Project management can be defined simply as organizing and managing available resources to achieve the best possible outcome within the allocated timeframe. Although this is an important aspect of scientific career development, most postdocs receive no formal training in this area. How can you learn the best ways to ensure your project gets completed on track and on time? Join us on December 4 for our upcoming First Tuesday teleconference, "Project Management for Postdocs," presented by Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH. Dr. Bruce will discuss strategies for managing research projects, covering such topics as overall project administration, organizing of project documents, and effective approaches to managing data entry, storage, cleaning and analysis. Participants may ask questions at the time of the teleconference, or type them in advance on our site. To register or for more information, click here.
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Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS; Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH; Maureen Halpain, MS; Barry D. Lebowitz, PhD;
Charles F. Reynolds III, MD; Gwenn Smith, PhD; Joel E. Streim, MD; Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA
In Choosing a Research Health Career, Mentoring is Essential.
Reynolds HY
Lung. 2007 Nov 8; [Epub ahead of print]
This article will review ways students may become interested in science and medicine through mentors and exposure to early research opportunities.
The human mosaic: cultural beliefs and health professions training.
Rosich RM.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Nov;1114:310-316.
This article explores optimal ways of teaching cultural diversity to future healthcare professionals who will be treating older adults of indigenous heritage.
A vertically integrated geriatric curriculum improves medical student knowledge and clinical skills.
Supiano MA, Fitzgerald JT, Hall KE, Halter JB.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Oct;55(10):1650-1655.
This study determined that an integrated approach to incorporating new educational geriatric objectives into the medical school curriculum leads to significant improvements in important clinical skills in the functional assessment of older patients.
MostViewedPresentations 
Case Study: Research Survival Skills Practicum
Jennifer Morse, PhD; Beth Nolan, PhD; Rebecca Ready, PhD
This module provides a simulation of the functioning of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Research Survival Skills practicum program, which helps scholars prepare K award applications during the course of the postdoctoral fellowship.
Writing Grant Proposals: The Practical Application of Clinical Research Theory
Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH
This talk guides the viewer step by step through the writing of a grant proposal and explains the importance of this process.
MostReadArticles 
Depression in late-life: shifting the paradigm from treatment to prevention.
Whyte EM, Rovner B.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006 Aug;21(8):746-51
While the field of geriatric psychiatry is focused on depression treatment, prevention is an enticing option. This paper will review current thinking on prevention research with a particular focus on its application to late-life depression.
Effect of training and other influences on the development of career interest in geriatric psychiatry.
Lieff SJ, Tolomiczenko GS, Dunn LB.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2003 May-Jun;11(3):300-8.
The authors examined the relationship between the timing and nature of educational exposure to geriatric psychiatry and other potential influences and subsequent development of career interest in geriatric psychiatry.
InTheNews
National Institute of Aging gives Brown $10M to study long-term care
Providence Business News.com, November 16, 2007
The National Institute of Aging has awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to researchers at Brown University's Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research for the creation of a comprehensive database on long-term health care in the United States.
Gerontological Society Of America Confers 2007 Distinguished Mentorship In Gerontology Award To Manson, Ory
Medical News Today.com, November 14, 2007
The GSA has chosen Spero M. Manson of the University of Colorado and Marcia M. Ory of Texas A&M University to receive its 2007 Award for the Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology.
Managing Scientists
Science Careers.org, November 7, 2007
Good management ability is essential to productive scientists, but most receive no formal management training.
CareerAutobiographyDaniel Weintraub, MD
Dr. Weintraub gives his perspective as a junior faculty member in the early stages of a geriatric mental health research career. Other career autobiographies can be found in the Researcher Roadmaps section.
EventsCalendar
2007 American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Annual Meeting & Symposium
When: November 29-December 2
Where: Coronado, CA
Project Management for Postdocs
When: December 4
Where: Teleconference
Grant Submission Deadline - Cycle III - Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (Standard) - all F series Fellowships New, Renewal, Resubmission
When: December 8
Where: N/A
MedEdResources
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education
APIRE is the research, education, and training component of APA. Its mission is to contribute to psychiatry's science base and to improve the quality of psychiatric care through research, education, health policy analysis and dissemination.
All About Grants Tutorials
These online and printable tutorials help biomedical investigators, especially new ones, plan, write, and apply for the basic NIH research project grant, the R01.
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
This site creates a link between underrepresented minority students and faculty and the research training opportunities available through the NIH Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities program.
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