Psychiatric Research Residency Training Track

描述(申请人提供)：此R25申请响应PAR-12-263，并将启用UCSD部门。精神病学研究所开发一种新的研究住院医师培训轨道(RRTT)。为了解决成为学术研究人员的精神病学家短缺的问题，医学研究所(IOM)呼吁建立精神病学RRTT。加州大学圣迭戈分校自1987年以来一直通过内部资助和过去5年的NIMH支持维持精神病学RRTT。目前的应用建立在我们过去的RRTT经验和加州大学圣地亚哥分校学院相当多的科学专业知识的优势基础上，开发了一种既有实质性又有创新性的RRTT。这一计划将通过扩大精神病学家研究人员的队伍来实现国际移民组织和美国国立卫生研究院理事会报告《投资未来》的目标，这是改善精神障碍治疗和结果的关键一步。这项申请将实现两个目标：目标1。招聘和教育最高素质的医学毕业生作为精神病学研究人员，通过一个具体的10点计划促进申请者的多样性。学员将完成为期4年的RRTT(PG I-IV)；保护研究时间从17%(PGY-II)增加到70%(PGY-IV)。在PGY-III-IV每周研讨会上的严格教学将为学员完成NIMH战略计划做好准备：1)促进大脑和行为科学的发现，2)绘制精神疾病轨迹图，3)开发新的更好的干预措施，以及4)加强NIMH支持的研究对公共健康的影响。研讨会将为研究设计、数据分析、手稿准备、研究结果的传播、生物伦理学和负责任的研究行为奠定全面的基础。学员将获得学术生存技能，并接受仔细的监督和个性化的职业指导。目的2.实施三个促进学术精神病学职业发展和保持的新的、形成性的计划：基础-临床协同、专注的社区服务和早期导师培训。在本申请中详细描述的这些创新计划将加强和维持精神病学RRTT受训人员与心理健康研究和学术精神病学的核心使命的职业联系。加州大学圣迭戈分校RRTT现在有3名优秀的学员。在未来5年，在R25的支持下，加州大学圣迭戈分校每年将招收2名RRTT实习生，并将毕业7名RRTT实习生(3名现有+4名新学员)。在5年结束时，8名由R25资助的受训人员仍在“流水线”中，(每年2名)分布在PGY-I 四年。这8名学员将通过更新的R25或部门支持来完成他们的RRTT，使该计划的总“收益率”达到7+8=15名RRTT学员。加州大学圣迭戈分校将以一种创新的形式，为每一位学员提供仔细的、个性化的监督，这将加快获得研究奖学金、教师职位以及NIH职业发展和研究补助金的速度。有了R25，加州大学圣迭戈分校将通过“通过创造性和创新性的研究教育项目促进精神健康研究人员的发展”和“促进致力于……NIMH的使命的科学家的职业发展”来实现NIMH研究教育计划的目标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R25 application responds to PAR-12-263, and will enable the UCSD Dept. of Psychiatry to develop a new Research Resident Training Track (RRTT). To address a deficit of Psychiatrists who become academic researchers, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) called for the establishment of Psychiatry RRTTs. UCSD has maintained a Psychiatry RRTT since 1987, via internal funding and 5 years of past NIMH support. The present application builds on the strengths of our past RRTT experiences and the considerable scientific expertise of the UCSD Faculty, and develops a RRTT that is both substantive and innovative. This program will achieve the goals of the IOM and the NIMH Council report, "Investing in the Future," and of this FOA, by expanding the pool of Psychiatrist researchers - a crucial step towards improving treatment and outcome for mental disorders. This application will achieve 2 Aims: Aim 1. To recruit and educate as psychiatric researchers the highest caliber medical graduates, boosting diversity of the applicant pool through a specific, 10-point plan. Trainees will complete a 4-year RRTT (PG I-IV); protected research time increases from 17% (PGY-II) to 70% (PGY-IV). Rigorous didactics in PGY-III - IV weekly seminars will prepare trainees to fulfill the NIMH strategic plan to: 1) promote discovery in the brain and behavioral sciences, 2) chart mental illness trajectories, 3) develop new and better interventions, and 4) strengthen the public health impact of NIMH-supported research. Seminars will provide a comprehensive grounding in the fundamentals of research design, data analysis, manuscript preparation, dissemination of findings, bioethics and the responsible conduct of research. Trainees will acquire academic survival skills and receive careful supervision and personalized career mentorship. Aim 2. To implement three novel, formative programs fostering career development and retention in Academic Psychiatry: Basic-Clinical Synergy, Focused Community Service, and Early Mentorship Training. Described in detail in this application, these innovative programs will strengthen and sustain Psychiatry RRTT trainees' career connection with mental health research, and with the core missions of academic psychiatry. The UCSD RRTT now has 3 outstanding trainees. Over the next 5 years, with R25 support, UCSD will admit 2 RRTT trainee/yr and graduate 7 RRTT trainees (3 current + 4 new). At the end of 5 years, 8 R25-funded trainees will still be in the "pipeline," distributed (2 per year) across PGY-I IV years. These eight trainees will complete their RRTT via renewed R25 or Departmental support, bringing the total "yield" of this program to 7+8 =15 RRTT trainees. UCSD will provide careful, individualized oversight of each trainee, in an innovative format that will accelerate ther path towards research fellowships, faculty positions and NIH career development and research grants. With this R25, UCSD will achieve the goal of this NIMH Research Education Program by "fostering the development of mental health researchers via creative and innovative research educational programs," and "advancing the career development of scientists committed to... the mission of the NIMH."