Training Program in Complementary & Alternative Medicine

描述(由申请人提供)：弗吉尼亚大学补充和替代医学(CAM)临床研究培训计划(CRTP)的目标是发展独立研究人员队列，以促进对CAM实践和产品的有效性、安全性、作用机制和成本的了解，以及谁将在CAM研究中担任领导角色。在弗吉尼亚大学攻读博士学位的卫生专业人员项目的博士前实习生，以及对CAM相关研究培训感兴趣的人，也包括在CRTP中。为了实现这一计划目标，CAMCRTP为博士后学员提供了严格而全面的两年制课程，其中包括(1)研究方法和生物统计学，包括CAM研究中的问题和关注的培训；(2)基于证据的补充实践和产品；(3)研究伦理和其他实践方面的额外培训，重点是CAM研究；(4)为出版准备拨款申请/科学写作；(5)指导现有生物医学、临床和/或心理社会研究人员的研究经验，包括与CAM实践者的经验；以及(6)指导CAM研究应用的开发和实施。博士前实习生完成(1)各自博士课程的专业培训课程；(2)补充实践和产品的课程作业和经验练习；(3)两门专门针对CAM的应用开发课程；以及(4)一篇与CAM相关的论文。CRTP每年包括两名新的博士后和两名博士后实习生。重要的计划要素包括：(1)与愿意促进CRTP目标的导师/S建立早期联系；(2)沉浸在CAM讲座、演示、研究研讨会中，观察CAM社区实践；以及(3)以CAM为重点的具体培训成果，包括手稿、正式演讲、准备提交的申请(面向博士前学员的以CAM为重点的论文)。CRTP利用了基础和临床研究方面现有的机构优势和广泛的临床资源。通过导师/S-实习生会议、CAM研讨会参与和其他课程工作、每月与CRTP主任举行的反馈会议以及每年由九人组成的咨询委员会来监督学员的进度。不同的、成熟的教师/导师为学员提供广泛的CAM内容领域的专家研究指导。这个CAM CRTP的相关性在于它解决了临床研究人员日益短缺的问题，特别是那些做以患者为中心的CAM研究的人。提高对CAM实践和产品的有效性、安全性、作用机制和成本的了解是一项有益于人类健康并促进与临床研究相关的NIH目标的重大举措。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) at the University of Virginia is to develop cohorts of independent researchers to advance understanding of effectiveness, safety, mechanisms of action, and costs of CAM practices and products, and who will assume leadership roles in CAM research. Predoctoral trainees enrolled in a health professionals program leading to the PhD degree at the University of Virginia, and who are interested in CAM-related research training, are also included in the CRTP. To address the program goal, the CAM CRTP provides a rigorous and comprehensive two-year curriculum for postdoctoral trainees that includes coursework and training in (1) research methodology and biostatistics, including issues and concerns in CAM research; (2) evidence- based complementary practices and products; (3) additional training in the ethics of research and other practical aspects with emphasis on CAM research; (4) grant application preparation/scientific writing for publication (5) mentored research experiences with established biomedical, clinical, and/or psychosocial researchers that includes experiences with a CAM practitioner; and (6) guidance in the development and implementation of a CAM research application. Predoctoral trainees complete (1) the professional training curricula of their respective doctoral program; (2) coursework and experiential exercises in complementary practices and products; (3) two CAM-specific application development courses; and (4) a CAM-related dissertation. The CRTP includes two new post- and two new pre-doctoral trainees each year. Important program elements include: (1) early linkage with mentor/s willing to foster the goal of the CRTP; (2) immersion in CAM lectures, demonstrations, research seminars, observing in CAM community practices; and (3) concrete CAM-focused training outcomes that include manuscripts, formal presentations, a application ready for submission (a CAM-focused dissertation for predoctoral trainees). The CRTP draws upon existing institutional strengths in both basic and clinical research and its extensive clinical resources. Trainee progress is monitored through mentor/s-trainee meetings, CAM seminar participation and other coursework, monthly feedback sessions with the CRTP director, and annually by a nine-member advisory committee. Diverse, established faculty/mentors provide trainees with expert research mentoring in broad CAM content areas. The relevance of this CAM CRTP is that it addresses the increasing shortage of clinical investigators, specifically those doing patient-oriented CAM research. Advancing knowledge of effectiveness, safety, mechanisms of action, and costs of CAM practices and products is a major initiative that benefits human health and advances the NIH goals related to clinical research.