Post-doctoral Master of Science in Clinical Research

描述(由申请人提供)：该计划的目的是实施临床研究培训计划，以获得认可的博士后理学硕士(M.S.)临床研究学位。该培训要求未来的学生至少承诺两年的教学和临床研究培训。该计划将面向波多黎各大学、医学校园(UPR-MSC)和圣胡安退伍军人管理医疗中心(SJVAMC)的初级教员、研究员、住院医生和博士生候选人。为了增加参与培训的学员和教职员工的培训机会的深度和广度，普遍定期审议--MSC还与明尼苏达州罗切斯特的梅奥诊所以及波多黎各卫生部建立了伙伴关系。拟议的计划旨在满足临床研究方法学原则方面的正式学术培训的需要，包括：以患者为中心的研究、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医学院和健康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原创的临床调查，具有足够的样本量、采样方法、明确的诊断标准和有效控制混杂变量。成功完成工作将提高准备竞争性研究申请和拨款申请的能力水平，并有效地介绍和交流科学知识和研究成果。最后，毕业生将拥有大量的知识和技能来设计和实施关于六个优先健康领域(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)中一个或多个主要研究问题或问题的研究性研究，并将熟练掌握研究这些问题的医学和流行病学工具。该计划的目标是：1)实施临床研究的博士后硕士计划；2)发展基础设施，以支持和维持该计划超过五年的授权期；以及3)制定和实施计划评估计划，该计划系统和全面地监测和提供信息，以实现持续的质量改进，并确定该计划的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.