Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Research and Mentorship in Palliative Care
by Tom LeblancEach time I attend an AAHPM Annual Assembly, I’m amazed at the growing number of attendees. Amid those thousands of people, it’s easy to forget that we have a pretty serious workforce problem on our hands. But then I attend the Research Special Interest Group (or “SIG”) meeting, and I’m quickly brought down from my blissfully ignorant orbit to face another striking reality: clinical workforce issues also signal challenges for research and mentorship in our field.
We don’t often talk about this, but shortages in the workforce limit our ability to do high-impact, innovative, important research. Even the largest, most research-oriented centers may have just one senior researcher on faculty, and some prominent institutions have none. In this restrictive environment, how can a student, or trainee, or junior faculty member even get started doing palliative care research? How can we meet the mentorship and “start-up” needs of developing researchers in our field?
Join me @tomleblancMD this Wednesday night at 6pm PST to explore and discuss issues in #hpm research!
Topics for the chat
T1 – What advice would you give to someone who wants to get started in #hpm research?
T2 – What are the most important priorities for research in #hpm?
T3 – In what clinical scenarios do you find yourself wishing you had good data? #hpm
Some useful resources:
AAHPM Research page
AAHPM Research Scholars program
AAHPM year-long mentoring program
AAHPM Research SIG page
A few interesting papers about mentorship:
“Having the right chemistry: a qualitative study of mentoring in academic medicine.”
“Making the most of mentors: a guide for mentees”
Some resources on research priorities in our field:
NINR’s “Innovative Questions” Project
NINR’s “Innovative Questions in End-of-Life and Palliative Care”
“Palliative care research—priorities and the way forward”
“Research priorities in pediatric palliative care: a Delphi study”
“A national agenda for social work research in palliative and end-of-life care”
“Research priorities for palliative and end-of-life care in the emergency setting”
“Research priorities in geriatric palliative care: an introduction to a new series” (note that there are several articles in this series)
What: #hpm chat on Twitter
When: Wed 5/20/2015 - 9p ET/ 6p PT
Host: Tom LeBlanc Follow @tomleblancMD
Facebook Event Listing: https://www.facebook.com/events/584716504995684
If you are new to Tweetchats, you do not need a Twitter account to follow along. Try using the search function on Twitter. If you do have a Twitter account, we recommend using tchat.io for ease of following.
You can find Chat Transcript and Chat Analytics courtesy of @Symplur