Workshops
Several times each year the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory hosts training workshops that explore concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials. The workshops are led by NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory experts and include real-world examples and opportunities for Q&A with NIH Collaboratory Trial investigators. On this page, you will find all completed program workshops, organized by year. For each workshop, you can access materials including the agenda, participant guide, slides, and more.
Featured Workshop
Registration Open for D&I Workshop
On December 13, 2026, the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory will offer a full-day workshop as a part of the 19th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. It will introduce concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials.
Completed Workshop Materials
2026 Workshops
- Endpoint Strategy in Pragmatic Trials: NIH Collaboratory Virtual Workshop (September 2026)This workshop introduced concepts in considerations for research in healthcare systems across a variety of communities; platform trials as an emerging method; implications of pragmatic trials with null findings for future pragmatic research; and the role of pragmatic trials in comparative effectiveness research of artificial intelligence algorithms.
- Innovations in Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Society for Clinical Trials (May 2026)This preconference training workshop introduced opportunities for embedded research along with strategies for conducting innovative ePCTs that provide real-world evidence necessary to inform improvements in healthcare.
2025 Workshops
- Dissemination and Implementation in Embedded Pragmatic Trials: Science-Powered Strategies to Sustain and Spread Effective Interventions: AcademyHealth (December 2025)This training workshop introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and provided firsthand ePCT experiences and case studies from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Demonstration Projects.
- Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials: NIH Collaboratory Virtual Workshop (November 2025)This workshop introduced concepts in considerations for research in healthcare systems across a variety of communities; platform trials as an emerging method; implications of pragmatic trials with null findings for future pragmatic research; and the role of pragmatic trials in comparative effectiveness research of artificial intelligence algorithms.
2024 Workshops
- Dissemination and Implementation in Embedded Pragmatic Trials: Getting the Timing Right in Real-World Research: AcademyHealth (December 2024)This training workshop introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and provided firsthand ePCT experiences and case studies from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Demonstration Projects.
- Going From Zero to 100: Generating Evidence Through Pragmatic Research to Address Pressing Healthcare Issues: NIH-Hosted Workshop (July 2024)This workshop focused on the preparatory actions researchers can undertake in the planning and application phase (Phase Zero) to ensure pragmatic clinical trials yield actionable evidence for a variety of settings. It also addressed challenges in initiating trials across diverse settings, such as navigating data systems, site diversification, and reducing ...
- Patient-Centered Research in Real-World Settings: Essentials of Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials Workshop: Society for Clinical Trials (May 2024)This preconference training workshop introduced concepts in the design and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and provided firsthand ePCT experiences and case studies from the NIH Collaboratory Trials.
2023 Workshops
- Dissemination and Implementation in Embedded Pragmatic Trials: Raising the Bar for Real-World Research: AcademyHealth (December 2023)This training workshop introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and provided firsthand ePCT experiences and case studies from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Demonstration Projects.
- Driving Tomorrow’s Outcomes Through Clinical Research in Real-World Settings: Essentials of Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials: AcademyHealth (June 2023)This training workshop introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials, with a focus on methods relevant to health services researchers, while providing firsthand experiences and case studies from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Trials.
- Getting the Right Evidence to Decision-Makers Faster: Insights From the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory: NIH-Hosted Workshop (June 2023)This two-day workshop explored the critical cycle of evidence generation to decision by health system leaders to implement the findings of pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) conducted within health care systems.
- Changing Trials for Changing Times: Essentials of Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials Workshop: Health Care Systems Research Network Conference (February 2023)This training workshop introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and provided firsthand ePCT experiences and case studies from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Demonstration Projects.
2022 Workshops
- Ethical & Regulatory Dimensions of Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Special Grand Rounds Series (September 2022-February 2023)This special workshop series, hosted via the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s popular PCT Grand Rounds platform, examined ethical and regulatory challenges in pragmatic clinical trials.
- Dissemination & Implementation Research Methods and Embedded Pragmatic Trials: Strategies for Designing Studies That Inform Care for Diverse Populations: AcademyHealth Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health (December 2022)This training workshop introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and provided firsthand ePCT experiences and case studies from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Demonstration Projects.
- Critical Questions for Pragmatic Clinical Trialists: Insights From the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s First Decade: NIH-Hosted Workshop (June 2022)This workshop provided an opportunity to glean the most salient lessons learned from an experienced group of pragmatic trial investigators who openly shared the challenges they encountered, solutions they developed, and thoughts for the future.
- Essentials of Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials Workshop: Health Care Systems Research Network Annual Conference (April 2022)This training workshop introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and provided firsthand ePCT experiences and case studies from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Demonstration Projects.
2021 Workshops
- Convergence of Dissemination & Implementation Research Methods and Embedded Pragmatic Trials: Examples From the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory and NIA IMPACT ADRD Collaboratory (Virtual, December 2021)This pre-conference workshop, co-hosted by the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory and the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory, introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) with a particular focus on the intersection between ePCTs and implementation research methods.
- Inclusion of Diverse Participants in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: NIH-Hosted Workshop (May-August 2021)This special workshop series, hosted via the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s popular PCT Grand Rounds platform, provided insights into planning for diversity, engaging participants, learning from implementation science to maximize diversity, and developing a pipeline of diverse investigators.
- ePCT Workshop: Health Care Systems Research Network (Virtual, May 2021)This virtual workshop introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of ePCTs with a particular focus on methods relevant to health services researchers.
2020 Workshops
- Advances at the Intersection of Digital Health, EHRs, and PCTs: NIH-Hosted Workshop (May-July 2020)This special workshop series, hosted via the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s popular PCT Grand Rounds platform, explored challenges and opportunities in using electronic health records (EHRs) in pragmatic clinical trials.
2019 Workshops
- ePCT Seminar: American Society of Nephrology (November 2019)This seminar provided an introduction to concepts in the design of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) with a focus on interventions that are relevant to the nephrology research community.
- Essentials of ePCTs Workshop: AcademyHealth (June 2019)This training workshop introduced concepts in the design, analysis, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and provided firsthand ePCT experiences from NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Demonstration Projects.
- Design and Analysis of Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials: NIH-Hosted Workshop (May 2019)This workshop included panel discussions on the challenges in the design and analysis of ePCTs.
2018 Workshops
- ePCTs of Therapeutic A vs. B Interventions: NIH-Hosted Workshop (May 2018)This workshop explored challenges and strategies for planning and implementing ePCTs that compare two or more therapeutic medical regimens.
- ePCT Training Workshop Course Materials (February 2018)This training workshop provided training to mid- to senior-level investigators interested in conducting embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs).
2017 Workshops
- Disseminating, Implementing, and Sustaining Evidence-Based Practices Into Clinical Care: NIH-Hosted Workshop (May 2017)This workshop identified best practices for the dissemination, implementation, and sustainability of ePCT findings.
2016 Workshops
- Ethical and Regulatory Issues of Pragmatic Clinical Trials: NIH-Hosted Workshop (May 2016)This workshop focused on unique ethical and regulatory issues identified by the Demonstration Projects supported by the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory Program.