Sustainable EBP Program in a CAM Instituion

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请名为“CAM机构的可持续EBP项目”，是先前资助的R25项目“循证实践课程开发”(NIH/NCCAM补助金#R25 AT002872)的延续。该项目加强和扩大了美国国立卫生科学大学(NUHS)和伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)公共卫生学院(SPH)之间的合作关系。最初拨款的主要目标是“培养脊骨疗法(DC)的研究生医生，他们将使用EBP的概念、方法和程序进行实践。”该计划扩大到以下学位计划的学生和教职员工：自然疗法医学博士(ND)，针灸和东方医学硕士学位，以及按摩治疗证书计划。这种情况将继续下去。新计划将确保在初始奖励下实施的计划的可持续性，同时提供持续增长。和第一笔助学金一样，这个项目有三个组成部分：学生教育、教师发展和有指导意义的研究。第一笔拨款强调开发和实施全面的学生EBP核心课程(现已到位)，而新计划将强调教师发展。这种对教师发展的重视将确保学生教育课程的可持续性，并将支持该机构朝着EBP领导力的文化发展。在新的学生教育部分，将为学生创建新的选修课。这些课程将由在教师发展部分接受过培训的教师授课。这些课程将为感兴趣和积极进取的学生提供深入的EBP体验。这些课程将增加学生与EBP相关的知识和技能，并为教职员工提供机会在他们感兴趣的领域指导和指导学生，从而帮助他们保持在各自领域的前沿知识。最后，学生指导研究部分允许选定的学生在UIC SPH参加为期一个学期的课程，并在UIC导师的监督下进行研究。这一成功的课程将在向UIC SPH可持续的DC/公共卫生硕士双学位课程过渡的过程中继续下去。和之前的助学金一样，该计划的所有三个方面都将在每学期进行正式评估，并将结果提交公布。 公共卫生相关性：该项目加强和扩大了美国国立卫生科学大学(NUHS)和伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)公共卫生学院(SPH)之间的合作关系，以培养使用循证实践(EBP)的概念、方法和程序进行实践的补充和替代医学(CAM)从业者；从而改善患者的预后。EBP学生教育课程的可持续性将通过持续的师资发展实现，并将为学生开设新的选修课程，这两项努力都旨在提高学生对EBP的理解和实践。为了加强CAM从业者对公共卫生问题的关注，目前针对NUHS学生的UIC导师研究计划将过渡到与UIC SPH合作的可持续的DC/公共卫生硕士学位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application, entitled "Sustainable EBP Program in a CAM Institution" is a continuation of the previously funded R25 program, "Curriculum Development in Evidence Based Practice (EBP)" (NIH/NCCAM Grant # R25 AT002872). This program strengthens and expands the partnering relationship between the National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health (SPH). The primary objective of the initial grant was to "develop graduate doctors of chiropractic (DCs) who will practice using the concepts, methods, and procedures of EBP." The program expanded to include students and faculty in the following degree programs: doctor of naturopathic medicine (ND), master's degrees in acupuncture and oriental medicine, and massage therapy certificate program. This will continue. The new program will ensure sustainability of programs implemented under the initial award, while providing continued growth. Like the first grant, this program has three components: student education, faculty development, and mentored research. Whereas the first grant emphasized the development and implementation of a comprehensive student EBP core curriculum (which is now in place), the new program will emphasize faculty development. This emphasis on faculty development will ensure sustainability of the student education curriculum and will bolster the institution's cultural growth toward leadership in EBP. In the new student education component, new elective courses for students will be created. They will be taught by faculty trained in the faculty development component. These courses will provide in-depth EBP experiences for highly interested and motivated students. The courses will increase students' knowledge and skills related to EBP and will also provide opportunities for faculty members to direct and mentor students in their own area of interest, thus helping the faculty to remain at the cutting edge of knowledge in their fields. Finally, the student mentored research component permits select students to take courses at the UIC SPH for one semester and conduct research under a UIC mentor's oversight. This successful program will continue as it is transitioned to a sustainable DC/Master's of Public Health dual degree program with UIC SPH. As with the previous grant, all three aspects of the program will be formally assessed every semester and the results submitted for publication. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project strengthens and expands the partnering relationship between the National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health (SPH) in order to develop complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners who practice using the concepts, methods, and procedures of evidence-based practice (EBP); thereby improving patient outcomes. Sustainability of the EBP student education curriculum will be achieved through continued faculty development, and new elective courses for students that will be created, both efforts are designed to improve students' understanding and practice of EBP. To increase the focus of CAM practitioners on public health issues, the current UIC mentored research program for NUHS students will be transitioned to a sustainable, collaborative DC/Master's of Public Health degree with the UIC SPH.