iDfellows: Hamburg Clinician Scientist Programme in Infectious Diseases

传染病的预防、诊断和治疗是全世界面临的重大健康挑战。感染的巨大危险在目前的SARS-CoV-2大流行中变得最为明显，但这只是众多传染病威胁的冰山一角。微生物病原体的巨大变异性使感染成为一种不断变化的危险。抗生素耐药性的增加，由于接受免疫抑制和抗肿瘤治疗的患者数量增加而增加了对感染的敏感性，全球化的生活方式和不断增长的世界人口增加了人畜共患感染的风险，加剧并增加了严重感染的风险。为了应对这些健康挑战，我们需要训练有素的传染病专家。德国特别缺乏传染病专家，到目前为止，与临床相关的传染病领域在德国学术医学中仍然是一个不发达的学科。该方案的中心目标是培养未来学术医学方面的传染病专家精英。这一目标将通过以下关键要素来实现：-吸引：提供出色的培训和研究条件，以吸引对传染病特别感兴趣的最有天赋和最有动力的年轻医生--临床专门知识：一个系统的临床培训方案，在优秀的国内和国际传染病专家的指导下提供广泛的传染病经验--科学进步：解决当前和未来传染病研究中最紧迫问题的顶级研究项目--指导：指导和同龄人培训，引导年轻研究员进入独立和创新的临床科学家职业生涯--国际网络：加强国际交流作为职业方案的一部分，在国外的培训和研究期间，这些关键要素得到反映，并转化为汉堡国际研究员方案的五个核心结构特征：1)传染病诊断和治疗方面的重点和模块培训2)汉堡区域传染病研究机构良好的研究环境和网络3)临床的跨学科和国际指导，基础科学和国际传染病专家，以及鼓励和支持海外研究阶段4)通过为成功的研究员提供后续资金作为高级临床医生科学家和教员来实现可持续性5)灵活性和支持，允许将家庭优先事项纳入职业道路

Prevention, diagnosis and therapy of infectious diseases represent a major health challenge across the world. The enormous dangers of infections have become most evident in the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, but this is only the tip of the iceberg of a multitude of infectious disease threats. The enormous variability of microbial pathogens makes infections an ever-changing danger. Increasing antibiotic resistance, increasing susceptibility to infections by increasing numbers of patients receiving immunosuppressive and anti-neoplastic therapies, and increasing risks of zoonotic infections by globalized ways of life and a growing world population aggravate and augment the risk for serious infections. To combat these health challenges we need well-trained infectious disease experts. Germany has a particular shortage in infectious disease experts, and to date the area of clinically relevant infectious diseases remains an underdeveloped discipline in German academic medicine. The central objective of the iDfellows programme is to train the future elite of infectious disease experts in academic medicine. This objective is to be accomplished by the following key elements: - Attraction: Providing outstanding training and research conditions that will attract the most gifted and motivated young doctors with a special interest in infectious diseases - Clinical Expertise: A systematic clinical training programme offering a wide range of infectious disease experiences under the tuition of excellent national and international experts in infectious diseases - Scientific Advancement: Top research projects addressing the most pressing questions in infectious diseases research of the present and the future - Mentorship: Mentorship and peer-group training that will guide the young fellows into independent and innovative clinician scientist careers - International Networks: Strengthening international exchange and encouraging training and research periods abroad as part of the career programme These key elements are reflected and translate into five central structural features of the Hamburg iDfellows-programme: 1) Focussed and modular training in diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases 2) Excellent research environment and network of the Hamburg region infectious diseases research institutions 3) Interdisciplinary and international mentoring by clinical, basic science and international infectious diseases experts, and encouragement and support for research periods abroad 4) Sustainability by offering follow-up funding for successful fellows as advanced clinician scientists and faculty 5) Flexibility and support to allow integration of family priorities into the career path