Univ. of Cincinnati Clinical Curriculum Award

描述(由申请人提供)： 辛辛那提大学(UC)临床研究课程奖(CRCA)申请的总体目标是提高辛辛那提大学医学中心、辛辛那提儿童医院医学中心和辛辛那提退伍军人事务医学中心的临床研究培训质量。为了准备这项申请，我们对三个医疗中心的所有主要培训项目进行了需求调查。我们的调查显示，这三个医学中心对结构化教学临床研究课程的需求很大，但许多相关的课程和轨道要么不存在，要么有时会给临床实习生带来不便。联谊会和项目主任表示，如果CRCA得到实施，每年将有大约50名学员“肯定”或“可能”参加。因此，UC CRCA应用程序由医学博士Joel Tsevat、公共卫生硕士Joel Tsevat与来自三个医学中心的Stephen Daniels、医学博士、博士和同事合作，有两个明确的目标：1)开发或扩大流行病学(临床流行病学/临床有效性和分子流行病学)和临床治疗(临床试验和转化研究)的新项目轨道。为了实现这一目标，我们将在CRCA的前三年开发新的课程，以现有的流行病学和生物统计学课程为基础。2)为了提高临床研究所有核心领域的方法学专业知识，并促进所有受训者之间的相互交流，Aim 2将设立一套所有受训人员必须参加的四个暑期课程--临床流行病学入门、生物统计学入门、分子流行病学：生物标记物在流行病学研究中的使用以及研究中的伦理学(负责任的研究行为)-以及一个新的必须每月举行的研讨会，称为临床研究学者研讨会。再加上大学领导层非常强大的资金支持和热情，我们预计CRCA将对辛辛那提的临床研究培训产生巨大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of the University of Cincinnati (UC) Clinical Research Curriculum Award (CRCA) application is to improve the quality of training in clinical research at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center. In preparation for this application, we conducted a needs survey of all major training programs in the three medical centers. Our survey showed that the demand for structured didactic clinical research coursework at the three medical centers is large, but many relevant courses and tracks either do not exist or are offered at times inconvenient to clinical trainees. Fellowship and program directors indicated that - if the CRCA were implemented - each year, approximately 50 trainees would "definitely" or "likely" participate. Thus, the UC CRCA application, to be directed by Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH in collaboration with Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD and colleagues from the three medical centers has two specific aims: 1) To develop or expand new program tracks in Epidemiology (Clinical Epidemiology/Clinical Effectiveness and Molecular Epidemiology) and Clinical Therapeutics (Clinical Trials and Translational Research). To accomplish this aim, we will develop new courses over the first 3 years of the CRCA, building on the existing epidemiology and biostatistics curriculum. 2) To increase methodological expertise in all core areas of clinical research and to foster crossfertilization among all trainees, Aim 2 will institute a set of four summer courses required by all trainees - Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology, Introduction to Biostatistics, Molecular Epidemiology: The Use of Biomarkers in Epidemiologic Research, and Ethics in Research (Responsible Conduct of Research) - and one new required monthly seminar, to be called the Clinical Research Scholars Seminar. Coupled with the very strong financial support and enthusiasm of the leadership of the University, we anticipate that the CRCA will have a huge impact on clinical research training in Cincinnati.