TRAINING CLINICAL RESEARCHERS FOR COMMUNITY SETTINGS

这项名为培训社区临床研究人员(TRECOS)的提议的目的是培训临床医生进行高质量的临床研究，这些研究可以在初级保健和社区环境中进行，这些环境可以接触到有代表性的人群。这项申请的牵头部门是密歇根州立大学人类医学院的流行病学系，但所有五所生物医学学院，包括骨科和兽医学院、护理学院和自然科学学院，都参与了这一努力。我们赠与土地的大学的医学和护理教育以社区为基础的性质使密歇根州立大学处于独特的地位，可以培训临床医生成为能够发起广泛推广的临床研究的研究人员。我们计划每年招收8名实习生参加一个为期两年的计划，其中包括流行病学、生物统计学和研究伦理学的核心课程；一个有监督的指导计划，为五所拥有重大研究项目的学院的40多名有问题的成员提供机会；一个特别研讨会系列；以及进一步课程学习的要求，以完成与临床研究相关的多个学科中的一个证书计划或硕士学位。对于大多数学员，我们设想完成一个新开发的18学分的临床流行病学和生物统计学证书课程，目标是卫生专业人员，并为有效的临床研究提供必要的学术技能。该方案由流行病学系主任领导，他是一名临床医生/调查员，在开发临床研究、教授临床研究技能和让临床医生参与研究方面具有相当丰富的经验。我们的医学教育、研究和发展办公室的一名教职员工也参与其中，该办公室长期以来一直是美国医学教育有效性和医学教育项目评估的领先研究中心之一。来自不同部门的教职员工，研究兴趣从婴儿健康到老年人护理，包括生殖围产期流行病学、癌症研究生物统计学方法和传染病等强大且资金充足的研究项目，已同意自愿投入时间担任这项工作的导师。

The aim of this proposal, Training Clinical Researchers for Community Settings (TRECOS), is to train clinicians to conduct high quality clinical research, that can be undertaken in primary care and community settings that provide access to representative populations. The lead department for this application is the Department of Epidemiology in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University, but all five biomedical colleges, including colleges of osteopathic and veterinary medicine, nursing, and natural sciences, are participants in this effort. The community-based nature of medical and nursing education at our land-grant university makes MSU uniquely placed to train clinicians to become investigators capable of initiating broadly generalizable clinical research. We plan to enroll eight trainees per year for a two-year program which will include a core curriculum in epidemiology, biostatistics and research ethics; a supervised mentorship program providing access to more than forty faulty members in the five colleges with major research projects; a special seminar series; and a requirement for further coursework to complete a certificate program or masters degree in one of a number of disciplines relevant to clinical research. For most trainees, we envision completion of a newly developed 18-credit certificate program in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, aimed at health professionals, and which provides the academic skills necessary for effective clinical research. The program is led by the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, who is a clinician/investigator with considerable experience in developing clinical research, in teaching clinical research skills and in involving clinicians in research. Also involved is a faculty member from our Office of Medical Education, Research and Development, long one of the nation's leading centers of research in medical education effectiveness and evaluation of medical educational programs. Faculty members from a wide variety of departments, with research interests ranging from infant health to care of the elderly, and including strong and well-funded research programs in reproductive perinatal epidemiology, cancer research biostatistical methods and communicable diseases have agreed to volunteer their time to serve as mentors in this effort.