Complementary and Alternative Medicine Short Term Research Rotation - CAMSTRR

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求在五年内为50名，第三和第四年的医学生提供支持，竞争性地选择参加北德克萨斯大学健康科学中心，德克萨斯大学骨科医学院的选修八周补充和替代医学（CAM）研究轮换。（联合国人类住区中心/技训中心）这项培训的长期目标是鼓励医科学生通过短期密集接触一个有指导的、动手的、假设驱动的研究项目、研究教学法和发展研究陈述技能，进入CAM医生科学家的“管道”。将针对最聪明和最积极的学生进行特别招聘，重点是少数族裔的招聘。补充和替代医学短期研究轮换（CAMSTRR）的第一个组成部分是由研究教师提出的64小时的一般和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，研究协议开发，最先进的研究技术和关键数据评估的基础知识。第二个CAMSTRR计划组成部分是一个动手，假设驱动的研究项目与资助的教师谁曾辅导学生，并有时间和愿望，作为一个研究导师。动手研究经验的目的是让医学生接触到当代的研究方法和与CAM研究相关的挑战。学生们还将每周与项目中的同龄人会面，讨论研究进展。CAMSTRR计划的第三个组成部分涉及通过在UNYHSC的年度研究感谢日制作海报介绍的学术活动。公众越来越多地使用CAM治疗，其疗效没有记录，这强调了对CAM模式的循证假设驱动数据的需求。该项目的具体目标是确定有兴趣进行CAM研究的有才华的医学生，并为他们提供短期的动手研究培训，旨在增加CAM培训的研究人员进入医生科学家管道的有限数量。联合国人类住区中心/训练和宣传委员会在过去四年中的研究支出增加了80%，为拟议的方案提供了稳定的研究支助、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.