The University of Pittsburgh's Comparative Effectiveness Research Scholars Progra

描述(由申请人提供)：我们建议开发一个早期职业发展计划，包括来自匹兹堡大学健康科学六学院和UPMC的临床研究人员。皮特的比较有效性研究(CER)学者项目旨在为科学家在CER中的独立职业生涯做准备。CER学者将接受不同类型研究方法的教学培训和经验，以回答有关使用尖端研究设计和方法的治疗、干预和管理策略的比较有效性的问题。该计划的目标是：1)提供严格的教学培训，包括广泛的CER研究方法、技术、概念和研究工具；2)让CER学者沉浸在多学科研究计划中，并提供领导力、管理和团队建设方面的教学；3)为CER学者提供指导和职业指导，以及从概念到完成CER项目的实施经验；以及4)指导CER学者制定和提交竞争性拨款申请，使他们成为成功的独立研究人员。我们的CER领导者发展计划的主要特点包括：满足个别学者需求的定制教育和培训计划(使用ARRA补充课程建立发展课程，以在CTSI内创建核心CER课程)；在CER的各种基本技能方面进行出色的培训；研究所和中心拥有丰富的CER研究环境，侧重于LOM优先领域并开展不同的CER项目；有机会开展所有方面的深入指导研究项目；参加有助于学者成长和领导能力的高级期刊俱乐部的经验；通过在循证实践中心的短期实习和轮换，探索具体研究方法的机会；以及一个多层面的指导计划，培训受训者和导师如何从指导中获得最大利益。整个培训计划及其所有组成部分将进行密集评估。该计划的最终目标是提高国家的CER能力。 公共卫生相关性：在快速发展和新发现导致卫生保健和卫生保健提供决策的复杂性的时候，显然需要优秀的比较有效性研究。为了确保研究的高质量，有必要在特定的CER方法方面培训一批新的调查人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to develop an early career development program involving clinical researchers from the six Schools of the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. Pitt's Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Scholars Program is designed to prepare scientists for independent careers in CER. The CER Scholars will receive didactic training and experience in diverse types of research methods to answer questions about the comparative effectiveness of treatments, interventions, and management strategies using cutting-edge research designs and methods. The objectives of the program are to: 1) Provide rigorous didactic training encompassing a broad spectrum of CER research methodologies, technologies, concepts, and research tools; 2) Immerse CER Scholars in multidisciplinary research programs and provide teaching in leadership, management, and team building; 3) Provide mentoring and career guidance to CER Scholars and experiences in the conduct of CER projects from conceptualization to completion; and 4) Guide CER Scholars in the development and submission of competitive grant applications, so they become successful independent researchers. Key features of our program for the development of leaders in CER include: a customized education and training program to meet the needs of individual Scholars (building on courses in development using an ARRA supplement to create a core CER curriculum within the CTSI); excellent training in a diverse set of fundamental skills in CER; a CER-rich research environment of Institutes and centers focusing on lOM priority areas and carrying out diverse CER projects; the opportunity to conduct all aspects of in-depth mentored research projects; experiences participating in an advanced journal club that contributes to Scholars' growth and leadership abilities; opportunities for exploring specific research methods through short-term internships and rotations at evidence-based practice centers; and a multifaceted mentoring program to train both mentees and mentors in how to get the most out of mentoring. The entire training program and all its components will be intensively evaluated. The ultimate goal of the program is to increase the nation's CER capacity. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: At a time when rapid advances and new discoveries contribute to the complexity of decision making in health care and health care delivery, the need for excellent comparative effectiveness research is clear. To ensure that the research is of high quality, it is necessary to train a new cohort of investigators in specific CER methods.