Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41523639›Full record

ArticleJournal of clinical and translational science2025

Team training in the real world: A cluster-randomized hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of TeamTRACS in rural Children's Advocacy Centers.

Elizabeth A McGuier, Jaely D Wright, Greg Flett, Scott D Rothenberger, Eduardo Salas, David J Kolko

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical and translational science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Elizabeth A McGuierDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-6358
Jaely D WrightWestern Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Greg FlettNational Children's Advocacy Center, Huntsville, AL, USA.
Scott D RothenbergerDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Eduardo SalasDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
David J KolkoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) use multidisciplinary teams to respond to child abuse allegations. These fluid teams can benefit from team training to enhance team functioning and performance and strengthen the workforce, but they need guidance and resources to support the implementation of team training. Methods: We conducted a cluster-randomized hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial to test the effectiveness of team training and evaluate a self-guided implementation process. Six rural CACs ( Results: Reactions to TeamTRACS were positive (mean ratings > 4.5 on 1-5 scale), and TeamTRACS significantly increased teamwork knowledge (estimated marginal means = 80% vs. 75% [intent-to-treat]; 85% vs. 76% [training attendance]). There were no effects on skill use or work-related outcomes. Changes in team-level outcomes were small and inconsistent; one TeamTRACS team made substantial improvements. Reactions to self-guided implementation were positive (mean ratings > 4 on 1-5 scale). However, only one team completed the implementation process. Challenges included difficulty forming and maintaining a change team, turnover and understaffing, and competing priorities and a short timeframe. Conclusions: Overall, TeamTRACS and its self-guided implementation process were positively received. Incomplete implementation may have limited TeamTRACS' effectiveness. Longer timeframes and external support may improve the implementation of team training in low-resource settings.

Indexed as

hybrid trialimplementationmixed methodsteam trainingTeamwork

Identifiers

PMID41523639
PMCPMC12779490

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.