Yael Schenker1, Lee Ellington2, Lindsay Bell1, Erin K Kross3,4, Abby R Rosenberg3,5,6, Jean S Kutner7, Kathleen E Bickel7,8, Christine Ritchie9, Dio Kavalieratos10, David B Bekelman7,8, Kathleen B Mooney2, Stacy M Fischer7. 1. Palliative Research Center (PaRC), Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 2. College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. 3. Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. 4. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. 5. Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA. 6. Palliative Care and Resilience Laboratory, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA. 7. Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA. 8. Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, Colorado, USA. 9. Center for Palliative Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 10. Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Abstract
Background: Palliative care-related postdoctoral training opportunities are critical to increase the quantity and quality of palliative care research. Objective: To describe the history, activities, challenges, and future goals of the National Postdoctoral Palliative Care Research Training Collaborative. Design: National web-based survey of participating program leaders. Measurements: Information about participating programs, trainees, challenges faced, and future goals. Results: Nine participating programs at academic institutions across the United States focus on diverse aspects of palliative care research. The majority of 73 current and former fellows are female (75%) and white (84%). In total, 38% of fellows (n = 28) have MD backgrounds, of whom less than half (n = 12) completed hospice and palliative medicine fellowships. An additional 38% of fellows (n = 28) have nursing PhD backgrounds and 23% (n = 17) have other diverse types of PhD backgrounds. Key challenges relate to recruiting diverse trainees, fostering a shared identity, effectively advocating for trainees, and securing funding. Future goals include expanding efforts to engage clinician and nonclinician scientists, fostering the pipeline of palliative care researchers through expanded mentorship of predoctoral and clinical trainees, increasing the number of postdoctoral palliative care training programs, and expanding funding support for career development grants. Conclusion: The National Postdoctoral Palliative Care Research Training Collaborative fills an important role in creating a community for palliative care research trainees and developing strategies to address shared challenges.
Background: Palliative care-related postdoctoral training opportunities are critical to increase the quantity and quality of palliative care research. Objective: To describe the history, activities, challenges, and future goals of the National Postdoctoral Palliative Care Research Training Collaborative. Design: National web-based survey of participating program leaders. Measurements: Information about participating programs, trainees, challenges faced, and future goals. Results: Nine participating programs at academic institutions across the United States focus on diverse aspects of palliative care research. The majority of 73 current and former fellows are female (75%) and white (84%). In total, 38% of fellows (n = 28) have MD backgrounds, of whom less than half (n = 12) completed hospice and palliative medicine fellowships. An additional 38% of fellows (n = 28) have nursing PhD backgrounds and 23% (n = 17) have other diverse types of PhD backgrounds. Key challenges relate to recruiting diverse trainees, fostering a shared identity, effectively advocating for trainees, and securing funding. Future goals include expanding efforts to engage clinician and nonclinician scientists, fostering the pipeline of palliative care researchers through expanded mentorship of predoctoral and clinical trainees, increasing the number of postdoctoral palliative care training programs, and expanding funding support for career development grants. Conclusion: The National Postdoctoral Palliative Care Research Training Collaborative fills an important role in creating a community for palliative care research trainees and developing strategies to address shared challenges.
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education; health services research; palliative care; support of research; training support
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