title: Processes and Outcomes from a Medical Student Research Training Program in Integrative, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine.
abstract: In response to the growing need to train a new generation of clinician scientists, a research program was developed to train medical students in integrative, complementary, and alternative medicine (ICAM) research early in their careers. A total of 25 students (100%) successfully completed a 10-week program. Students reported significantly increased levels of knowledge in all 7 integrative, complementary, and alternative medicine topics at the conclusion of the program. All students presented their work at one or more local research symposia. In addition, the average number of quality research outputs, which included manuscripts, awards, and abstracts presented at national and international meetings, was 1.5 per student, which exceeded benchmarks based on prior program outcomes. Results from this program may be useful when planning larger or longer-term projects aimed at attracting physicians who will become our next generation of academicians, researchers, and healers.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (BED, GAS, MLB), and Departments of Psychiatry and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (RMG), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Brad E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Dicianno
authors.forename: Ronald M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: Gwendolyn A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Sowa
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Boninger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000193:education*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine / Q000193:education*; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education*; D055815:Young Adult