Arizona CAM Research Training Program Grant (T32)

描述(由申请人提供)：亚利桑那州补充和替代医学研究培训计划拨款(ACAMRTP)是一项为期五年的T32计划，旨在为准备从事CAM和综合医学(IM)研究(临床结果、流行病学、卫生服务、方法学、机制)的研究人员建立严格的博士后和博士后跨学科教育计划。该计划的具体目标是：1)从与CAM/IM方法相关的一系列主要学科中挑选合格的申请者，并将其招募为研究员。2)提供有系统和有指导的培训计划奖学金，包括明确的主要和次要的科学和学术目标，定期与教师导师进行建设性的互动，对研究员的工作进行深思熟虑的科学批评，并支持陈述和提交结果以供发表。3)通过正式的课程和研讨会系列，会议，与科学导师的互动，以及整合到一个综合计划中的研究项目，使研究员在疾病预防、治疗和健康的跨学科综合医学方法中奠定基础。ACAMRTP将包括核心研讨会、实践研究经验、独立研究项目，以及完成正式学位课程(硕士、公共卫生硕士、博士)或临床研究证书课程(以K30为基础的两年制课程)。培训计划将根据学员的个人需求量身定做，需要两到三年的时间才能完成。临床专业博士课程的学生也可以获得两到三个月的短期研究经验。团队指导方法将包括具有相关方法学专业知识、CAM研究资金和/或经验的校园范围内的亚利桑那大学教师，以及来自大图森和凤凰城地区社区资源的CAM从业者附属教师专业知识。指导委员会将促进对学员的综合教育，并在不同的T32教员之间提供新的合作研究机会。项目主管将医学博士和博士培训以及在CAM相关主题方面多年的跨学科研究经验带到培训项目中。项目协调员丰富了ACAMRTP作为执业自然疗法医生和公共卫生背景的丰富经验。完成ACAMRTP的学员将作为CAM/IM特定领域的学术研究人员进行强有力的集中准备，并熟悉设计科学合理的CAM/IM研究的广泛方法问题和潜在工具。项目评估将从学术生产率和对CAM/IM研究领域的影响两个方面考察研究生实习生的长期职业成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Arizona Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Training Program grant (ACAMRTP) is a five-year T32 proposal to establish a rigorous predoctoral and postdoctoral interdisciplinary educational program for investigators preparing for a career in CAM and integrative medicine (IM) research (clinical outcomes, epidemiology, health services, methodology, mechanisms). Specific Aims of the Program are: 1) To identify and recruit as fellows qualified applicants, drawn from a range of primary disciplines that are relevant to a CAM/IM approach. 2) To offer a structured and directed training program fellowship that will include clear primary and secondary scientific and academic goals, regular constructive interactions with faculty mentors, thoughtful scientific criticism of the work of the fellows, and support for presentations and submission of results for publication. 3) To ground fellows in an interdisciplinary integrative medicine approach to disease prevention and treatment and wellness through formal coursework and seminar series, conferences, interactions with scientific mentors, and research projects that are integrated into a comprehensive program. The ACAMRTP will involve a combination of core seminars, practicum research experiences, independent research projects, and completion of formal degree programs (MS, MPH, PhD) or a certificate program in clinical research (K30-based two-year program). Training programs will be tailored to individual trainee needs and will require two to three years for completion. A two- to three-month short-term research experience is also available for students in clinical professional doctoral programs. A team mentoring approach will involve campus-wide University of Arizona faculty with relevant methodological expertise, CAM research funding and/or experience, as well as CAM practitioner affiliate faculty expertise from community resource in the greater Tucson and Phoenix areas. The mentoring committees will facilitate integrative education for trainees and new collaborative research opportunities among the diverse T32 faculty. The Program Director brings both MD and PhD training and many years of interdisciplinary research experience in CAM-related topics to the training program. The Program Coordinator enriches the ACAMRTP with extensive experience as a practicing naturopathic physician and MPH background. Trainees who complete the ACAMRTP will have strong focused preparation as academic researchers in a specific area of CAM/IM as well as familiarity with the broad methodological issues in and potential tools for designing scientifically sound CAM/IM studies. Program evaluation will examine the long-term professional success of graduate trainees in terms of academic productivity and impact on the CAM/IM research field.