Research Training in Geriatrics and Gerontology

描述（由申请人提供）：这个培训计划在老年医学和老年学旨在产生独立的学术研究人员在临床和卫生服务研究，其重点是改善老年人的功能。该计划每年将接受2名博士后研究员，因此在稳定状态下，将有4名研究员参与。他们将主要从门罗社区医院的老年病学奖学金中招募，但也将从社区和预防医学系和精神病学系以及护理学院的老龄化临床研究中心接受。他们将参加为期两年的三部分培训计划。这三个组成部分是：1）指导研究经验; 2）旨在获得进行临床研究所需的知识，包括生物统计学，流行病学和临床试验设计的一系列7个教学课程;和3）一系列研讨会，以建立研究技能，包括研究伦理，科学交流，医学信息学和拨款写作。本培训计划的后两个部分将利用罗切斯特临床研究课程，这是一个非常成功的计划，通过NIH K30奖开发，以培训临床研究人员。导师将从5个研究“集群”中选择：心脏病学，老年健康服务，神经精神病学，肿瘤学和传染病。除了主要研究导师外，研究员还将与一名或多名老年医学/老年学教师顾问合作，以便他们将拥有一个可以提供最佳培训体验的导师小组。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Training Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology seeks to produce independent academic investigators in clinical and health services research, whose focus is improving function in older adults. The program will accept 2 postdoctoral fellows per year, so that at a steady state, 4 fellows would be participating. They will be recruited primarily from the geriatrics fellowship based at Monroe Community Hospital, but will also be accepted from the Departments of Community and Preventive Medicine and of Psychiatry, as well as the School of Nursing's Center for Clinical Research on Aging. They will participate in a 3-part training program over a two-year period. The 3 components are: 1) a mentored research experience; 2) a series of 7 didactic courses aimed at acquiring the knowledge necessary for conducting clinical research, including biostatistics, epidemiology, and design of clinical trials; and 3) a series of workshops to build research skills, including research ethics, scientific communication, medical informatics, and grant writing. The latter two components of this training plan will utilize the Rochester Clinical Research Curriculum, a highly successful program developed through an NIH K30 award to train clinical researchers. Mentors will be chosen from 5 research "clusters": cardiology, geriatric health services, neuropsychiatry, oncology, and infectious diseases. In addition to a Primary Research Mentor, fellows will work with one or more Geriatrics / Gerontology Faculty Advisors, so that they will have a mentorial panel that can provide an optimal training experience.