Duke Research Training Program for Pediatricians

描述（由申请人提供）：对儿科疾病的潜在过程及其适当治疗缺乏了解，给儿童及其家庭造成了沉重的负担。 我们的计划将通过选择，培训，指导和安置年轻的儿科研究人员在基础儿科科学和临床研究领域来解决这个问题。 主要研究者和项目负责人将是Michael M. Frank，儿科系主任，在培训和指导方面有着长期成功的职业生涯。 他将得到三个委员会的支持。选拔委员会由本部门经验丰富的调查员和导师组成，将对潜在的学员进行评估和排名。 从代表性不足的少数民族中招募学员将是我们计划的重点。 本次招聘将由Dr. Delbert R. Wigfall，儿科副教授，副院长，我们的机构多元文化资源中心主任。 内部咨询委员会将定期评估受训者的进展、导师的指导以及受训者的培训后安置和成功情况。 根据该审查和方案主任的直接审查，将对个别受训人员采取适当的干预措施。 外部咨询委员会由来自美国各地的国际公认的成功学术儿科医生组成，将审查计划目标的实现情况，就计划的总体方向向计划主任提供建议，并帮助确保学员成功过渡到学术儿科。 该计划每年将有四名学员。 培训期为二至三年。 通过与成功的临床和基础儿科科学家的互动，将提供强大的指导研究经验，这些科学家具有良好的指导记录。 所有学员将参加课程，负责任的研究行为，并在赠款和手稿写作课程。 他们将通过举办研讨会和其他演讲来发展他们的沟通技巧。 学员，根据他们的轨道，将采取导致健康科学硕士学位或人类疾病基因组应用硕士学位的课程，并将定期向计划主任和外部咨询委员会报告。 获得硕士学位将是选修的，但预计大多数受训人员将选择攻读该学位。学员将由导师、内部咨询委员会和项目主任提供职业咨询。我们以前在培训谁持有学术职位研究员的成功支持这个机构国家研究服务奖的长期目标，发展成功的学术儿科科学家谁将继续致力于研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The lack of understanding of the processes underlying pediatric illnesses and their appropriate therapy inflicts a heavy burden on children and their families. Our program will address this issue by selecting, training, mentoring, and placing young pediatric investigators in the areas of both basic pediatric science and clinical research. The Principal Investigator and Program Director will be Dr. Michael M. Frank, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, who has had a long successful career in training and mentoring. He will be supported by three committees. The Selection Committee, composed of members of our department who are experienced investigators and mentors, will assess and rank potential trainees. Recruitment of trainees from under-represented minorities will be a focus of our program. This recruitment will be supported by Dr. Delbert R. Wigfall, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Dean, and Director of our Institutional Multicultural Resource Center. The Internal Advisory Committee will regularly assess the trainee's progress, the preceptor's mentoring, and the post-training placement and success of the trainees. Based on that review and the direct review of the Program Director, appropriate interventions for individual trainees will be implemented. The External Advisory Board, made up of internationally recognized successful academic pediatricians from across the United States, will review the accomplishment of the program goals, advise the Program Director as to the overall direction of the program, and help ensure the successful transition of the trainees into academic pediatrics. The program will have four trainees each year. The duration of training will be two to three years. A strong mentored research experience will be provided through interaction with successful clinical and basic pediatric scientists with established track records of mentoring. All trainees will take the course, Responsible Conduct of Research, and a course in grant and manuscript writing. They will develop their communication skills by giving seminars and other presentations. The trainees, depending on their track, will take courses that lead to a Master in Health Sciences degree or to a Master in Genomic Applications to Human Disease degree and will report regularly to the Program Director and the External Advisory Committee. Obtaining the master's degree will be elective, but it is anticipated that most trainees will elect to take the degree. The trainees will be provided career counseling by their mentors, the Internal Advisory Committee, and the Program Director. Our previous success in training fellows who hold academic positions supports the long-term goal of this Institutional National Research Service Award to develop successful academic pediatric scientists who will stay committed to research.