The whole-process management of hospital scientific research projects is the key to improving scientific research innovation capabilities and achieving high-quality development. An effective management strategy can not only improve the success rate and impact of the project, but also promote the transformation and application of scientific research results. The following is a summary of the four key points of the whole process management of hospital scientific research projects: 1. Project application management: The project application stage is the cornerstone of the success of scientific research projects. The hospital should improve the professional level and competitiveness of the application by establishing an incubation system for independent scientific research projects in the hospital. This includes benchmarking scientific research projects at different levels, setting up incubation projects in different categories, and selecting high-quality projects for application through expert review and scoring assessment systems. In addition, through the establishment of the PI selection mechanism in the hospital, a scientific research and innovation team with PI as the core is created, and team members are encouraged to jointly select topics and tackle key problems collectively, so as to improve the winning rate of the project. 2. Project initiation management: After the project is approved, effective process management is the key to ensure the smooth completion of the project. This requires the hospital to establish a clear project management process, including regular progress reviews, quality control, and risk management. At the same time, communication and collaboration between project teams should be encouraged to ensure that project goals are achieved. 3. Project closure management: The project closure should not be seen as the end of the research work, but as an important milestone. Hospitals should conduct a comprehensive assessment of completed projects, including the quality, impact, and translation potential of scientific research results. Through the organization of mobilization meetings and expert evaluations, the projects are scientifically classified to provide direction for the subsequent development of the projects. 4. Follow-up management: Continuous management after the completion of the project is an important part of ensuring the vitality and sustainability of scientific research. Hospitals should support researchers to continue to deepen their research after the project is completed and explore the possibility of transformation of results through follow-up management. At the same time, researchers should be encouraged to accumulate academics, build a solid research system, and lay a solid foundation for future scientific research projects. In short, the whole-process management of hospital scientific research projects requires hospitals not only to pay attention to the declaration and approval of projects, but also to pay attention to the implementation, completion and follow-up management of projects, so as to form a closed-loop management system, so as to improve the quality and efficiency of scientific research projects, promote the transformation of scientific research achievements, and realize the high-quality development of hospital scientific research work.
The ability of scientific research and innovation is an important part of the national performance appraisal of tertiary public hospitals, and it is also the basic requirement for the high-quality development of hospitals. The assessment of the hospital's scientific research and innovation ability in the "national examination" index is based on the first-level indicator "sustainable development" and the third-level indicator "scientific research project funding per 100 health technicians" and "the amount of scientific research achievements transformation per 100 health technicians" under the second-level indicator "discipline construction".
Among them, the "total amount of scientific research project funding of the hospital in the current year" shall be subject to the project amount approved or signed in the current year, including vertical (projects issued by national, ministry/commission, provincial, municipal and other governments or higher-level competent departments) and horizontal (non-governmental institutions or higher-level units, including GCP clinical trials) scientific research projects, excluding in-hospital projects and in-hospital matching funds, excluding appropriate technology promotion, new technology introduction, discipline construction, platform construction, studio construction, science popularization, scientific research-related awards and other funds.
How to get more scientific research projects and increase the number of molecules has become the top priority of scientific research management. However, the management of scientific research projects is a systematic process, from project declaration, project establishment, project completion to follow-up management, the four stages are interlocking and indispensable.
Nowadays, in hospital management, there is a common phenomenon of "emphasizing project approval and ignoring conclusion" and "emphasizing both ends and ignoring the middle", which is not conducive to the derivative development of the project. Appropriate management strategies should be adopted for each stage, and then the optimization of each stage should be achieved.
How is the project application managed?
1. Create independent scientific research projects in the hospital, and enhance the professional level and competitiveness of the application with the help of incubation in the hospital.
Hospitals should increase investment in scientific research, encourage independent scientific research in the hospital, regularly organize experts to inspect the progress of scientific research and phased results, put forward evaluation suggestions for key elements such as research content and research focus, and implement a scoring and assessment system, so as to strive to achieve scientific research excellence in the hospital.
