Multidisciplinary Research Training in Palliative Care

项目概要/摘要 这一具有竞争力的T32更新申请的目标是继续研究培训计划， 准备博士后医生和博士研究员的职业生涯作为调查解决优先研究 老年医学和姑息治疗的接口的主题。申请资助4名博士后学员， 2005年，学员人数与目前的T32奖第5年相同。T32研究培训计划 支持医生科学家和博士的博士后培训-科学家 当前T32培训计划的主要推动力，以及这一要求的竞争性更新，是 迫切需要一批训练有素的调查人员，以推进姑息治疗领域， 最终改善对患有严重晚期疾病的老年人的护理。T32支持的研究培训 该计划解决了老龄化和姑息治疗方面的科学知识和研究人员缺口，即 缺乏强有力的研究证据和调查人员。 本次T32的初期资助重点是：1）招募和留住优秀的博士后研修生; 2)通过经验和教学指导支持他们的研究培训; 3）确保最高水平 通过认真监测精心构建的个人研究生涯， 发展计划;以及4）通过与更多人共同指导，提高初级导师的指导技能 经验丰富的高级导师，扩大了姑息治疗研究的高级导师队伍。这些目标 仍然是这个计划的核心，并反映在组织和重点，这一培训赠款。 拟议的竞争性续延是在第一个供资期取得的成功的基础上进行的， 通过改进课程，满足已确定的和不断变化的需求， 该领域和扩大计划和附属学院。T32在最初4年的成功是 通过以下能力来证明：1）用7名优秀的受训者填补职位，并培养持续的受训者管道 候选人; 2）产生学术上成功和富有成效的学员谁是出版同行评审 手稿，在国家场馆展示，获得校内和校外赠款资金，并获得 以研究为重点的教师职位; 3）通过聘用更多的初级教师来扩大研究导师队伍 作为共同导师;以及4）通过深思熟虑和战略性的研究， 课程和教师之间的互动，为新的高级教师带来新的技能和专业知识，并吸引他们 姑息治疗研究的导师T32已经，并将继续提供资金，立即 地方，区域和国家的影响力，通过发展熟练的，生产力的研究人员骨干。

Project Summary / Abstract The goal of this competitive T32 renewal application is to continue a research training program that is preparing postdoctoral physician and PhD fellows for careers as investigators addressing priority research topics at the interface of geriatrics and palliative care. Funding is requested for 4 post-doctoral trainees per year, the same number of trainees as in year 5 of the current T32 award. This T32 research training program supports postdoctoral training for both physician-scientists and Ph.D.-scientists. The primary impetus for the current T32 training program, and this requested competitive renewal, is the urgent need for a pipeline of well-trained investigators positioned to advance the field of palliative care, ultimately improving care for older adults with serious advanced illness. This T32-supported research training program addresses a scientific knowledge and research workforce gap in aging and palliative care, namely, the paucity of robust research evidence and a pipeline of investigators. The initial funding period for this T32 focused on: 1) recruiting and retaining outstanding post-doctoral trainees; 2) supporting their research training through experiential and didactic instruction; 3) ensuring the highest level of academic success through conscientious monitoring of thoughtfully constructed individual research career development plans; and 4) enhancing the mentoring skills of junior mentors through co-mentoring with more experienced senior mentors, expanding the cohort of senior mentors in palliative care research. These goals remain at the heart of this program and are reflected in the organization and focus of this training grant. The proposed competitive renewal builds on the demonstrated successes over the first funding period, enhancing the existing approach through a refined curriculum that meets the identified and evolving needs of the field and expanding the Program and Affiliated Faculty. Success in the initial 4 years of this T32 is demonstrated by ability to: 1) fill positions with 7 outstanding trainees and foster an ongoing pipeline of trainee candidates; 2) produce academically successful and productive trainees who are publishing peer-reviewed manuscripts, presenting in national venues, obtaining intra- and extra-mural grant funding and attaining research-focused faculty positions; 3) expand the cohort of research mentors by engaging more junior faculty as co-mentors; and 4) enhance geriatric palliative care research capacity through deliberate and strategic interactions amongst programs and faculty, bringing new skills and expertise to and engaging new senior mentors in palliative care research. This T32 has, and with ongoing funding will continue to have, immediate local, regional, and national influence by developing a cadre of skilled, productive researchers.