There is a need to expand a workforce trained in conducting and partnering in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR).

In 2021, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) Board of Governors adopted the National Priorities for Health, a set of long-term goals that informs PCORI’s research agenda. The National Priorities for Health and PCORI’s Strategic Plan provide a roadmap for PCORI activities. PCORI‘s PCOR Infrastructure and Innovation division oversees a portfolio of funded work and strategic partnerships that support the development of training programs and materials to promote advances in patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and accelerate progress toward an integrated learning health system. 

NORC conducted a landscape assessment of health research workforce initiatives.

PCORI engaged NORC to provide a strategic assessment of health research workforce initiatives to inform PCORI’s strategic and funding priorities in workforce development. This work is instrumental to PCORI’s efforts to lay the groundwork for a sustainable patient-centered CER workforce. Through this landscape assessment, NORC identified key initiatives, gaps, and challenges in the funding and training landscape, and proposed strategic priorities for PCORI’s consideration.