(1) Benchmark scientific research projects at all levels such as national, provincial and ministerial level, municipal bureau level, etc., set up category 1-5 incubation projects, with funding ranging from 1 million yuan to 50,000 yuan, and the number of project projects is set between 3 and 30. It can be considered in combination with the actual situation of the hospital, for example, the first type of project aims to cultivate the National Outstanding Natural Science Foundation project.
(2) Set up PI selection in the hospital to build a hospital scientific research and innovation team with PI as the core.
For the direction of scientific research construction, the titles of chief PI, excellent PI, clinical research PI and elite PI can be set, corresponding selection indicators and assessment standards can be set, research teams can be built, scientific research rookies can be cultivated, and joint topic selection and collective research can be encouraged.
Selection criteria: age requirements, published research articles, level of scientific research projects, department positions, and teaching tasks;
Assessment criteria: undertake the number of hospital training lectures, obtain the title of talent or academic position at the corresponding level, publish in journals or monographs, and be approved for scientific research projects or scientific and technological achievement awards or achievement transformation, etc.
As an important channel for the application of high-quality scientific research projects, in principle, the application of longitudinal scientific research projects is preferred, and the high-scoring projects in the hospital correspond to the appropriate level, so as to effectively improve the winning rate of the project.
2. Focus on the declaration of major projects and organize mobilization meetings and training meetings.
The quality of the application is an effective reflection of the competitiveness of the project, and how to stand out from the thousands of bids and catch the attention of the review experts in a short period of time is particularly crucial.
For this reason, an eye-catching topic can help, and there are three principles that can be followed in formulating a topic:
Keep the language concise and the length appropriate while presenting the core elements of the research content;
Highlight key innovations in important frontier areas or research methods;
It should not only have the connotation of scientific value, but also have the application background related to social development.
In the writing of the main part of the application form, it is necessary to clarify two key points: based on literature review and academic accumulation, clarify the positioning of the proposed research content in the current academic market, and then put forward the research background, project basis and other paving content; The content and purpose of the research are problem-oriented, focusing on the depth, breadth and closeness of the research, and the key scientific problems to be solved run through the entire research process.
The inspiration for writing the application form may be generated and optimized through listening to academic reports and peer discussions. The hospital can hold various forms of declaration mobilization meetings and publicity meetings to provide a platform for scientific researchers to communicate while popularizing the knowledge of declaration.
Every year during the application period of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and provincial science and technology plan projects, the hospital should implement the three-level management structure of "department management team - department management department - hospital level", and the department shall set up a department management team to recommend the project application of the department, select and summarize it to the department management department, and participate in the relevant review organized by the department.
At the same time, the hospital invited experts from outside the hospital to carry out bid writing training and correction guidance, combined with the training meeting and review meeting, the department management department selected excellent application forms to submit to the hospital, and once again carried out targeted guidance and improvement, and finally reported the fund project, effectively improving the bid winning rate of the project in the refined management.
How is the process of project implementation managed?
The process management of project implementation refers to the management of the stage from the organization and implementation of the scientific research project after the establishment of the project to the acceptance of the scientific research results, aiming to improve the quality of the project completion and then implement the smooth conclusion and acceptance.
In addition, the project application often requires the past research foundation and working conditions, etc., so process management plays a key role in the project declaration and acceptance and conclusion, and is the most critical part of hospital scientific research project management.
1. Implement the mid-year inspection system of the project and strengthen the mid-term inspection management.
Most doctors have both clinical and scientific research, and once the clinical work is busy, it is easy to ignore the progress of scientific research, and carrying out regular examinations is an appropriate reminder and warning.
(1) Follow the management ideas of scientific research secretaries, science management groups, and science and education departments, and clarify the division of labor and responsibilities of relevant functional departments.
(2) Establish an academic management committee and a medical ethics review committee, establish a normalized management mechanism, and strengthen the overall planning and supervision of academic resources.
(3) Promote the downward shift of management focus, establish a project supervision group, introduce a tripartite audit company, and implement closed-loop and strong process management of scientific research projects.
For the topics approved in different years, the requirements and inspection points should be emphasized.
