The University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Program in Health Services Research

描述(由申请者提供)：匹兹堡大学拟开设的卫生服务研究博士后项目将为拥有卫生专业或研究型博士学位的有积极性、创造性的个人提供为期两年的卫生服务研究培训经验。该计划的目标是每年为4-7名研究员提供：1)全面的卫生服务研究方法的严格个性化教学培训；2)有指导的卫生服务研究经验；3)开发和提交竞争性卫生服务研究资助申请的工具；4)与利益相关者组织合作的实践经验；以及5)作为卫生服务研究人员出类拔萃所必需的领导能力和专业技能的培训。培训将根据每个研究员的能力和需求进行个性化。教学课程将通过匹兹堡大学临床研究教育研究所管理，将涵盖研究设计、统计分析、测量、结果和有效性、大型数据库的二级分析、卫生保健财务和组织、高级卫生服务研究主题、拨款撰写和研究伦理。研究员将选择一名或多名经验丰富的教师导师，并计划、设计、实施、完成和报告一项由导师指导的卫生服务研究项目。教师导师将是一个或多个匹兹堡大学或附属卫生服务研究单位的成员，包括卫生保健研究中心、退伍军人管理局卫生公平研究和促进中心、卫生政策和管理部、行为和社区卫生科学部以及兰德卫生署。该计划将与内部和社区组织保持伙伴关系网络，包括匹兹堡大学医疗中心(UPMC)健康计划、UPMC质量改进和创新中心、犹太医疗基金会、匹兹堡地区健康倡议、Highmark医疗计划信息学和宾夕法尼亚州医疗成本控制委员会。这些伙伴关系提供了场所和资源，帮助研究员研究在医疗保健提供、患者安全、质量改进、卫生政策、融资和组织以及缩小差距方面的重要问题，更重要的是，让研究员获得与社区利益攸关方合作的经验。该计划的成功将通过申请者池、计划和导师评估以及对职业结果的跟踪来衡量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Program in Health Services Research will provide a 2-year training experience in health services research for motivated, creative individuals with prior health professional or research doctorates. The program's objectives are to provide 4-7 fellows each year with: 1) rigorous individualized didactic training in a comprehensive spectrum of health services research methodologies; 2) a mentored health services research experience; 3) the tools to develop and submit competitive health services research grant applications; 4) practical experience in collaborative work with stakeholder organizations; and 5) training in the leadership and professional skills necessary to excel as health services researchers. The training will be individualized to each fellow's competencies and needs. The didactic curriculum will be administered through the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education and will cover research design, statistical analysis, measurement, outcomes and effectiveness, secondary analysis of large databases, health care finances and organization, advanced health services research topics, grant-writing, and research ethics. Fellows will select one or more experienced faculty mentors and plan, design, implement, complete, and report a mentored health services research project. Faculty mentors will be members of one or more University of Pittsburgh or affiliated health services research units, including the Center for Research on Health Care, the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, the Department of Health Policy and Management, the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, and RAND Health. The program will maintain a network of partnerships with internal and community organizations, including the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health Plan, the UPMC Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, Highmark Health Plan Informatics, and the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council. These partnerships offer venues and resources to help fellows study important questions in health care delivery, patient safety, quality improvement, health policy, financing and organization, and disparity reduction and, importantly, give fellows experience collaborating with community stakeholders. The success of the program will be measured by applicant pool, program, and mentor-fellow evaluations and through tracking of career outcomes.