Evidence Informed Practice: Faculty and Curriculum Development

项目总结/摘要 NCCAM的使命是通过严格的科学调查，确定 补充和替代医学干预措施及其在改善健康方面的作用 和医疗保健。最新的战略计划特别增加了目标，即“使更好的循证 关于CAM使用及其与卫生保健和健康促进的整合的决策”和战略 目标是“提高该领域开展严格研究的能力”。在过去的十五年里 NCCAM支持CAM/综合医学的功效研究， 可以用于临床决策的证据。为了更好地利用这一证据，CAM机构需要 提高师生研究教育的质量和数量。这是第一次。 NCCAM R25资助计划称为“CAM从业者研究教育项目资助伙伴关系”， 该奖项授予了少数与研究密集型机构合作的CAM机构。 该计划特别侧重于循证医学（EBM），通过提高认识， 对生物医学研究的赞赏。这一举措非常成功，并提供了一个传播机会， 现在还有其他的CAM机构。该K 07项目的目标是开发证据知情实践 (EIP)为教师的发展和针灸和东方医学（AOM）硕士课程在太平洋 美国最大的东方医学院--东方医学院（PCOM）。该项目将 利用连续两次授予西北健康科学大学的R25赠款 （NWHSU）与明尼苏达大学合作，为教师开发了EIP课程 开发及其CAM程序（包括AOM）。候选人将由以下专家指导： 教育研究和综合医学教育在阿尔伯特爱因斯坦医学院（爱因斯坦）， 赞助机构;和R25共同PI和领导EIP讲师在NWHSU。她将有机会接触到所有 NWHSU EIP材料和专业知识，并将在NWHSU度过四周。课程将在 教育研究在爱因斯坦和哥伦比亚大学，并在循证医学和CAM研究讲习班。的 K 07项目的具体目标是：1.培养候选人的教育研究技能，使其成为一名 独立研究员和EIP教育专家，2。开发EIP教师培训和课程， 评估，设计，开发，实施和评估EIP教师发展计划和EIP 在PCOM-NY的AOM硕士课程的课程，和3。分析EIP的结果 课程，并对机构文化的影响。项目结束后，候选人将寻求独立的资金， 在三个校区的所有PCOM学位课程中实施EIP，并传播材料和 向其他东方医学院校传授专业知识。该项目将利用NCCAM的R25投资， 提高AOM专业人员在临床实践中理解和使用研究的能力。

Project Summary/Abstract The mission of NCCAM is to define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and safety of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interventions and their roles in improving health and health care. The most recent Strategic Plan specifically adds the goal to "Enable better evidence-based decision making regarding CAM use and its integration into health care and health promotion" and the strategic objective to "Improve the capacity of the field to carry out rigorous research". Over the past fifteen years NCCAM has supported research into the efficacy of CAM/integrative medicine producing a rich source of evidence that can be used for clinical decisions. To better utilize this evidence CAM institutions need to improve the quality and quantity of research education for faculty and students. This was the focus of the NCCAM R25 grant program called the 'CAM Practitioner Research Education Project Grant Partnership', which was awarded to a small number of CAM institutions in partnership with research-intensive institutions. The program was specifically focused on evidence-based medicine (EBM) by enhancing understanding and appreciation of biomedical research. This initiative was very successful, and an opportunity for dissemination to other CAM institutions now exists. The goals of this K07 project are to develop evidence informed practice (EIP) for faculty development and in the acupuncture and oriental medicine (AOM) Master's program at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM), the largest Oriental medicine college in the US. This project will leverage the two successive R25 grants that were awarded to Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU), in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, which developed EIP curricula for faculty development and their CAM programs (including AOM). The candidate will be mentored by: experts in education research and integrative medical education at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein), the sponsoring institution; and the R25 co-PI and lead EIP instructor at NWHSU. She will have access to all the NWHSU EIP materials and expertise and will spend four weeks at NWHSU. Coursework will be undertaken in education research at Einstein and Columbia University, and workshops in EBM and CAM research. The specific aims of the K07 project are: 1. To develop the education research skills of the candidate to become an independent researcher and expert in EIP education, 2. To develop EIP faculty training and curriculum by assessing, designing, developing, implementing and evaluating an EIP faculty development program and EIP curriculum within the AOM Master's program at PCOM-NY, and 3. To analyze the outcomes of the EIP curriculum, and impact on institutional culture. After the project the candidate will seek independent funding to implement EIP in all PCOM degree programs across it's three campuses, and disseminate the materials and expertise to other colleges of Oriental medicine. This project will leverage NCCAM's R25 investment, and improve the capacity of the AOM profession to understand and use research in clinical practice.