Training Program in Mental Health Services Research

描述(由申请者提供)：建议的NRSA计划将侧重于培训精神卫生服务研究的博士后研究员。拟议的计划是阿肯色大学医学科学(UAMS)心理健康研究中心目前资助的NRSA奖学金计划的五年延长。博士后计划的目标是培养有成就的研究人员，准备在合作的精神健康服务研究环境中领导独立资助的研究。为了支持这一目标，受训者将沉浸在一个多学科计划中，其中包括指导研究、定制教学方法以及补充的正式和非正式指导。学员将代表不同的学科，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。产生新的研究者是心理健康研究领域的基础和支撑。作为美国为数不多的大型精神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小组之一，精神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，以学习成为一名成功的精神健康研究调查员所需的技能和知识。拟议的计划将包括共同和专门的组成部分，以解决以前的教育、临床经验和受训人员为该计划带来的能力领域的相似和不同。计划的组成部分包括有指导的研究活动和专门为受训者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，受训者将接受个人指导，以制定研究提案、论文和拨款申请。这次竞争性更新的三个方面与我们5年前提交的不同，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生的研究经验，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。要求为每年2个博士后职位(2 FTE)和每年4个为期3个月的研究驻地研究员(每年总计1 FTE)提供经费。将努力吸引有志于心理健康服务研究事业的学员。少数族裔候选人将通过一系列项目和大学倡议积极寻找。

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.