HSR&D Senior Research Career Scientist Award

背景： 高级研究职业科学家奖(SRCS)需要强大和敬业的 致力于退伍军人管理局和退伍军人的护理。该奖项表彰那些拥有 在研究、指导和教学、服务等方面为退伍军人管理局做出了重要贡献 活动和学术生产力。维护SRCS不仅需要个人和 对退伍军人管理局的深刻承诺，同时也敏锐地了解退伍军人管理局的需求 退伍军人。随着退伍军人管理局国家优先事项的迅速变化，获奖者必须是 意识到这些变化，将他们自己的研究目标与退伍军人管理局的目标重新调整，并反映 在自己的研究研究和专业承诺中的最新优先事项。 具体目标： 此续订申请的总体目标是继续使重要和富有成效的 通过以下方式改善向退伍军人提供的护理的安全和质量的贡献 领导和服务退伍军人事务部地方和国家活动，获得独立资金， 保持学术生产力，并领导指导和培训活动。具体的 目标是：1)指导退伍军人管理局的初级教员、研究员、学生和项目工作人员 大学背景；2)成为国家评估影响的专家和领导者 社区护理对退伍军人的健康结果，以及护理的质量和安全；以及3) 开展研究以提高患者安全和质量的衡量标准，最终实现 在这一领域的科学区别和国家认可。 方法： 为了实现目标1，申请者将每周指定时间进行指导和 培训目的。这将包括一对一会议以及小组会议，如 写作和辅导小组，每两周举行一次。指导/培训将涉及以下讨论 长期和短期职业目标，审查提案，赠款和手稿，讨论 潜在的服务机会，以及出现的其他话题。对于目标2，目前关于 评估社区关怀计划，重点是质量、安全、成本和可获得性，将 继续为高铁和研发提供为期三年的拨款。为了实现目标3，申请者将 通过由退伍军人事务部国家患者安全中心资助的工作继续研究，还 HSR&D实施科学、评估研究和其他方面的培训和技能 将采用先进的统计方法，为申请者提供新的技能 完成这项工作所必需的，以实现科学区分和国家 承认。 预期结果： 科学、严格和及时地评估退伍军人管理局不断变化的国家优先事项的影响， 包括扩大社区护理的使用，将为VHA提供关键信息 关于退伍军人在社区接受的护理的质量和安全方面的需求。此外， 本次SRCS续期申请中提议的活动将大大有助于改善 向退伍军人提供的整体护理质量，以及加强个人承诺和 申请人至少在未来七年内对退伍军人管理局的贡献。

Background: The Senior Research Career Scientist Award (SRCS) requires a strong and dedicated commitment to the VA and to the care of Veterans. This award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the VA in their research, mentoring and teaching, service activities, and scholarly productivity. Maintaining the SRCS requires not only a personal and deep sense of commitment to the VA, but also an acute understanding of the needs of the Veteran population. With rapidly changing VA national priorities, it is critical that awardees are aware of these changes, realign their own research goals with those of the VA, and reflect the latest priorities in their own research studies and professional commitments. Specific Aims: The overall goal of this renewal application is to continue to make important and productive contributions that improve the safety and quality of care provided to Veterans through leadership and service on VA local and national activities, obtaining independent funding, maintaining scholarly productivity, and leading mentoring and training activities. The specific aims are to: 1) mentor junior faculty, fellows, students, and project staff at both the VA and university settings; 2) become a national expert and leader in evaluating the impact of community care on Veterans’ health outcomes, as well as the quality and safety of care; and 3) pursue research to advance the measurement of patient safety and quality, ultimately achieving scientific distinction and national recognition in this area. Methods: To accomplish Aim 1, the applicant will dedicate specific time each week for mentoring and training purposes. This will include one-to-one sessions as well as group meetings such as the writing and mentoring group that occurs bi-weekly. Mentoring/training will involve discussions of long- and short-term career goals, review of proposals, grants, and manuscripts, discussion of potential service opportunities, and other topics as they arise. For Aim 2, current research on evaluating Community Care program, with a focus on quality, safety, cost, and access, will continue with HSR&D funding of a three-year grant. To accomplish Aim 3, the applicant will continue research through work funded by the VA National Center of Patient Safety and also HSR&D. Additional training and skills in implementation science, evaluation research, and advanced statistical methods will be undertaken in order to provide the applicant with new skills necessary for accomplishing this work in order to achieve scientific distinction and national recognition. Expected Results: Scientifically rigorous and timely evaluation of the impact of VA’s changing national priorities, including expansion in the use of Community Care, will provide VHA with critical information needed on the quality and safety of care that Veterans receive in the community. Moreover, the activities proposed in this SRCS renewal application will significantly contribute to improving the overall quality of care provided to Veterans, as well as strengthen the personal commitment and contribution of the applicant to the VA for at least the next seven years.