Academic Psychiatry 22:190-196, September 1998
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Postdoctoral Clinical-Research Training in Psychiatry
A Model for Teaching Grant Writing and Other Research Survival Skills and for Increasing Clarity of Mentoring Expectations
Charles F. Reynolds, III, M.D.,
Christopher Martin, Ph.D.,
David Brent, M.D.,
Neal Ryan, M.D.,
Ronald E. Dahl, M.D.,
Paul Pilkonis, Ph.D.,
Marsha D. Marcus, Ph.D. and
David J. Kupfer, M.D.
Dr. Reynolds is Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience; Dr. Martin is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Dr. Brent is Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology; Dr. Ryan is Professor of Child Psychiatry; Dr. Dahl is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics; Dr. Pilkonis is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology; Dr. Marcus is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology; and Dr. Kupfer is the Thomas Detre Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry. All authors are in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania. Address reprint requests to Dr. Reynolds, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Room 1135–E, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
The authors describe a model for teaching grant writing and other research survival skills to postdoctoral clinical-research fellows in psychiatry and for improving research mentoring. Over the past 4 years, the authors have developed a course on writing grant applications for postdoctoral clinical-research fellows, using peer-review processes modeled after a National Institutes of Health study section. At the same time, the authors have clarified expectations of mentors in ways designed to help fellows prepare "K" (Research Career Development) applications and to receive mentored practice in skills being taught in the course. Sixteen of 30 fellows have succeeded in receiving their first extramural support by the end of their two-year fellowship tenure or during the succeeding year. The authors conclude that by teaching grant-writing skills in a supportive peer environment, providing peer review of proposals, and sharpening expectations of mentors, it may be possible to reduce the time between the end of fellowship and the receipt of the first extramural grant.
Key Words: Clinical Research Training • Postdoctoral • Research Training • Mentoring
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