AHRQ Multi-Disciplinary Doctoral Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：该博士卫生服务研究项目的目标是继续培训卫生服务研究人员，致力于研究与不断发展的卫生保健环境相关的最紧迫的问题。拟议的计划将培养15名博士生：为期三年，每年5名。海勒社会政策与管理学院专注于将社会科学应用于社会问题。这一综合的、多学科的博士课程由已经拥有高级学位并在人类服务和研究职业中拥有重要经验的成熟学生组成。大约62%的研究员是女性，25%是少数民族。这种经验和背景的多样性相结合，造就了一支了解当前社会问题并致力于人类服务研究事业的学生群体。Heller AHRQ博士培训计划有许多教育目标，这些目标在三个领域的交集中发挥作用：理论、应用研究和卫生政策。该教育方案使研究人员能够了解卫生政策与其社会内容、卫生组织及其过程以及由此产生的健康结果之间的联系。AHRQ研究员从他们的培训一开始就参与了研究。早期的实践研究经验，结合严格的多学科教育和基于学科的密集指导过程，是Heller AHRQ培训方法的特点。也许Heller AHRQ培训方法最重要的方面是为研究员提供所需的技能和意识，以在这个医疗保健系统发生重大而深远的变化的时代识别问题并努力寻求有效的解决方案。我们正在使用健全的方法论方法培训熟悉基于行动的研究的研究人员。AHRQ博士培训计划的成就包括：1)高成功率--1995年开始该计划的学生中有三分之二获得了博士学位；2)完成时间--1995年开始该计划的受训者平均完成率为5年；3)活跃的受训者和毕业生--在卫生服务研究期刊上发表了80多篇文章，参与了政策和提供系统的修改。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The goal of this doctoral health services research program is to continue training health services researchers committed to studying the most pressing problems associated with the ever-evolving health care environment. The proposed program will train 15 doctoral students: five per year for three years. The Heller School of Social Policy and Management focuses on an application of social science to social issues. This integrated, multidisciplinary doctoral program is composed of mature students who already have advanced degrees and significant experiences in human services and research careers. Approximately 62 percent of the fellows are women and 25 percent are minorities. This combination of experience and diversity of backgrounds creates a student body knowledgeable about current social issues and committed to careers in human service research. The Heller AHRQ doctoral training program has a number of educational goals that function at the intersection of three domains: theory, applied research, and health policy. The education program allows fellows to understand the connection between health policy and its social content, health organizations and their processes, and the resulting health outcomes. AHRQ fellows are involved in the research from the very beginning of their training. Early hands-on research experience, combined with a rigorous multidisciplinary education and an intensive discipline-based mentoring process, characterizes the Heller AHRQ training approach. Perhaps the most important aspect of the Heller AHRQ training approach is providing fellows with the skills and consciousness needed to identify problems and work toward effective solutions in this era of significant, far-reaching health care system change. We are training researchers comfortable with action-based research using sound methodological approaches. The AHRQ doctoral training program's accomplishments include: 1) High success rate--two-thirds of students who began the program in 1995 have received their Ph.D.; 2) time of completion--trainees who began the program in 1995 have an average completion rate of five years; and 3) active trainees and graduates-more than 80 publications in health services research journal, participation in policy and delivery system modification.