Training Program in Surgical Oncology

描述(由申请人提供)：杜克大学医学院(DUSM)的外科系和美国外科医生肿瘤学小组(ACOSOG)要求拨款支持一项专注于临床研究理论和实践方面教育外科医生的培训计划。这项建议解决了恶性疾病患者管理中的一个严重问题：在临床流行病学和定量医学方面具有知识或经验的外科医生明显缺乏。拟议的培训计划为普通外科和每个外科专业的内务官员提供了参加为期两年的课程的机会，该课程将提供正式的教学课程工作和临床试验研究方面的实践经验。 DUSM有一些特别的优势，支持并确保了这笔培训补助金的成功：1)培训补助金所在的外科系在培养学术外科医生方面有着长期和杰出的记录。2)临床研究培训计划(CRTP)，由生物统计和生物信息学系和杜克临床研究所(DCRI)的教员通过出色的结构化课程教授，将为学员提供在临床研究领域成功学术生涯所必需的基本知识和技能。3)DCRI是ACOSOG的实际所在地，是一个以学术为基础的老牌研究机构，在临床试验方法和实践方面提供了丰富的资源和经验。4)ACOSOG是唯一一个由国家癌症研究所资助的临床试验小组，其主要任务是进行旨在评估恶性实体肿瘤患者手术治疗的临床研究。 DUSM提供的独特资源组合，美国学术和执业外科医生对拟议的培训计划的支持，以及对在临床研究实践中训练有素的外科医生国家基础设施的需求，使这项建议特别及时。 每年将选出四名众议院官员参加这一培训计划，其中大部分将从杜克大学医学中心以外的机构招聘。该计划的长期目标是为内务官员在临床研究和定量医学方面的学术生涯做好准备。在完成这一培训计划和随后的住院医师教育后，学员将进入学术部门，成为迅速崛起的临床研究和循证医学领域的有成就的研究人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Department of Surgery, and the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG), at the Duke University School of Medicine (DUSM) request funding to support a training program focused on educating surgeons in the theory and practice of clinical research. This proposal addresses a serious problem in the management of patients with malignant diseases; the distinct paucity of surgeons knowledgeable or experienced in clinical epidemiology and quantitative medicine. The proposed training program presents the opportunity for house officers in general surgery, and every surgical specialty, to participate in a two-year curriculum, which will provide formal didactic course work and practical experience in clinical trials research. There are particular strengths within the DUSM, which support and ensure the success of this training grant: 1) The Department of Surgery, where the training grant will be based, has a long and distinguished record of educating academic surgeons. 2) The Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP), taught by the faculties of the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), through an excellent structured curriculum will provide the trainee with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for a successful academic career in clinical research. 3) The DCRI, where the ACOSOG is physically located, is an established, academically based research organization, which provides abundant resources and experience in clinical trials methodology and practice. 4) The ACOSOG is the only clinical trial group funded by the National Cancer Institute, whose primary mission is to perform clinical studies designed to evaluate the surgical management of patients with malignant solid tumors. The unique combination of resources, available at the DUSM, the support of the proposed training program by academic and practicing surgeons in the United States and the need for a national infrastructure of surgeons, who are well trained in the practice of clinical research, makes this proposal especially timely. Four house officers will be selected annually for this training program and the majority will be recruited from institutions other than the Duke University Medical Center. The Iong-term objective of the program is to prepare house officers for academic careers in clinical research and quantitative medicine. Upon completing this training program and their subsequent residency education, trainees will be positioned to join academic departments as accomplished investigators in the rapidly emerging fields of clinical research and evidence-based medicine.