Nursing Research Training in Symptom Management

申请者描述(申请人提供)：症状管理护理研究培训本次申请的目的是继续资助6名博士后研究生和4名博士后症状管理实习生。这项应用在上一次竞争性更新(5年至10年)中得到了扩展，除了疲劳、呼吸困难、疼痛和失眠之外，还包括了一系列症状，并更多地强调了干预研究。在这项应用中，遗传标记和农村健康问题得到了解决。此次更新的目标是：1)培养具备开展症状体验、生物和遗传标记、干预策略和健康相关结果研究所需的知识和技能的受训者；2)指导受训者在各种医疗保健环境中制定和实施不同人群中这些症状的研究计划；3)培养具备写作、指导和管理资助等技能的受训者；4)增加准备进行症状研究的不同种族护士学者的数量；以及5)增加市中心和农村地区准备进行与症状相关的干预研究的护士学者数量。培训教师包括项目主任、2名联合主任、11个额外的核心学院和5个附属学院，这些学院拥有与症状相关的多学科研究。博士前课程包括博士课程要求和3个季度的研讨会系列(经验、管理、成果)；强烈推荐2个季度的生物标志物系列。博士后培训是根据个人需要量身定做的，重点放在复杂的问题和先进的方法上。博士后实习生也会参加为期3个季度的系列研讨会，但会花更多的时间参加与指导研究团队和财务管理相关的技能活动。实习经历是根据个人目标量身定做的，并在整个培训期间从核心教师和附属教师那里获得。通过严格的定性和定量研究培训，使护士学者具备与症状管理相关的理论和实践方面的高级知识，这是推动知识进步的关键。加州大学旧金山分校护理学院在提供这种培训方面处于独特的地位，因为我们的研究计划以及与其他参与症状相关研究的人的合作经验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nursing Research Training in Symptom Management The purpose of this application is to continue to provide funding for 6 predoctoral students and 4 postdoctoral trainees in symptom management. This application was expanded in the last competing renewal (yrs 5-10) to include clusters of symptoms in addition to fatigue, dyspnea, pain and insomnia, with more emphasis on intervention research. In this application, genetic markers and rural health issues are addressed. Objectives for this renewal are to: 1) prepare trainees with knowledge and skills necessary to conduct research on symptom experience, biological and genetic markers, intervention strategies, and health-related outcomes, 2) mentor trainees to develop and implement programs of research on these symptoms in diverse populations across the illness trajectory in a variety of health care settings, 3) prepare trainees with grantsmanship skills that include writing, conducting, and administering a funded grant, 4) increase numbers of ethnically diverse nurse scholars prepared to conduct research on symptoms, and 5) increase numbers of nurse scholars, in inner-city and rural areas, prepared to conduct intervention research related to symptoms. Included in the training faculty are the Program Director, 2 Co-Directors, 11 additional Core Faculty, and 5 Affiliated Faculty with multi-disciplinary research related to symptoms. The predoctoral curriculum includes doctoral program requirements and a 3-quarter seminar series (experience, management, outcomes); a 2- quarter Biomarkers series is highly recommended. Postdoctoral training is tailored to individual needs, with focus on complex issues and advanced methodologies. Postdoctoral trainees also attend the 3-quarter seminar series, but spend additional time in grantsmanship activities related to directing a research team and fiscal management. Residency experiences are tailored to individual goals and obtained throughout the training period from core faculty and affiliated faculty. Preparing nurse scholars with advanced knowledge of theory and practice related to symptom management, with rigorous qualitative and quantitative research training, is essential to move knowledge forward. The UCSF School of Nursing is in a unique position to provide this training because of our programs of research and collaborative experiences with others involved in symptom-related research.