Post-doctoral Master of Science in Clinical Research

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议计划的目的是实施临床研究培训计划，从而获得经认可的临床研究博士后理学硕士学位。该培训要求准学生至少有两年的教学和临床研究培训。该计划将针对波多黎各大学医学科学校区（UPR-MSC）和圣胡安退伍军人管理医疗中心（SJVAMC）的初级教师、研究员、住院医生和博士候选人。为了增加参与培训的学员和教员的培训机会的深度和广度，该方案还与明尼苏达州罗彻斯特的梅奥诊所以及波多黎各卫生部建立了伙伴关系。该计划旨在满足临床研究方法学原则方面的正式学术培训需求，包括：以患者为导向的研究、流行病学和行为研究、结果研究和卫生服务研究。完成所有要求的学生将被UPR医学院和卫生相关专业学院授予临床研究博士后硕士学位。毕业生将有资格计划具有足够的样本量，抽样方法，明确定义的诊断标准，并有效控制混杂变量的原始临床调查。成功完成本课程，可提高学生在准备有竞争力的研究申请和拨款申请方面的能力，并能有效地展示和交流科学知识和研究成果。最后，毕业生将具有实质性的知识和技能，设计和实施关于六个优先卫生领域（癌症，艾滋病毒，糖尿病，心血管疾病，呼吸系统疾病和口腔健康）中的一个或多个主要研究问题或问题的研究，并将熟练使用医学和流行病学工具来研究这些问题。该计划的目标是：1)实施博士后临床研究硕士项目；2)发展基础设施，在五年拨款期之后支持和维持该计划；3)制定并实施项目评价计划，系统地、全面地监视并提供信息，以实现持续的质量改进，并确定项目实施达到预期的程度。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the proposed program is to implement a clinical research training program that leads to an accredited post-doctoral master of science (M.S.) degree in Clinical Research. The training requires a minimum commitment by prospective students of a least two years for didactic and clinical research training. The program will target junior faculty, fellows, residents and doctoral candidates of the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC) and the San Juan Veterans Administration Medical Center (SJVAMC). To increase the depth and breadth of the training opportunities for participating trainees and faculty, the UPR-MSC has also joined in partnership with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota as well as the Puerto Rico Department of Health. The proposed program is designed to meet the need for formal academic training in the methodological principles of clinical research including: patient-oriented research, epidemiologic and behavioral studies, outcome research, and health services research. Students who complete all the requirements will be awarded a post-doctoral M.S. degree in Clinical Research by the UPR School of Medicine and College of Health Related Professions. Graduates will be qualified to plan original clinical investigations with adequate sample size, sampling methods, well defined diagnostic criteria, and effective control of confounding variables. Successful completion will result in an improved level of competency in the preparation of competitive research applications and grant applications for funding, and effective presentation and communication of scientific knowledge and findings. Finally, graduates will have substantive knowledge and skills to design and implement research studies about major research questions or problems in one or more of six priority health areas (cancer, HIV, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and oral health) and will be adept with medical and epidemiological tools for studying these problems. The program objectives are: 1) to implement a postdoctoral M.S. in Clinical Research program; 2) to develop infrastructure that will support and sustain the program beyond the five-year grant period; and 3) to develop and implement a program evaluation plan that systematically and comprehensively monitors and provides information to enable continuous quality improvement, and determines the degree to which the program's implementation achieves its intended.