Drug Abuse Research Training (DART) Program

描述(由申请人提供)： 在研究设计、开发、实施、统计分析和科学信息解释方面具有深入经验和正规培训的医生被称为“稀有物种”(NIMH，1999)。在成瘾研究领域，受过基础神经生物学和翻译研究培训的医生，尤其是致力于从事调查工作的精神科医生，处于危机状态(NIDA，2004年)。内科科学家将在将神经科学的进步转化为可以改善药物滥用治疗的临床干预方面发挥关键作用。本申请描述了一项研究培训计划，旨在增加具有在药物滥用领域进行以患者为导向的研究的技能的内科科学家的数量。南卡罗来纳医科大学(MUSC)药物滥用研究培训(DART)计划是一个连续的教育机会，从医学院开始，一直到精神科住院医生。课程的组成部分面向医学生和普通精神病学住院医生。经验旨在吸引、培训和推进参与者在以患者为导向的药物滥用研究中作为独立调查人员的职业生涯。提供协调的课程、研究经验和“动手”轮换，以支持有效的研究培训，以帮助招聘和准备医生对患有药物使用障碍的个人进行研究。这项申请的具体目标是：(1)将药物滥用研究培训计划纳入为期4年的精神病学住院医生计划，该计划面向致力于在药物使用障碍领域从事临床研究事业的医生。(2)在家长项目中加强对非DART精神病学住院医师的教学教育，增加对成瘾领域前沿临床研究的接触。(3)为医科一年级的学生提供暑期研究工作，并为四年级的医科学生提供一项研究成瘾的临床轮换选修课，从而把招募参加者的工作扩展至医学训练的早期阶段。DART计划将提供必要的基础设施和组织支持，使我们能够开发一系列旨在帮助增加专注于药物滥用研究的内科科学家数量的计划。该计划是对NIDA PAR-04-054药物滥用和成瘾研究教育补助金的响应。研究教育计划与国家共识小组最近的建议是一致的，并建立在美国成熟的研究劳动力培养计划的经验基础上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Physicians with in-depth experience and formal training in research design, development, implementation, statistical analysis, and interpretation of scientific information are said to be a "rare species" (NIMH, 1999). In the area of addictions research, the shortage of physicians trained in basic neurobiological and translational research, and in particular psychiatrists who are committed to careers as investigators, is at crisis proportions (NIDA, 2004). Physician scientists will be critical in translating advances in neuroscience into clinical interventions that can improve drug abuse treatment. This application describes a research training program designed to increase the number of physician-scientists with the skills to conduct patient-oriented research in the drug abuse area. The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Drug Abuse Research Training (DART) program is a continuum of educational opportunities beginning in medical school and continuing in psychiatric residency. Program components target medical students and general psychiatry residents. Experiences are designed to attract, train, and advance participant's careers as independent investigators in patient-oriented drug abuse research. A coordinated curriculum, research experience, and "hands on" rotations are provided in support of effective research training to help recruit and prepare physicians to conduct research with individuals with substance use disorders. The specific aims of this application are: (1) To incorporate a drug abuse research training program within a 4-year psychiatry residency program for physicians committed to pursuing clinical research careers in the area of substance use disorders. (2) To enhance the didactic education of non-DART psychiatry residents in the parent program by increasing exposure to cutting-edge clinical research in the addictions field. (3) To extend participant recruitment into earlier phases of medical training by offering summer research jobs to first-year medical students and a clinical rotation elective in addictions research to fourth-year medical students. The DART program will provide the infrastructure and organizational support necessary to allow us to develop a continuum of programs designed to help increase the number of physician scientists focused on drug abuse research. This program is responsive to NIDA PAR-04-054 Research Education Grants In Drug Abuse and Addiction. The research education plan is consistent with recent recommendations of national consensus panels and builds on the experience of well-established research workforce development programs in the U.S.