Research Career Development Institute for Psychiatry

描述(申请人提供)：在过去的二十年里，从事心理健康研究的临床科学家数量的减少，加上进入该领域的人的高流失率，正在威胁我们国家利用基础生物医学和行为科学的进步来改善公共健康的能力。精神病学研究职业发展研究所(CDI)的具体目标是通过这一R25应用程序实现，为全国范围内选定的有前途的年轻精神病学家和博士研究人员提供必要的技能和支持，以便在学术精神病学领域开展和保持成功的研究生涯。该计划面向处于完成研究培训和最初的教职任命之间的关键过渡点的个人，或者是在最初任命的非常早的时候。拟议的方案将通过在多方面的纵向培训体验中提供必要的技能集和指导，帮助填补这一培训空白，包括全面的职业和技能自我评估方案、个性化的职业目标设定、为期四天的研讨会、结构化的远程职业指导和目标跟踪、网络研讨会(在线会议)和教程，以及多层次方案评估。被确定为在研究精神病学领域开始和维持成功职业生涯的目标职业技能将包括：写作(拨款，特别是K系列奖项和手稿)，谈判(为教员职位，工资，福利，空间，设施，研究时间等)，时间管理(特别是写作)和应付多重苛刻的责任，负责任的研究，网络，项目管理(如招聘员工，监督，预算，实验室管理)和指导。职业发展活动将在为期24个月的时间内为每个20名参与者的年度课程分四个阶段进行：在线基线职业和技能自我评估、授课学习和为为期四天的面对面研讨会和目标设定做准备、远程结构化指导和在线继续学习，以及项目后职业进展和过程评估。CDI计划网站www.CDIPsych.org将成为衡量和监测职业目标和进展的门户，进行指导和指导会议，并在整个24个月的培训期间举行虚拟会议。由过去的CDI参与者组成的同行咨询委员会提供了两方面的附加值：(1)与会者有机会听到在其研究生涯轨迹上比他们早几年的同事的意见，并可能比成熟的研究人员更认同他们；(2)它为PAC成员提供了一个早期职业机会，可以向其他人提供指导，并参与教师/教师层面的活动。为过渡到学术研究的个人提出的教育、培训、指导、同行支持和交流的纵向计划可能有助于增加致力于心理健康研究事业的科学家数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the past two decades, the reduced number of clinical scientists who pursue mental health research coupled with a high rate of attrition among those who enter the field are threatening our nation's ability to leverage advances in basic biomedical and behavioral sciences into improvements in public health. The specific aim of the Research Career Development Institute for Psychiatry (CDI), to be accomplished through this R25 application, is to provide the necessary skill set and support to a nationally selected broad-based group of promising young psychiatrists and PhD researchers in order to launch and maintain successful research careers in academic psychiatry. The program is geared toward individuals at the critical transition point between the completion of research training and their initial faculty appointment or very early in the initial appointment. The proposed program will help fill this training gap by providing the necessary skill set and guidance in a multi-faceted longitudinal training experience, including a comprehensive program of career and skills self-assessment, individualized career goal setting, a four-day workshop, structured long- distance career mentoring and goal tracking, webinars (online meetings) and tutorials, and a multi-tiered program evaluation. Targeted career skills identified as critical to beginning and maintaining a successful career in research psychiatry will include: writing (grants, particularly a K-series award, and manuscripts), negotiating (for a faculty position, salary, benefits, space, facilities, research time, etc.), time management (particularly for writing) and juggling multiple demanding responsibilities, responsible conduct of research, networking, project management (such as hiring staff, supervision, budgeting, lab management), and mentoring. Career development activities will occur in four phases over a 24-month period for each annual class of 20 participants: online baseline career and skills self-assessment, didactic learning and preparations for four-day in-person workshop and goal setting, long-distance structured mentoring and online continued learning, and post-program career progress and process evaluation. The CDI program website, www.CDIPsych.org, will be the portal through which career goals and progress are measured and monitored, coaching and mentoring sessions take place, and virtual meetings are held throughout the 24- month training period. A Peer Advisory Council consisting of past CDI participants provides two-fold added value: (1) attendees get to hear from colleagues just a few years ahead of them in their research career trajectory and may identify more with them than with established investigators, and (2) it gives the PAC member an early career opportunity to provide mentoring to others and to participate at a faculty/teacher level. The proposed longitudinal program of education, training, mentoring, peer support, and communications for individuals making the transition to academic research should potentially help increase the number of scientists committed to research careers in mental health.