Evidence Informed Practice: Faculty and Curriculum Development

描述(由申请人提供)：NCCAM的使命是通过严格的科学调查，确定补充和替代医学(CAM)干预的有效性和安全性，以及它们在改善健康和医疗保健方面的作用。最新的战略计划特别增加了目标，即“使人们能够更好地进行基于证据的决策，以便更好地利用计算机辅助治疗并将其纳入保健和促进健康”，以及“提高实地开展严格研究的能力”的战略目标。在过去的15年里，NCCAM支持对CAM/综合医学的有效性的研究，产生了可用于临床决策的丰富的证据来源。为了更好地利用这一点 证据：CAM机构需要提高教师和学生的研究性教育的质量和数量。这是NCCAM R25资助计划的重点，该计划被称为“CAM实践者研究教育项目资助伙伴关系”，该计划授予少数CAM机构与研究密集型机构合作。该计划通过加强对生物医学研究的理解和欣赏，特别侧重于循证医学(EBM)。这一倡议非常成功，现在有机会向其他CAM机构传播。这个K07项目的目标是在美国最大的东方医学院太平洋东方医学院(PCOM)的针灸和东方医学(AOM)硕士项目中，为教师发展和针灸与东方医学(AOM)开发循证实践(EIP)。该项目将利用连续两次授予西北健康科学大学(NWHSU)的R25赠款，与明尼苏达大学合作，为教师发展及其CAM课程(包括AOM)开发EIP课程。候选人将得到以下导师的指导：赞助机构阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院(Einstein)的教育研究和综合医学教育专家；以及NWHSU的R25联合首席研究员和首席EIP讲师。她将获得NWHSU EIP的所有材料和专业知识，并将在NWHSU度过四周。课程将在爱因斯坦和哥伦比亚大学的教育研究以及循证医学和CAM研究的研讨会上进行。K07项目的具体目标是：1.发展候选人的教育研究技能，成为EIP教育的独立研究员和专家；2.通过评估、设计、开发、实施和评估PCOM-NY AOM硕士项目中的EIP教师发展计划和EIP课程，开发EIP教师培训和课程；3.分析EIP课程的结果，以及对机构文化的影响。项目结束后，考生将寻求独立资金，在其三个校区的所有PCOM学位课程中实施EIP，并将材料和专业知识传播给其他东方医学院。该项目将利用NCCAM的R25投资，并提高AOM专业理解和在临床实践中使用研究的能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of NCCAM is to define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and safety of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interventions and their roles in improving health and health care. The most recent Strategic Plan specifically adds the goal to "Enable better evidence-based decision making regarding CAM use and its integration into health care and health promotion" and the strategic objective to "Improve the capacity of the field to carry out rigorous research". Over the past fifteen years NCCAM has supported research into the efficacy of CAM/integrative medicine producing a rich source of evidence that can be used for clinical decisions. To better utilize this evidence CAM institutions need to improve the quality and quantity of research education for faculty and students. This was the focus of the NCCAM R25 grant program called the 'CAM Practitioner Research Education Project Grant Partnership', which was awarded to a small number of CAM institutions in partnership with research-intensive institutions. The program was specifically focused on evidence-based medicine (EBM) by enhancing understanding and appreciation of biomedical research. This initiative was very successful, and an opportunity for dissemination to other CAM institutions now exists. The goals of this K07 project are to develop evidence informed practice (EIP) for faculty development and in the acupuncture and oriental medicine (AOM) Master's program at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM), the largest Oriental medicine college in the US. This project will leverage the two successive R25 grants that were awarded to Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU), in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, which developed EIP curricula for faculty development and their CAM programs (including AOM). The candidate will be mentored by: experts in education research and integrative medical education at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein), the sponsoring institution; and the R25 co-principal investigator and lead EIP instructor at NWHSU. She will have access to all the NWHSU EIP materials and expertise and will spend four weeks at NWHSU. Coursework will be undertaken in education research at Einstein and Columbia University, and workshops in EBM and CAM research. The Specific Aims of the K07 project are: 1. To develop the education research skills of the candidate to become an independent researcher and expert in EIP education; 2. To develop EIP faculty training and curriculum by assessing, designing, developing, implementing and evaluating an EIP faculty development program and EIP curriculum within the AOM Master's program at PCOM-NY; and 3. To analyze the outcomes of the EIP curriculum, and impact on institutional culture. After the project the candidate will seek independent funding to implement EIP in all PCOM degree programs across its three campuses, and disseminate the materials and expertise to other colleges of Oriental medicine. This project will leverage NCCAM's R25 investment, and improve the capacity of the AOM profession to understand and use research in clinical practice.