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  "abstract": "The 2025 report by the Association for Clinical Research Professionals summarizes the state of crisis for the global clinical research workforce and proposes key solutions. These include increased awareness of clinical research professions, access to jobs through expanded training and internships, and advancement opportunities for professional staff and site support. To increase access to these professions, multiple Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) expanded training programs and internships leveraging approaches described in this manuscript, and in some cases, established formal apprenticeships in their respective States. This manuscript summarizes direct experiences of nine Clinical and Translational Science Award Centers for decreasing the barriers to entry into the clinical research profession, specifically focusing on clinical research coordinator role. This special communication describes methods for increased awareness, establishing training/internship opportunities, while addressing internal and external collaborations, administrative barriers, and funding necessary to implement an innovative pathway program. The authors hope that this material will be valuable to other AMCs that wish to undertake development of similar programs.",
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    "Clinical and Translational Science Center, UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA.",
    "Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.",
    "Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.",
    "C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.",
    "Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.",
    "Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.",
    "Office of Research Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.",
    "South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.",
    "New Jersey Alliance for Clinical Translation Science, Rutgers Health, Newark, NJ, USA."
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  "published": "2026-07-27",
  "publisher": "Cambridge University Press",
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  "title": "Reimagining entryways: How work-based learning at Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) centers is expanding access for the next generation of clinical research professionals.",
  "title_text": "Reimagining entryways: How work-based learning at Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) centers is expanding access for the next generation of clinical research professionals.",
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  "venue": "Journal of clinical and translational science",
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