Training Program in Mental Health Services Research

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的NRSA项目将重点培养精神卫生服务研究方面的博士后。拟议的项目是目前在阿肯色大学医学科学（UAMS）精神卫生研究中心资助的NRSA奖学金项目的五年延期。博士后计划的目标是培养有成就的研究人员，他们准备在协作精神健康服务研究环境中领导独立资助的研究。为了实现这一目标，学员们沉浸在一个多学科的项目中，包括有指导的研究、定制的教学以及补充的正式和非正式的指导。受训者将代表各种学科，如精神病学、护理学、心理学、社会学、社会工作、经济学和生物统计学。培养新的研究者建立和维持心理健康研究领域。作为全国为数不多的大型心理健康服务研究小组之一，也是为数不多的以学术健康科学校园为基础的研究小组之一，心理健康研究中心为医生和非医生提供了一个独特的培训机会，让他们学习成功的心理健康研究调查员的技能和知识。该计划将包括共同和专门的组成部分，以解决在先前教育，临床经验和培训生为该计划带来的能力领域的异同。计划的组成部分包括指导研究活动和专门为学员开发的四个研讨会的核心。学院将为学员提供个性化的学术和研究机会，以增强他们现有的经验和研究兴趣。此外，受训者将获得个别指导，以制定研究计划，论文和拨款申请。这次竞争性更新在三个方面与我们五年前提交的文件有所不同，在保留其本质的同时，增加了我们培训经验的深度和广度。我们建议1)增加精神病学住院医师研究经验，以吸引更多的医生进入该领域；2)更充分地发展我们的精神卫生政策重点；3)通过位于我们校园的公共卫生学院（COPH）扩展和扩大我们的课程和能力。每年申请2个博士后职位（2个FTE）和4个为期3个月的研究驻留跟踪研究员（每年总计1个FTE）。将努力吸引致力于精神卫生服务研究事业的学员。少数族裔候选人将通过一些项目和大学倡议积极寻求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed NRSA program will focus on training postdoctoral fellows in Mental Health Services Research. The proposed program is a five-year extension of the currently funded NRSA fellowship program at the Centers for Mental Healthcare Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The goal of the postdoctoral program is to produce accomplished researchers poised to lead independently funded studies in collaborative mental health services research environments. In support of this goal, trainees are immersed in a multidisciplinary program of mentored research, customized didactics, and supplemental formal and informal instruction. Trainees will represent a variety of disciplines such as psychiatry, nursing, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and biostatistics. Producing new investigators builds and sustains the mental health research field. As one of the few large mental health services research groups in the nation and one of the few based on an academic health sciences campus, the Centers for Mental Healthcare Research offers a unique training opportunity for both physicians and non-physicians to learn the skills and knowledge to be successful as a mental health research investigator. The proposed program will include both common and specialized components to address similarities and differences in prior education, clinical experiences, and areas of competency that trainees bring to the program. Program components include mentored research activities and a core of four seminars developed specifically for the trainees. Faculty will individualize the academic and research opportunities for trainees to enhance their existing experience and research interests. In addition, trainees will receive individual mentoring to develop research proposals, papers, and grants applications. Three aspects of this competitive renewal are different from our submission 5 years ago and add to the depth and breadth of our training experience while preserving its essential nature. We propose to 1) add a psychiatry resident research experience in order to attract more physicians into the field, 2) more fully develop our mental health policy focus, and 3) extend and expand our coursework and capacity through the College of Public Health (COPH) located on our campus. Funding is requested for 2 Postdoctoral positions per year (2 FTE) and 4 three-month Research Residency Track fellows per year (1 FTE per year total). Efforts will be made to attract trainees who are committed to a career in mental health services research. Minority candidates will be actively sought through a number of programs and University initiatives.