| Education and the MSI |
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The Mental Sciences Initiatives supports the teaching mission of the university in the behavioral sciences for medical students in TCOM, graduate students in Clinical Health Psychology from UNT, and post-graduate residents at JPS Health Network. MSI faculty affiliates teach biostatistics for clinical researchers, introduction to clinical research methods, and applied health psychology topics. Education initiatives include topics in pain and depression, anatomical foundations of manual medicine, evidence-based musculoskeletal care, and therapeutic touch.
Medical Students Through a grant from the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the MSI partners with the Osteopathic Research Center to provide research education in the medical school. The curriculum uses a tiered competency model to teach Tier I competencies to second year students. This focuses on developing students' skills in being proficient professional consumers of biomedical research literature and EBM information. Advanced research education is also available through this grant and an award from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation for a focus on manual medicine and other CAM modalities. Residents Psychiatry residents in the JPS Health Network Department of Psychiatry receive research training as part of their didactic program. Practitioners The MSI team cooperates with faculty in basic sciences, behavioral sciences, and other health professions to teach and mentor students from a variety of programs including the McNair Scholars Program, the STAR Fellowship, and practicum and elective rotations. |
Educational Files Manual Medicine Research Manual Presentation to Annual American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Conference
Education Links JPS Health Network Psychiatry Residency NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
