Clinical Investigator Training Enhancement Program--CITE

描述（由申请人提供）： 2000年10月，印第安纳州大学获得了K-30赠款，用于资助开发和实施全校范围的临床研究者培训增强（CITE）计划。在短短3年内，CITE计划取得了显着的成功，导致：一个新的30学分的临床研究硕士学位;三个新的研究生课程;一个结构化的指导计划，为每个学员和明确的基准提供正式的咨询委员会;招募40名来自20多个学科的研究员和初级教师，他们将50-70%的时间投入到CITE计划中，平均时间为2-3年;一个多样化的计划，48%的妇女和10%的少数民族学员代表不足;在大学研究生院任命为教师的临床研究人员的数量增加了77%; 27名教师科学家担任我们的CITE学员的主要导师和38名CITE咨询委员会服务;提交了24份新的以患者为导向的研究职业奖申请（18份K-23，6份其他），其中12份已经获得资助; CITE学员的论文，赠款和荣誉衡量了大量生产力。 更新资金不仅对维持年轻和仍在发展的CITE计划的势头很重要，而且对支持一些重要的新举措也很重要，包括： 1.开发临床研究证书作为MS的伴侣。学位; 2.加强从7个学科（外科、心理学、药学、营养学、牙科、护理学、理疗学）招收博士后研究生; 3.通过一个新的多学科研究培训工作队促进跨学科培训; 4.创建，实施和评估至少3个新的专业选修MS学位; 5.招聘和培训更多的教师导师（特别是来自新学科的导师）; 6.通过K-23支持小组支持职业发展，并协助K-24申请; 7.与普渡大学和印第安纳州大学拉斐特分校和布卢明顿分校的教师合作。 这7项新举措，加上进一步成熟的仍在开发中的计划，将继续加速临床研究培训和资金，这是我们的K-30奖所推动的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In October 2000, Indiana University was awarded a K-30 grant which helped fund the development and implementation of a university-wide Clinical Investigator Training Enhancement (CITE) Program. In just 3 years, the CITE Program has been remarkably successful, leading to: a new 30-credit Master of Science in Clinical Research degree; three new graduate courses; a structured mentoring program with a formal Advisory Committee for each trainee and explicit benchmarks; recruitment of 40 research fellows and junior faculty from over 20 disciplines who devote 50-70% of their time to the CITE program for an average of 2-3 years; a diverse program with 48% women and 10% underrepresented minority trainees; a 77% increase in the number of clinical researchers appointed as faculty in the university Graduate School; 27 faculty scientists serving as primary mentors for our CITE trainees and 38 serving on CITE Advisory Committees; submission of 24 new patient-oriented research career award applications (18 K-23, 6 other), of which 12 are already funded; and substantial productivity by CITE trainees as measured by papers, grants, and honors. Renewed funding is important not only to sustain the momentum of the young and still-evolving CITE program but also to support a number of important new initiatives that include: 1. Developing a Certificate in Clinical Research as a companion to the M.S. degree; 2. Enhancing recruitment of postdoctoral trainees from 7 disciplines (surgery, psychology, pharmacy, nutrition, dentistry, nursing, physical therapy); 3. Facilitating interdisciplinary training through a new Multidisciplinary Research Training Task Force; 4. Creating, implementing and evaluating at least 3 new specialty electives for the MS degree; 5. Recruiting and training additional faculty mentors (especially from new disciplines); 6. Supporting career development through a K-23 support group and assistance in K-24 applications; 7. Partnering with faculty at Purdue and Indiana University campuses at Lafayette and Bloomington. These 7 new initiatives coupled with furthering the maturation of programs still in development will continue the acceleration in clinical research training and funding that has been fueled by our K-30 award.