Building Research across Interdisciplinary Gaps (BRIDG) T90/R90 Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：我们将开发跨学科差距的T90/R90构建研究(Bridg)CAM临床研究培训计划，这是华盛顿大学(UW)CTSA计划、华盛顿州西雅图的转化健康科学研究所(ITHS)和俄勒冈州波特兰的国家自然医学院(NCNM)之间的合作伙伴关系。由项目主任凯瑟琳·布斯-拉夫斯博士(UW)和希瑟·兹维基博士(NCNM)领导的博士后桥梁项目的主要目标是培养有前途的研究人员，将临床CAM概念转化为临床和翻译研究谱上可测试的多学科研究假设，并将翻译研究方法应用于以CAM为导向的研究。Bridg计划的T90部分将为受过CAM培训的具有竞争力的临床医生提供基础和高级CAM临床研究的教学培训模块，包括现有的ITH赞助的课程和涵盖各种研究方法的新模块；以及由威斯康星州大学资助的研究人员指导的实践临床研究经验。Bridg计划的R90部分将为经过常规培训的竞争性研究人员提供综合健康学科实践方面的培训和指导，包括自然疗法、经典中医(CCM)、草药以及心理和身体疗法。R90学员将参加临床见习；实施试验性临床研究以收集资助提案的初步数据，并在高级CAM临床研究研讨会和研讨会期间与T90学员共同培训，以促进协作和学习更具体的CAM研究方法。Bridg计划每年资助3名R90学员和3名T90学员。将根据个人的具体研究和培训需求以及以前的经验，为每个人提供2年或3年的资助。Bridg计划的具体目标是：1.为在研究密集型大学接受CAM培训的有前途的临床医生提供临床研究培训，包括临床研究方法方面的动手研究经验、指导和教学培训；2.为对协作性CAM临床研究感兴趣的有前途的常规培训的研究人员提供在CAM密集型NCNM的CAM临床实践经验，包括在综合临床卫生学科的动手临床经验、指导和教学培训；3.应用创新的在线和远程教育方法来交付、保存和传播Bridg计划培训材料；根据个人、部门和机构的成功标准对Bridg计划进行评估，以持续改进该计划。Bridg计划的产品将是经过交叉培训的临床CAM研究专家队伍，他们准备提供知识，以回应公众对CAM高质量信息的日益增长的需求；面向协作式远程学习的CAM临床研究教育培训模式；以及Bridg教学研讨会和研讨会的数字档案，可以访问并向其他感兴趣的各方传播。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We will develop the T90/R90 Building Research across Inter-Disciplinary Gaps (BRIDG) CAM Clinical Research Training Program, a partnership between the University of Washington (UW) CTSA program, the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) in Seattle, WA, and the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, OR. Led by Program Directors Drs. Cathryn Booth-LaForce (UW) and Heather Zwickey (NCNM), the primary goal of the postdoctoral BRIDG program is to train promising investigators to translate clinical CAM concepts into testable, multi-disciplinary research hypotheses along the Clinical and Translational Research Spectrum and apply translational research methods to CAM-oriented research. The T90 component of the BRIDG program will provide competitive CAM-trained clinicians with didactic training modules in Basic and Advanced CAM Clinical Research including existing ITHS-sponsored courses and new modules covering a variety of research methods; plus hands-on, clinical research experiences mentored by funded investigators from the UW. The R90 component of the BRIDG program will provide competitive conventionally trained researchers with training and mentorship in the practices of integrative health disciplines, including naturopathy, Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM), herbal medicine, and mind and body therapies. R90 participants will participate in clinical clerkships; implement pilot clinical research to collect preliminary data toward grant proposals, and co-train with T90 trainees during the Advanced CAM Clinical Research seminars and workshops in order to foster collaboration and learn methods more specific to CAM research. The BRIDG Program plans to fund 3 R90 participants and 3 T90 trainees per year. Funding will be provided for either 2 or 3 years per individual, depending on their specific research and training needs and prior experience. The Specific Aims of the BRIDG program are to: 1. Provide promising CAM-trained clinicians with clinical research training at the research-intensive UW, including hands-on research experience, mentorship and didactic training in clinical research methodologies; 2. Provide promising conventionally trained researchers interested in collaborative CAM clinical research with experience in CAM clinical practices at the CAM- intensive NCNM, including hands-on clinical experiences, mentorship and didactic training in integrative clinical health disciplines; 3. Apply innovative online and distance education approaches to deliver, preserve and disseminate the BRIDG program training materials; and 4. Evaluate the BRIDG program on individual, departmental and institutional metrics of success in order to continually improve the program. The products of the BRIDG program will be a cadre of cross-trained clinical CAM research experts prepared to contribute knowledge in response the public's growing need for quality information on CAM; a collaborative distance learning-oriented training model for CAM clinical research education; and a digital archive of the BRIDG didactic seminars and workshops that can be made accessible and disseminated to other interested parties.