Clinical Research Enhancement from Supplemental Training

描述（由申请人提供）： 该提案要求临床研究课程奖，以继续和扩大加州大学圣地亚哥分校通过补充培训（CREST）加强临床研究的计划。 该奖项将使UCSD继续为临床和转化研究的未来领导者提供研究方法方面的全面，多学科培训。CREST的主要目标是为学者提供a）以患者为导向的研究方法的坚实基础，包括临床试验，流行病学，生物统计学和成果研究，B）研究资源，指导和指导，以及c）沟通，授予写作职业管理和跨学科合作的实用技能。 通过学习设计，管理，分析和发表重要的临床研究，鼓励学者成为独立的研究者。 该计划针对临床导向的医学博士，药学博士或博士谁是在奖学金培训或初级教师职位，但也接受护士和其他卫生专业人员与高级学位。为招聘少数民族和女性申请人作出了特别努力。 课程工作包括计算机和基于问题的学习，并以模块化的形式提供超过八个季度的夜校，每周一次，从而使学者能够保持他们的主要研究，临床或其他职业活动。 学者们匹配一个CREST顾问，为职业发展提供指导。 由CREST教师开发的临床研究高级研究硕士学位课程提供与每位学者的需求和兴趣相关的研究方法的高级培训。 在下一个补助金期间，我们建议通过实施新的专业发展模块，增强指导经验，为医学生和住院医师创造培训机会，并开发基于网络的远程学习模块，以进一步将CREST模块转化为时间和距离独立的教学来增强该计划。 我们的目标是确保从该计划中脱颖而出的学者将拥有独立临床研究所需的基本技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests a Clinical Research Curriculum Award to continue and expand the program for Clinical Research Enhancement through Supplemental Training (CREST) at the University of California, San Diego. This award will allow UCSD to continue to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary training in research methods for future leaders in clinical and translational research. CREST has the primary objective of providing scholars with a) a solid foundation in patient-oriented research methodology covering clinical trials, epidemiology, biostatistics, and outcomes research, b) research resources, mentorship and guidance, and c) practical skills in communications, grant writing career management, and interdisciplinary collaboration. By learning to design, manage, analyze and publish important clinical studies Scholars are encouraged to become independent investigators. The program is targeted to clinically-oriented MDs, PharmDs, or PhDs who are in fellowship training or in junior faculty positions, but also accepts nurses and other health professionals with advanced degrees. Special efforts are made to recruit minority and female applicants. The course work includes computer- and problem-based learning and is delivered in a modular format over eight quarters in evening classes once a week, thereby allowing scholars to maintain their primary research, clinical, or other occupational activities. Scholars are matched to a CREST Advisor to provide guidance for career development. A degree program for a Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research developed by the CREST faculty offers advanced training in research methods relevant to each Scholar's needs and interests. During the next grant period, we propose to enhance the program by implementing a new Professional development module, augmenting the mentoring experience, creating training opportunities for medical students and resident physicians, and developing a web-based distance learning module to further transform CREST modules into time- and distance-independent instruction. Our goal is to ensure that scholars emerging from this program will have the fundamental skills necessary for independent clinical research.