Programs for developing the pipeline of early-career geriatric mental health researchers: outcomes and implications for other fields.
Programs for developing the pipeline of early-career geriatric mental health researchers: outcomes and implications for other fields.
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10.1097/acm.0b013e3181c482cb
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2010-01
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Kirwin PD
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Bartels SJ;Lebowitz BD;Reynolds CF 3rd;Bruce ML;Halpain M;Faison WE;Kirwin PD
本报告总结了一个专家共识的调查结果和建议，解决了老年心理健康（GMH）研究人员的濒危管道。在招聘，保留和职业发展在老年心理健康研究在2007年年底的挑战首脑会议上召开了这次会议。确定的主要挑战包括吸引和发展早期职业调查人员进入GMH研究领域;老年临床提供者和研究人员短缺;少数民族研究人员不成比例地缺乏;辅导和职业发展资源不足;以及在从研究培训向独立研究资助过渡的脆弱时期失去有前途的研究人员。GMH研究领域一直处于开发成功方案的最前沿，这些方案在解决这些问题的同时跨越了研究职业发展的范围。这些方案作为其他领域和学科的模式。这些多成分计划的核心要素包括暑期实习，以培养对GMH研究的早期兴趣（老年研究课题暑期培训-精神健康计划），旨在招募老年精神病学领域的研究人员（踏脚石），促进早期职业发展的研究培训机构（老年精神病学夏季研究所），指导开发和获得第一笔研究经费的强化计划（老年精神病学高级研究所）、有针对性地发展少数民族研究人员（少数民族心理健康和老龄化培训研究所）以及一个基于网络的辅导研讨会和资源交流中心（MedEdMentoring.org）。本报告讨论了传播这些计划的意义和原则，包括在GMH研究领域复制的例子。
This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of an expert consensus workgroup that addressed the endangered pipeline of geriatric mental health (GMH) researchers. The workgroup was convened at the Summit on Challenges in Recruitment, Retention, and Career Development in Geriatric Mental Health Research in late 2007. Major identified challenges included attracting and developing early-career investigators into the field of GMH research; a shortfall of geriatric clinical providers and researchers; a disproportionate lack of minority researchers; inadequate mentoring and career development resources; and the loss of promising researchers during the vulnerable period of transition from research training to independent research funding. The field of GMH research has been at the forefront of developing successful programs that address these issues while spanning the spectrum of research career development. These programs serve as a model for other fields and disciplines. Core elements of these multicomponent programs include summer internships to foster early interest in GMH research (Summer Training on Aging Research Topics–Mental Health Program), research sponsorships aimed at recruitment into the field of geriatric psychiatry (Stepping Stones), research training institutes for early career development (Summer Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry), mentored intensive programs on developing and obtaining a first research grant (Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry), targeted development of minority researchers (Institute for Research Minority Training on Mental Health and Aging), and a Web-based clearinghouse of mentoring seminars and resources (MedEdMentoring.org). This report discusses implications of and principles for disseminating these programs, including examples of replications in fields besides GMH research.