TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF CAM CLINICAL INVESTIGATORS

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案寻求资金，以支持多达9名博士后研究员，每年在一个新的计划，以培训医生进行和评估补充和替代医学（CAM）的临床研究。该计划及其产生的研究员预计将满足对能够评估CAM疗法安全性和有效性的合格研究人员日益增长的需求。研究员将报名参加的培训计划是双城大都市地区三个已建立的卫生机构的18名教师之间的合作努力，这些机构在CAM和CAM研究方面已经合作了几年，并且在临床研究方面具有相当的专业知识。该计划的基础是在亨内平县医疗中心（HCMC），其中包括国际知名的伯曼中心的成果和临床研究。胡志明市还参加了替代医学部和诊所，以及由国家补充和替代医学中心（NCCAM）支持的P50成瘾和替代医学研究中心。第二个合作机构是西北健康科学大学，前身是西北脊椎按摩学院，这是一个多项目的教育和研究机构，近六十年来一直是明尼苏达州补充和替代医学的领导者。第三个合作机构是明尼苏达大学，研究员将通过公共卫生学院（SPH）流行病学系获得临床研究硕士学位，或获得MS或博士学位。卫生服务研究与政策，SPH。此外，研究员必须获得补充疗法和治疗实践的研究生辅修课程，该课程由大学学术健康中心的灵性和治疗中心提供。研究员将被要求完成研究方法的核心教学课程，包括负责任的研究行为，以及CAM研究项目，导致科学论文提交给同行评审的期刊。培训时间至少为两年，最好为三年。这个新方案预计在第一个正式年度从参与机构中吸引三名研究员，并预计在随后的每一年再招收三至五名学生，每年的入学人数稳定在9至12名学员。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): This proposal seeks funding to support up to nine post-doctoral fellows per year in a new program to train medical practitioners to conduct and evaluate clinical research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). The program and the fellows it produces are expected to meet the growing need for qualified investigators capable of evaluating the safety and effectiveness of CAM therapies. The Training Program in which fellows will enroll is a collaborative effort among 18 faculty members at three established health institutions in the Twin Cities metropolitan area that have been collaborating for several years in CAM and CAM research, and that have considerable expertise in clinical research. The program is based at the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), which includes the internationally known Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research. Also participating at HCMC is the Alternative Medicine Division and Clinic, plus the P50 Center for Addiction and Alternative Medicine Research supported by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). The second collaborating institution is the Northwestern Health Sciences University, formerly the Northwestern College of Chiropractic, a multi-program educational and research facility that has been a leader in Minnesota for almost six decades in complementary and alternative medicine. The third collaborating institution is the University of Minnesota, in which the fellows will earn either and MS degree in Clinical Research through the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health (SPH), or an MS or Ph.D. in Health Services Research and Policy, SPH. In addition, fellows are required to obtain a graduate minor in Complementary Therapies and Healing Practices, offered through the Center for Spirituality and Healing, at the University's Academic Health Center. Fellows will be required to complete a core didactic curriculum in research methods, including responsible conduct of research, and a CAM research project leading to a scientific paper to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. The duration of the training will be at least two and preferably three years. This new program expects to draw three fellows from the participating institutions in its first formal year, and expects to enroll three to five additional students each subsequent year, with enrollment stabilizing at 9-12 trainees enrolled each year.