01. Participating institutes for this project are the National Institute of Mental Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Nursing Research, and the National Institute on Aging. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2016.",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1558689816674564",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "13",
pages = "52--68",
journal = "Journal of Mixed Methods Research",
issn = "1558-6898",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "1",
}