Expanding program evaluation capacity and enhancing training programs through alumni perspectives

通过校友视角扩大项目评估能力并加强培训项目

• 批准号: 10592969
• 负责人: PAMELA K. GEYER
• 金额: $ 8.64万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10592969
• 关键词: Program Evaluation; Training Programs; Program Evaluation; Training Programs

SUMMARY The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at the University of Iowa is an established physician- scientist training program that has been continuously funded by NIH since 1977. The mission of the Iowa MSTP is to promote the development of inquisitive, creative and rigorous scientists, whose leadership and discoveries advance the science of medicine and its translation into clinical practice. At Iowa, the MSTP has led innovation in T32 training that includes building a unique culture that weaves program evaluation into program design. These efforts have benefitted from the recent recruitment of a dedicated faculty program evaluator (Dr. Hoffmann) who has developed methods to assess effectiveness of training, including annual surveys, targeted interviews, and focus groups that assess special topics or cohort experiences within the MSTP. Through this work, leadership within the MSTP has identified key instructional elements needed to advance trainee confidence and satisfaction in their personal growth during their MD-PhD years. This experience had also built a recognition that continued success towards training career physician-scientists depends upon an understanding of the current landscape challenging trainees as they embark on careers as physician-scientists. This includes important influences on career choices between working in industry or academia or leaving the academic enterprise to enter private practice. We know that the academic job market is rapidly changing, and we suspect that careers for physician-scientists are also in flux. This is exemplified by increased interest of our graduates in medical specialties that are not traditionally associated with MD/PhD training backgrounds such as the surgical specialties. Our current program evaluation model leans heavily on insights from current students, staff and faculty, and is well-suited to evaluate the internal workings of the program. We now propose to develop a platform to explore what happens after the MSTP by integrating a different population into our program evaluation strategy – our program alumni. This evaluation platform will be piloted with our MSTP alumni with the expectation that it will expand our institutional evaluation capacity not only for the MSTP but also for other T32-funded training programs on campus.

概括 爱荷华大学的医学科学家培训计划（MSTP）是一位既定的医师 - 自1977年以来一直由NIH资助的科学家培训计划。爱荷华州的任务 MSTP旨在促进好奇，创造性和严格的科学家的发展，其领导 并发现医学科学及其转化为临床实践。在爱荷华州 MSTP领导了T32培训的创新，其中包括建立一个独特的文化编织计划 评估程序设计。这些努力受益于最近招募专门的 教师计划评估（Hoffmann博士），他开发了评估有效性的方法 培训，包括年度调查，有针对性的访谈以及评估特殊主题或 MSTP中的队列经验。通过这项工作，MSTP内的领导已确定了关键 提高学员对个人成长的信心和满意所需的教学要素 在他们的MD-PHD年份。这种经历也建立了认可，该认可持续成功 培训职业生理科学家取决于对当前景观挑战的理解 受训者在成为身体科学家的职业时。这包括对职业的重要影响 在工业或学术界工作或离开学术企业进入私人之间的选择 实践。我们知道学术就业市场正在迅速发生变化，我们怀疑从事职业 物理科学家也处于不断变化状态。我们的毕业生对医学的兴趣增加了这一点 传统上与MD/PHD培训背景（例如手术）无关的专业 专业。我们当前的计划评估模型在很大程度上依靠目前的学生，员工的见解 和教师，非常适合评估该计划的内部运作。我们现在建议 开发一个平台来探索通过将不同的人群整合到我们的MSTP之后发生的情况 计划评估策略 - 我们的计划校友。我们的MSTP将驾驶此评估平台 校友期望它将不仅扩大我们的机构评估能力 而且还适用于校园中其他T32资助的培训计划。