Sustainable EBP Program in a CAM Instituion

描述（由申请人提供）：该申请题为“CAM机构中的可持续EBP计划”是先前资助的R25计划的延续，“基于证据的实践（EBP）的课程开发”（NIH/NCCAM Grant # R25 AT002872）。该项目加强并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）之间的伙伴关系。最初拨款的主要目标是“培养脊椎指压治疗（DCs）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课程的学生和教师：自然疗法博士（ND），针灸和东方医学硕士学位，按摩治疗证书课程。这将继续下去。新项目将确保在初始合同下实施的项目的可持续性，同时提供持续的增长。与第一笔拨款一样，该项目有三个组成部分：学生教育、教师发展和指导研究。鉴于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），新项目将强调教师发展。这种对教师发展的重视将确保学生教育课程的可持续性，并将加强该机构在EBP方面的领导文化发展。在新的学生教育组件中，将为学生创建新的选修课程。他们将由经过教师发展部分培训的教师授课。这些课程将为高度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，并将为教师提供指导和指导学生自己感兴趣的领域的机会，从而帮助教师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择学生在UIC SPH学习一个学期的课程，并在UIC导师的监督下进行研究。这个成功的项目将继续，因为它将过渡到可持续的DC/公共卫生硕士双学位项目与UIC SPH。与之前的资助一样，该项目的所有三个方面将在每学期进行正式评估，并提交结果发表。

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.