Complementary and Alternative Medicine Short Term Research Rotation - CAMSTRR

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求在五年内支持五十名，三年级和四年级的医科学生，通过竞争选择参加北德克萨斯大学健康科学中心，德克萨斯骨科医学院的八周选修补充和替代医学（CAM）研究轮转。（UNTHSC/TCOM）这项培训的长期目标是鼓励医科学生通过短期密集接触有指导的、动手的、假设驱动的研究项目、研究教学和研究报告技能的发展，进入CAM医师科学家的“管道”。特别招生工作将针对最聪明和最积极的学生，重点是少数民族的招生。补充和替代医学短期研究轮转（CAMSTRR）的第一个组成部分是由研究人员提供的64小时一般和CAM特定研究方法课程。课程工作旨在为学生提供负责任的研究行为，研究方案制定，最先进的研究技术和关键数据评估的基础知识。CAMSTRR项目的第二个组成部分是一个实际的、假设驱动的研究项目，由一名曾经指导过学生、有时间和意愿担任研究导师的资助教员参与。实践研究经验旨在使医学生接触到与CAM研究相关的当代研究方法和挑战。学生们还将每周与项目中的同龄人会面，讨论研究进展。CAMSTRR项目的第三个组成部分包括通过在UNYHSC年度研究感谢日制作海报展示的学术活动。公众越来越多地使用没有记录疗效的辅助医学治疗，这强调了对辅助医学模式的循证、假设驱动数据的需求。该项目的具体目标是找出有兴趣进行辅助医学研究的有才华的医学生，并为他们提供短期的实践研究培训，旨在增加经过辅助医学培训的调查员进入医师科学家队伍的人数有限。UNTHSC/TCOM在过去四年中增加了80%的研究支出，为拟议的项目提供了稳定的研究支持、设施和研究领导基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests support for fifty, third and fourth year medical students over a period of five years, competitively selected to participate in an elective eight week complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research rotation at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. (UNTHSC/TCOM) The long term goal of this training is to encourage medical students to enter the CAM physician scientist, "pipeline" through short term intensive exposure to a mentored, hands on, hypothesis driven research project, research didactics and development of research presentation skills. Special recruiting efforts will be directed towards the brightest and most motivated students with emphasis on minority recruitment. The first component of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Short Term Research Rotation (CAMSTRR) is sixty-four hours of general and CAM specific research methodology course work presented by research faculty. Course work is designed to provide students with fundamentals of responsible conduct of research, research protocol development, state of the art research techniques and critical data evaluation. The second CAMSTRR program component is a hands on, hypothesis driven research project with a funded faculty member who has previously mentored students and has the time and desire to serve as a research mentor. The hands on research experience is designed to expose medical students to contemporary research methods and challenges associated with CAM research. Students will also meet weekly with their peers in the program to discuss research progress. The third component of the CAMSTRR program involves scholarly activity through the development of a poster presentation to be made at the UNYHSC's Annual Research Appreciation Day. The increased use of CAM treatments with undocumented efficacies by the general public emphasizes the need for evidence based, hypothesis driven data on CAM modalities. The specific aims of this project are to identify talented medical students interested in conducting CAM research and provide them with short term hands on research training designed to increase the limited numbers of CAM trained investigators entering the physician scientist pipeline. UNTHSC/TCOM's 80% increase in research expenditures over the last four years provides a stable base of research support, facilities and research leadership for the proposed program.