Excellence In Training: The Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at BU

描述（由申请人提供）：波士顿大学焦虑及相关疾病中心（CARD）是一个国际知名的项目，致力于扩展和传播经验支持的精神疾病治疗的原则和协议。该应用程序旨在利用CARD的优势，并为临床研究生、社区从业人员和全国范围内的具体传播工作扩展经过科学验证的行为治疗培训课程。议定书要求实现六个相互关联的目标，以实现这些目标。这些包括提供经验验证的行为治疗的培训课程开发以及新提供者对这些治疗的监督，向社区中更有经验的提供者提供科学验证的治疗培训，通过行为和认知治疗协会（ABCT）传播的网络材料以及通过CARD在全国范围内提供培训，完成评估项目，并计划出版一套及项目评价稿件。作为一项经过科学验证的行为治疗卓越计划，CARD的教师在进行良好控制的临床试验方面具有显著的经验，这些临床试验有助于在行为干预、传播工作和培训方面建立基于证据的实践，并在地方努力和国家会议的背景下进行培训，包括会议组织。此外，除了扩大提供和监督科学验证治疗的直接培训方法外，该申请还寻求加强对关键治疗计划和评估技能的培训，这些技能是循证医学的核心。这一卓越应用项目旨在为更广泛的波士顿大学临床研究生、社区从业人员以及全国范围内的具体传播工作，扩展经过科学验证的行为治疗培训课程。这个卓越应用的项目，除了扩展提供和监督科学验证治疗的培训课程外，还寻求开发关键治疗计划和评估技能的培训课程，这是循证医学的核心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) at Boston University is an internationally known program devoted to expanding and disseminating principles and protocols of empirically-supported treatments for psychiatric disorders. This application is design to capitalize on the strengths of CARD and to expand the curriculum for training in scientifically-validated behavioral treatments for clinical graduate students, community practitioners, and nationally in the context of specific dissemination efforts. The protocol calls for the achievement of six interrelated aims to achieve these goals. These include curriculum development for training in the provision of empirically validated behavioral treatments as well as the supervision of these treatments by new providers, the provision of training of scientifically validated treatments to more seasoned providers in the community, the provision of training on a national scale through web materials disseminated through the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) as well as through CARD, completion of evaluation programs, and a set of planned publications in addition to program evaluation manuscripts. As a proposed Program of Excellence in Scientifically-Validated Behavioral Treatment, faculty at CARD have notable experience in the conduct of well controlled clinical trials that have helped establish evidence-based practice in behavioral interventions, dissemination efforts, and training in the context of local efforts and national conference, including conference organization. Moreover, in addition to expanding methods for the direct training in the provision and supervision of scientifically validated treatments, this application seeks to enhance training in critical treatment planning and evaluation skills that are at the heart of evidence based medicine. This program of excellence application is designed to expand the curriculum of training in scientifically-validated behavioral treatments for the broader Boston University community of clinical graduate students, community practitioners, and nationally in the context of specific dissemination efforts. This program of excellence application, in addition to expanding a curriculum for training in the provision and supervision of scientifically validated treatments, seeks to develop a curriculum for training in critical treatment planning and evaluation skills that are at the heart of evidence based medicine.