Research CAMP: Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program Renewal

描述（由申请人提供）：美国国家自然医学学院（NCNM）培养了25%的执业自然疗法医生，是美国古典中医的首选学校。补充和替代医学研究项目（R-CAMP）的第一个周期成功地提高了NCNM教学课程中循证实践（EIP）内容的质量和数量，培训了27名教师和366名学生，并在地方、国家和国际会议上传播了这些成果。R-CAMP的更新将通过四个相互关联的举措建立在这些成就之上：课程，教师发展，评估和传播。课程计划将在NCNM项目的教学部分维持EIP课程的发展，并将EIP概念转化为临床课程。学院将采用三种完善的教学策略在临床课程中实施EIP。在R-CAMP的第一个周期中开发的选修课将与额外的新课程相结合，最终导致研究硕士学位。将为NCNM学生和住院医师开发新的学位前和学位后研究培训机会，包括学生研究学者计划。教师发展计划将在第一个R-CAMP周期的教师培训机会的基础上，向居民和校友提供EIP培训。NCNM教师将跟随OHSU教师观察EIP如何与临床轮班相结合。教师将通过两个短期课程和一对一指导进一步磨练他们的EIP教学技能。此外，通过与OHSU的合作，NCNM教师将通过指导项目获得更高水平的研究培训。评估和方案评估倡议将是一种系统地收集和利用所有相互关联的项目的定量和定性数据的方法。这些数据用于通知项目实施策略并衡量成功。由资助或与资助相关的活动将被评估、记录和传播，以促进其他CAM机构采用研究课程。传播和可持续性倡议将R-CAMP结果传达给NCNM社区、波特兰CAM社区以及国家医学研究和自然疗法社区。我们将与西南自然医学学院合作开展一项重要的新传播项目，分享EIP课程模板和教学策略。我们将继续通过手稿、会议演讲、博客、通讯、网络研讨会和网络视频等方式进行传播。R-CAMP更新将允许NCNM毕业生更好地与他们的对抗疗法同行沟通，改善患者护理，并通过与研究人员合作和从自己的诊所收集数据，培养他们为CAM证据基础做出贡献所需的技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) graduates 25% of all practicing naturopathic physicians in the United States and is the premiere school for classical Chinese medicine in the country. The first cycle of the Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Program (R-CAMP) successfully increased the quality and quantity of evidence-informed practice (EIP) content in the didactic curriculum at NCNM, trained 27 faculty and 366 students in EIP, and disseminated these efforts at local, national, and international conferences. The R-CAMP Renewal will build upon these accomplishments through four inter- related initiatives: Curriculum, Faculty Development, Evaluation and Dissemination. The Curriculum Initiative will sustain EIP curriculum development in the didactic portion of NCNM programs and translate the EIP concepts into the clinical curriculum. Faculty will employ three well-established teaching strategies to implement EIP in the clinical curriculum. Electives developed in the first cycle of R-CAMP will be combined with additional new courses, ultimately leading to a research master's degree. New pre-degree and post-degree research training opportunities for NCNM students and residents will be developed, including a Student Research Scholars Program. The Faculty Development Initiative will build upon the faculty training opportunities in the first R-CAMP cycle by offering EIP training to residents and alumni. NCNM faculty will shadow OHSU faculty to observe how EIP is integrated on clinic shifts. Faculty will further hone their EIP teaching skills with two short courses and one-on-one mentoring. In addition, through collaboration with OHSU, higher-level research training will be available for NCNM faculty via mentored projects. The Evaluation and Program Assessment Initiative will be an approach to systematically collect and utilize both quantitative and qualitative data from all of the inter-related projects. This data is used to inform project implementation strategies and to gage success. Activities sponsored by or related to the grant will be evaluated, documented, and disseminated in such a way as to facilitate the adoption of the research curricula at other CAM institutions. The Dissemination and Sustainability Initiative will communicate R-CAMP results to the NCNM community, the Portland CAM community, and the national medical research and naturopathic communities. A major new dissemination project will be partnering with Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine to share EIP curriculum templates and teaching strategies. We will continue to disseminate through manuscripts, presentations at conferences, blogs, newsletters, webinars and web-based videos. The R-CAMP Renewal will allow NCNM graduates to better communicate with their allopathic counterparts, improve patient care, and foster the skills they need to contribute to the CAM evidence base by collaborating with researchers and collecting data from their own clinics.