PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH TRAINING

本提案旨在为5名从事儿科心理学研究的2年制博士后培养生提供资助。受训者将被分配到五名导师（或研究导师）中的一名，并将立即获得临床心理学、儿科学、行为儿科学、精神病学和卫生服务管理等跨学科研究合作的机会。除了研究导师和合作者外，还设立了一个内部培训委员会和一个咨询委员会。这一培训计划的发展与最近全国范围内增加博士后专业化的运动是一致的。有几个因素促成了当前计划提案的发展。首先，佛罗里达大学的博士前儿科心理学培训项目发展良好，在全国享有盛誉。第二，合作研究关系在整个佛罗里达大学健康科学中心建立得很好。第三，临床和健康心理学系的儿科心理学家多次收到儿科医生的研究项目请求，这些项目很适合博士后培训生的技能。第四，佛罗里达大学（University of Florida）的儿科心理学研究人员可以接触到几乎所有医学领域的大量儿科人群。第五，从研究的角度来看，有几个儿科人群在很大程度上没有得到服务。第六，拟议项目教师的整体素质和生产力非常高。

This proposal is to establish funding for five two-year post doctoral trainees in pediatric psychology research. Trainees will be assigned to one of five preceptors (or research mentors) and will have immediate access to a number of interdisciplinary research collaboration from clinical psychology, pediatrics, behavioral pediatrics, psychiatry, and health services administration. In addition to research mentors and collaborators, an internal training committee and an advisory board have been established. The development of this training program is consistent with the recent national movement toward increased post-doctoral specialization. Several factors have contributed to the development of the current program proposal. First, the pre-doctoral pediatric psychology training program at the University of Florida is well developed and has an outstanding national reputation. Second, collaborative research relationships are well established throughout the University of Florida Health Science Center. Third, pediatric psychologists in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology repeatedly receive requests from pediatricians for research projects that would lend themselves well to the skills of a post-doctoral trainee. Fourth, pediatric psychology researchers at the University of Florida have access to large pediatric populations in virtually all areas of medicine. Fifth, there are several pediatric populations that have gone largely unserved from a research perspective. Sixth, the overall quality and productivity of the proposed program's faculty are very high.