Curriculum Development in Evidence Based Practice

描述(由申请者提供)：这一教育计划的目标是培养脊椎疗法(DC)的研究生医生，他们将使用循证实践的概念、方法和程序进行实践。这将通过显著增加国立卫生科学大学(NUHS)研究内容的深度和广度来实现。教育计划的三个部分的同时实施将通过与伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)公共卫生学院流行病学和生物统计学部门合作完成。教育计划的第一部分将显著增加DC课程中与研究相关的内容，在课程的前八个学期中，每三个学期增加五个小时(五至八个学期)至七个(一至四个月)小时的讲座，以及一小时的大小小组活动。要教授的一些主题包括：搜索生物医学(包括CAM)文献，基础和临床科学研究方法，生物统计学，流行病学，文献的批判性评估，动物和人类研究的伦理行为，以及循证实践。此外，在DC课程的第九和第十个三个学期中，将增加一个发展良好的在职课程、所需的期刊俱乐部、书面案例报告和正式的、深入的案例研究。教育计划的第二部分是NUHS的教师发展计划。这将包括每周一次的服务中，半年一次的三小时工作坊，以及与主题相关的期刊俱乐部，内容与向DC学生教授的主题相同，但更深入。第三部分是秋季三学期辅导学生和NUHS教师的休假研究计划。每年选择参加这一强化课程的一名学生和一名教职员工将在UIC公共卫生学院学习适当水平的生物统计学和流行病学课程；此外，他们将在为期15周的三个月中与UIC教员在指导研究环境中每周工作20小时。在导师的指导下，学生和NUHS教职员工将被鼓励向科学会议提交一份摘要，报告他们的研究结果。即使不可能提交摘要，每个人都会在获得指导研究经验后的一年里参加一次科学会议。该项目的所有三个方面都将由参与项目的学生和教职员工每三个学期进行评估。此外，还将对教职员工和学生进行年度需求评估，并通过一系列标准化的笔试和实践考试来评估学生对整个课程中与研究相关的内容和技能的掌握情况。这个四年制的项目应该会极大地改善国家卫生与公众服务部本已丰富的学术文化。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this educational program is to develop graduate doctors of chiropractic (DCs) who will practice using the concepts, methods, and procedures of evidence-based practice. This will be done by significantly increasing the depth and breadth of research content at the National University of Health Sciences (NUHS). The simultaneous implementation of the three parts of the educational program will be accomplished by partnering with the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The first part of the education plan would significantly increase the research related content in the DC program by adding five (Trimesters 5-8) to seven (Trimesters 1-4) hours of lecture and one hour of large and small group activities per trimester in the first eight trimesters of the curriculum. Some of the topics to be taught would include: searching the biomedical (including CAM) literature, basic and clinical science research methods, biostatistics, epidemiology, critical appraisal of the literature, ethical conduct of animal and human research, and evidence-based practice. In addition, a well developed in-service program, required journal clubs, written case reports, and a formal, in-depth case study would be added to the ninth and tenth trimesters of the DC curriculum. The second part of the education plan is an NUHS faculty development program. This would include weekly in-services, semiannual three-hour workshops, and topic related journal clubs covering the same topics as those taught to the DC students, but in greater depth. The third part is a fall trimester mentored student and mentored NUHS faculty sabbatical research program. The one student and one faculty member selected each year for this intensive program would take an appropriate level biostatistics and epidemiology course at the UIC School of Public Health; in addition, they would work with a member of the UIC faculty in a mentored research environment for 20 hours per week throughout the 15-week trimester. Under the guidance of their mentors, the student and NUHS faculty member would be encouraged to submit an abstract, reporting on the results of their research, to a scientific conference. Even if submitting an abstract is not possible, each will attend a scientific conference in the year following their mentored research experience. All three aspects of the program will be assessed every trimester by participating students and faculty. In addition, yearly needs assessments of the faculty and students will be conducted, and students will be assessed to determine mastery of research related content and skills throughout the curriculum by a series of standardized written and practical examinations. This four year program should significantly improve the already rich culture of scholarship at NUHS.