Psychology adds value to palliative care research and practice, but palliative psychology training programs are underdeveloped, particularly prior to advanced graduate and post-doctoral training. The investigation aimed to examine the feasibility of developing an undergraduate clinical research training program focused on the application of palliative psychology to cancer care. Analyses described and examined predictors of trainee performance and post-graduate outcomes. Retrospective analyses of administrative data tracking trainee characteristics (degree programs and tracks, qualifications, and demographics), research trainee performance (satisfactory participation, training duration, scientific output, supervisor ratings, and overall performance), and post-graduate degree programs. The population included all undergraduate trainees in a cancer-focused palliative psychology research lab from inception in 2013 through 2020 at a US research-intensive university. Trainees (N = 25) typically majored in psychology (72.0%) or neuroscience (28.0%), often with second majors. The average participation in the lab was 3.4 semesters. Overall, 92.0% of trainees earned a conference abstract, 56.0% earned a publication, and 72.0% went on to a post-graduate degree program, most commonly psychology PhD, MD, or nursing programs. Trainees enrolling in psychology PhD programs were more likely than other trainees to have been on the pre-psychology PhD track (P < .001) and had higher overall research performance (P = .029), including higher supervisor ratings (P = .008) and higher scientific output (P = .019). This demonstration study provides evidence for the feasibility and beneficial impact of an undergraduate palliative psychology clinical research training program as an early component of cancer educational training. Findings support calls for the development and evaluation of novel palliative training programs worldwide.

心理学为姑息治疗研究和实践增加了价值，但姑息心理学培训计划尚不完善，特别是在高级研究生和博士后培训之前。该调查旨在探讨开发本科生临床研究培训计划的可行性，该计划的重点是姑息心理学在癌症护理中的应用。分析描述并检查了实习生表现和研究生成果的预测因素。对跟踪受训者特征（学位课程和途径、资格和人口统计）、研究受训者表现（满意度参与、培训持续时间、科学产出、导师评级和整体表现）和研究生学位课程的行政数据进行回顾性分析。调查对象包括美国一所研究密集型大学从 2013 年成立到 2020 年期间在以癌症为重点的姑息心理学研究实验室中工作的所有本科生。受训者（ N = 25）通常主修心理学（72.0%）或神经科学（28.0%），通常还有第二专业。平均参与实验室时间为 3.4 个学期。总体而言，92.0% 的学员获得了会议摘要，56.0% 获得了出版物，72.0% 的学员继续攻读研究生学位课程，最常见的是心理学博士、医学博士或护理课程。参加心理学博士课程的学员比其他学员更有可能进入心理学博士预科 ( P < .001)，并且具有更高的整体研究表现 ( P = .029)，包括更高的导师评级 ( P = .001)。 008）和更高的科学产出（ P = .019）。 这项示范研究为本科姑息心理学临床研究培训计划作为癌症教育培训的早期组成部分的可行性和有益影响提供了证据。研究结果支持呼吁在全球范围内制定和评估新颖的姑息培训计划。