For newly established projects, the main points of investigation are to reconfirm the feasibility of project implementation and the expected research value; Secondly, it is necessary to understand and discuss the problems existing in the process of project implementation in a timely manner, especially for common problems, which can be dealt with together, so as to clear the obstacles for scientific researchers in a timely manner.
For projects that have passed half of the research period, the focus of the investigation is to verify the current completion of the project and the phased results achieved at the technical level by comparing the task book or contract book; Evaluate the difficulty coefficient of the unfinished part, and give follow-up suggestions and optimization strategies; At the funding level, the relevant financial personnel and the staff of the audit company compare the project budget table, verify the details of the use of project funds, evaluate the progress of the use of funds, and raise and rectify any problems in a timely manner.
For the project that is about to enter the final period, the hospital can organize a pre-acceptance meeting, check the acceptance letter, the publication of the results and the use of funds and other materials with reference to the acceptance requirements of the superior management department, and implement the pre-defense for the on-site acceptance of the project, the purpose is to remind the project leader to pay attention to the acceptance preparation, early warning, timely check and fill in the gaps, and ensure that the project successfully passes the acceptance.
2. Implement a management model that combines rewards and punishments, and improve scientific research incentive policies to promote the output of scientific research results.
At the beginning of each year, the scientific research management department sets a letter of responsibility for scientific research objectives by evaluating the scientific research projects of each department in the previous year, combined with the situation of the department/specialty, including vertical scientific research funds, horizontal scientific research funds, achievement transformation funds and scientific research papers, etc., to decompose the goals and sink the tasks to the departments.
On the one hand, scientific research will be included in the collective performance appraisal, and the completion of the project will be linked to the department evaluation and performance reward at the end of the year; On the other hand, scientific research is linked to personal development such as dynamic title rating and supervisor competition, and the positive incentives brought by high-quality completion of the project are reflected through multiple channels.
In addition to the reward system, reasonable punishment methods are also necessary. Through the implementation of performance appraisal management of scientific research projects, it is stipulated that performance expenditures shall not be issued if relevant materials are not submitted in a timely manner, and performance expenditures shall not be issued if the rectification requirements are not implemented on time, and performance will be deducted if the project is not completed on time, and measures such as restricting the declaration of new projects will be strictly implemented.
How to manage the acceptance of the project at the end of the project?
The acceptance of scientific research projects is mainly composed of technical content indicators and the use of funds.
When the project is accepted for acceptance, check the completion of technical indicators and the relevance of the output by comparing the task book or contract book; Combined with the budget page, the project undertaking unit needs to issue the details of the funds during the study period, relevant contracts, invoices, etc., and if necessary, also need to provide the audit report issued by a third-party institution, and the review of funds mainly includes the review of the reasonableness, legality and compliance of the use.
Accordingly, the mid-term inspection of the project to be completed in the process management is combined with the pre-acceptance of the project to effectively ensure the pass rate of the final acceptance.
How to manage the follow-up of the project?
For most of the current scientific research topics in the hospital, the acceptance of the project means the end of the research, and the project stops at a few related articles, several patents and other achievements, and does not carry out continuous research, let alone mention the greater scientific research value such as the transformation of achievements.
The scientific research management department should summarize the project in a timely manner after the conclusion of each year, adopt expert evaluation, scientific classification, etc., give the project a different destination, or cluster application for awards, or carry out in-depth research to declare the continuation of the project, or further explore the transformation and application of results, so as to track the management of the way, it is expected to explore the more far-reaching scientific research value of the project, maintain the continuity of the research, and give the project greater vitality.
Accordingly, in the whole process management of scientific research projects, project declaration is only a part of scientific research activities, and in each application process, let the applicant realize that doing a good job in academic accumulation and existing research is the premise of writing high-quality applications and obtaining project funding; Project management is the top priority, and doing a good job in process management is the practical guarantee for the smooth conclusion of the project, and it is also a strong urge to urge the project leader to implement each research project and produce results as much as possible.
Follow-up management is an overlooked part of the project, and the study should be followed up continuously. The end is a new beginning, helping researchers to continuously enrich the research foundation, build a research system, and do a good job in the whole life cycle of scientific research.