Recruitment of Undergraduates to Mental Health Research

心理健康研究本科生招聘

• 批准号: 6822886
• 负责人: GRETCHEN L HAAS
• 金额: $ 9.72万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-30 至 2009-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6822886
• 关键词: clinical research; health care personnel education; health science profession; health science research; health science research potential; mental health; minority health professional; neurosciences; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In response to the need to recruit new investigators into the field of mental health research, this application requests competing continuation support for the R-25 program, "Recruitment of Undergraduates for Mental Health Research" -a collaborative effort between the Department of Psychiatry and the Departments of Neuroscience, Biological Sciences, Psychology and Chemistry of the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Mellon University. The program features a full year of intensive research experience for promising undergraduate science majors with an interest in mental health relevant research. The ultimate aim is to provide early exposure to hands-on research to undergraduates to increase the national pool of talented students who go on to seek post-baccalaureate training in preparation for careers in mental health research. This unique undergraduate research education program consists of: 1) a 12-month research experience, conducting supervised research on a scientific question with direct relevance to mental health or mental disorders; 2) a didactic educational program featuring courses in clinical neuroscience and psychiatry; and 3) a ten week summer program at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) that provides exposure to clinical care in psychiatry, lectures in clinical research, and visits to a clinical labs and facilities. The program represents a timely example of the NIMH's continuing effort to promote active collaboration between clinical and basic science researchers, in this case in the education of undergraduate science students. It capitalizes on the extraordinary strengths of the institutions involved and their past and continuing success in inter-disciplinary collaboration on educational and research programs. Follow-up data for the first eight groups of graduates indicate that a remarkably high percentage have entered MD, MD/Ph.D. or Ph.D. programs in the health sciences (68%) or are completing research preparatory to application to these programs (an additional 18%). Our findings to date provide evidence of feasibility and effectiveness in identifying and recruiting talented undergraduate students into a mental health research education program, as well as evidence of the continuing progress of a large majority (86%) in pursuing further education and training in the health sciences. Based on the success of this program to date, we propose to continue this program over the next five years to: increase the number of students trained (from the current 92 to :[72), expand to include two full-time medical students per year in the program, evaluate both short- and long-term career education and training pathways of trainees, and evaluate the longer-range impact of the program on recruitment into the field of mental health research and mental health-related sciences.

描述（由申请人提供）：为了响应新的研究人员进入心理健康研究领域的需求，该申请要求对R -25计划进行竞争持续支持，“招募了心理健康研究本科生的招聘” - 精神病学系与神经科学系与PITSICE的生物科学，心理学，心理学，心理学和化学的合作。该计划为有前途的本科科学专业的专业研究经验提供了整整一年的深入研究经验，对心理健康相关研究感兴趣。最终的目的是尽早接触动手研究，以增加本科生，以增加国家才华横溢的学生群，这些学生继续寻求后掌位后的培训，以准备为心理健康研究的职业做准备。这项独特的本科研究教育计划包括：1）12个月的研究经验，对与心理健康或精神障碍直接相关的科学问题进行了监督研究； 2）一个教育计划，其中包括临床神经科学和精神病学课程； 3）在西方精神病学研究所和诊所（WPIC）的十周夏季计划，可在精神病学中接触临床护理，临床研究的讲座以及访问临床实验室和设施。该计划代表了NIMH继续努力促进临床和基础科学研究人员之间的积极合作的及时例子，在这种情况下，本科生科学专业的学生教育。它利用所涉及的机构及其过去的非凡优势，以及在教育和研究计划上的跨学科合作中的持续成功。前八组毕业生的后续数据表明，MD/PH.D的MD/PH.D的比例很高。或博士学位健康科学计划（68％）或正在完成为这些计划申请的研究（另外18％）。迄今为止，我们的发现提供了可行性和有效性的证据，这些证据在将才华横溢的本科生识别和招募精神健康研究教育计划中，以及在进行健康科学的进一步教育和培训方面持续进步（86％）的证据。基于迄今为止该计划的成功，我们建议在未来五年内继续该计划，以增加受过培训的学生人数（从当前的92到：[72），扩展到每年包括两个全职医学生中的学生，评估短期和长期的职业教育和受训者的培训途径，并评估该计划对招聘对招聘对心理健康研究和心理健康研究的长期影响的影响。