Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Training Program

摘要 本申请是一项研究培训助学金，重点是培养下一代学术心脏和 胸外科医生。鉴于目前和未来心胸外科医生的短缺，极其多样化的 临床活动，心脏和胸部外科医生治疗的广泛情况，NIH T32培训 心胸外科计划是改善心胸外科劳动力的紧急需求。 支持这项任务所需的资源在很大程度上取决于初始研究培训的能力。 住院医师-研究员培训课程进行到一半。拟议的计划利用了这一经验 和我们成功的ACGME认证的六年综合胸科训练计划的框架，研究 和我们心胸外科教职员工的指导专业知识，以及 匹兹堡大学医学院(UPSOM)和UPMC医疗系统，创建一个新的T32项目 在心胸外科手术中。拟议的T32计划将为研究培训提供坚实的基础， 在住院医师培训期间服务领导力和协作伙伴关系，这将有助于建立和 在心胸外科学术领域推广成功的独立职业道路。建议的T32计划 将增加研究人员池，他们将作为教职员工竞争独立的K-和R-奖。这 该计划将实现以下具体目标：1)提供稳定和支持性的研究基础设施 培训学术心胸外科医生；2)招募和挑选有前途的学者，并监督他们的初始， 持续和长期的成功；3)协调心胸外科医生的教师指导和培训，以 提供精心策划和个性化的教学课程和实践培训，专门针对 对心胸外科手术的独特关注；4)利用内部UPSOM、UPMC和其他机构 在针对学员的培训计划中提供资源；5)通过多样化培训在各级促进包容性文化 和社区宣传，招募代表不足的少数族裔候选人参加心胸外科手术；6)提供 在此期间和之后，对领导力、伙伴关系和研究计划的建立进行有组织的培训 支持受训人员开展成功的独立学术生涯。从长远来看， 拟议的T32计划将增加学术心胸外科医生的数量，并将有助于促进 一支能够完成NHLBI任务的多元化劳动力队伍。

ABSTRACT This application is for a research training grant focused on training the next generation of academic cardiac and thoracic surgeons. Given the current and future shortage of cardiothoracic surgeons, the extremely diverse clinical activities, and broad array of conditions treated by cardiac and thoracic surgeons, an NIH T32 training program in cardiothoracic surgery is an emergent unmet need to improve the cardiothoracic surgical workforce. The necessary resources to support this mission is largely dictated by the capacity for initial research training mid-way through the residency-fellowship training continuum. The proposed program leverages the experience and framework of our successful ACGME accredited six year Integrated Thoracic Training Program, the research and mentoring expertise of our Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery faculty, and the infrastructure of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM) and UPMC Health System, to create a new T32 program in cardiothoracic surgery. The proposed T32 program will provide a strong foundation of training in research, serving leadership, and collaborative partnerships during residency training, which will help to establish and promote successful independent career paths in academic cardiothoracic surgery. The proposed T32 program will increase the pool of investigators who will be competitive for independent K- and R- awards as faculty. This program will achieve the following specific goals: 1) Provide a stable and supportive infrastructure of research training for academic cardiothoracic surgeons; 2) Recruit and select promising scholars and monitor their initial, ongoing, and long-term successes; 3) Coordinate faculty mentoring and training of cardiothoracic surgeons to provide a curated and individualized didactic curriculum and hands-on training that specifically addresses the unique concerns of cardiothoracic surgery; 4) Leverage internal UPSOM, UPMC, and other institutional resources in trainee-specific training plans; 5) Promote an inclusive culture at all levels through diversity training and community outreach to recruit under-represented minority candidates to cardiothoracic surgery; 6) Provide structured training in leadership, partnership and research program establishment during and beyond the period of support to position trainees for launching successful independent academic careers. In the long-term, the proposed T32 program will increase the number of academic cardiothoracic surgeons and will help to promote a diverse workforce capable of accomplishing the NHLBI’s mission.