Clinical Research Curriculum Award

描述（由申请人提供）： 该申请是我们现有的临床研究课程奖（K30）计划的竞争性更新，该计划于2000年10月获得资助。 我们目前的计划包括集中在流行病学和预防医学与临床研究轨道MS的临床研究培训，以及一系列的短期课程开放给医学，护理，药学和牙科的马里兰州学校的所有调查人员。 该计划非常成功，产生了对临床研究活动的浓厚兴趣，并培养了一支训练有素的临床研究人员的优秀骨干队伍。 然而，随着该计划的发展，我们越来越意识到，我们的计划提供的流行病学重点培训仅涵盖临床研究领域的一部分，其中包括以患者为导向的研究，流行病学研究，行为研究和结果/卫生服务研究。 为了为我们的学员提供最佳的灵活性，我们在流行病学和预防医学系（DEPM）创建了一个新的临床研究科学硕士（MSCR）学位。 MSCR学生可以集中在四个临床研究领域之一：流行病学，结果/卫生服务研究，人类遗传学或研究伦理学。 没有接受过临床研究正式培训的学员将被鼓励完成学位课程。 接受过临床研究正式培训的受训者（例如，硕士）可以使用该计划，以增强他们的技能与重点课程的工作，讲座和研讨会和指导的研究经验。所有学员将完成他们感兴趣的研究领域的指导研究项目，利用我们机构提供的优秀临床研究导师库。 项目主管将帮助学员建立一个有效的指导团队。 参与该计划的学员和导师都将接受特定的培训，以优化导师与学员的关系。 最后，我们将继续并扩大我们目前提供的短期课程，为正式培训计划之外的研究者提供进一步临床研究培训的机会。 该临床研究培训计划的长期目标是培养临床研究人员，他们1）了解与进行合理临床研究相关的复杂问题; 2）发表; 3）在寻求临床研究的外部支持方面具有竞争力。 详情见叙述。 (End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a competitive renewal of our existing Clinical Research Curriculum Award (K30) program, which was funded in October 2000. Our current program includes focused clinical research training centered on a MS in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine with a Clinical Research Track, as well as a series of short courses open to all investigators at the University of Maryland Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dentistry. This program has been highly successful, generating substantial interest in clinical research activities and developing an outstanding cadre of well-trained clinical investigators. However, as the program has grown, we have become increasingly aware that the focused training in epidemiology provided by our program covers only part of the field of clinical research, which encompasses patient-oriented research, epidemiologic research, behavioral research, and outcomes/health services research. To provide optimal flexibility for our trainees, we have created a new Master's of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) degree in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM). MSCR students can concentrate in one of four clinical research areas: epidemiology, outcomes/health services research, human genetics, or research ethics. Trainees with no formal training in clinical research will be encouraged to complete the degree program. Trainees with formal training in clinical research (e.g., a MPH) can use the program to augment their skills with focused course work, lectures and workshops and the mentored research experience. All trainees will complete a mentored research project in their research area of interest, taking advantage of the excellent pool of clinical research mentors available at our institution. The Program Directors will help trainees develop an effective mentoring team. Both trainees and mentors participating in the program will receive specific training to optimize the mentor-mentee relationship. Finally, we will continue and expand our current offerings of short courses, to provide investigators outside of the formal training program with opportunities for further clinical research training. The long-term goal of this clinical research training program is to produce clinical researchers who are 1) knowledgeable about the complex issues associated with conducting sound clinical research; 2) published; and 3) competitive in seeking external support for clinical research. Details are provided in the Narrative. (End of Abstract)