Sponsored by an educational donation from Amgen
Application Available: July 26, 2010
Application Deadline: September 24, 2010
Description
The ASHP Research and Education Foundation’s Research Boot Camp is a research skills development program composed of distance education, on-site training, and research conduct components.
The program aims to: foster the development of pharmacists with practice-based research skills; drive the advancement of translational research by providing clinicians with the expertise, tools and support to start a practice-based research program and answer practice-based research questions; and enhance safe and effective medication use by promoting evidence-based decision-making for individual patients and populations of patients.
The Research Boot Camp will provide an opportunity for up to nine new pharmacist researchers to participate in a comprehensive distance education and experiential program. Participants will develop a research idea into a well-structured research plan to be executed following program completion.
Applicants to this program should demonstrate motivation to acquire research methods skills to conduct rigorous practice-based research, and should include an initial research idea.
Eligibility Criteria
Successful applicants will be pharmacists with an active pharmacy practice who demonstrate motivation to acquire research methods skills to conduct rigorous practice-based research.
Pharmacists with faculty appointments and non-academic pharmacists are encouraged to apply. Individuals will not be eligible if they have completed a formal education program that provided strong research training (e.g., M.S., Ph.D.).
Applicants are required to submit an initial research idea pertinent to their clinical practice area. Support from the applicant’s home institution and committed local mentoring will be required.
Other factors that will be considered in the application review process include: previous project management experience, demonstration of analytical and critical thinking skills, authorship of peer-reviewed publications (preferred), and existence of an established network of practitioners with a shared interest in conducting research.
Applicants are required to demonstrate these qualifications through a provision of specific professional experience information, a personal statement, and letters of support.
Funding Information
The Research Boot Camp is sponsored in part by an educational donation from Amgen. Funding is also provided by the ASHP Foundation. The Boot Camp training opportunity is awarded to an individual participant. No stipend or honorarium is awarded to the participant.
The participant is responsible for providing their transportation to the experiential site and lodging. The ASHP Foundation will provide group breakfasts, lunches, and one (1) dinner. No per diem payments will be provided by the ASHP Research and Education Foundation.
The applicant's sponsoring institution must agree to provide seed support and/or resources that will enable completion of the proposed research over an 24-month period. Upon completion of the Research Boot Camp, the applicant will submit a project plan for the proposed research that complies with the ASHP Foundation’s grant instructions.
Program Timeline
The research skills development program consisting of distance education, on-site training, and research conduct components will begin with the distance education portion in December 2010 and conclude in March 2011. A draft research plan will be developed in April 2011, and the on-site training will occur May 4 - 6, 2011, at ASHP headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. Research conduct begins immediately following the on-site training with submission of a research plan by September 1, 2011.
Application Process
Pharmacists interested in applying for the Research Boot Camp should refer to application and application instructions below for full eligibility requirements and application procedures.
• Download an Application
• Application Instructions
Selection Criteria
Applications will be reviewed using the following criteria:
• Practice Experience – 10 points
• Project Management Experience - 10 points
• Demonstration of Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills – 10 points
• Peer-Reviewed Publications – 5 points
• Applicant Training Expectations -15 points
• Local Mentoring – 15 points
• Evidence of Availability of a Network of Researchers with Common Interest -10 points
• Institutional Support -15 points
• Research Idea – 10 points
Deadlines
Deadline: September 24, 2010
Research Boot Camp Participants
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• 2008 Participants
• 2010 Participants