Research Training in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology

描述（由申请人提供）：这是耶鲁大学老年临床流行病学研究培训计划的第一次竞争性更新。耶鲁计划的目标是培养一批具有老年临床流行病学专业知识的医生科学家和博士研究人员，他们将能够解决有关诊断，治疗，管理，预防和预后的无数未回答的问题。我们将通过提供高素质的医生来实现这一目标，这些医生已经在老年医学和/或与年龄相关的亚专业方面受过良好的培训，并且优秀的博士培训研究人员接受了2至3年的严格研究培训。我们的学员将在七个基本领域中培养技能：1）制定重要和重点研究问题和假设; 2）设计观察和实验研究以解决重点研究问题; 3）成功执行特定研究设计的技术; 4）对科学文献的批判性分析，包括研究方法和数据质量; 5）对结果的解释; 6）口头和书面交流科学方法和发现; 7）制定和实施研究支持战略。这些技能将通过培训经验，包括教学和经验的组成部分发展。教学课程包括通过罗伯特·伍德约翰逊临床学者计划提供的一系列模块，通过K30赞助的调查医学计划提供的关键课程，以及通过 公共卫生学院。耶鲁计划的核心组成部分是指导研究经验，其中包括与老年医学/老年学计划教师的结构化会议，以及根据学员的经验和兴趣量身定制的监督研究项目，其目标是制作一个或多个第一作者，同行评审的出版物和资助申请，以支持进一步的研究。学员可以选择获得MPH或博士学位。在最初的资助周期中，耶鲁计划成功地招募并保留了一批高素质的MD和PhD学员，并开始将其毕业生输出到顶级学术机构的终身制研究密集型职位。我们要求在未来五年内每年继续资助五个博士后职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the first competing renewal of the Yale Research Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology. The objective of the Yale Program is to develop a cadre of physician scientists and PhD investigators with expertise in geriatric clinical epidemiology who will be equipped to address the myriad of unanswered questions concerning the diagnosis, treatment, management, prevention, and prognosis of the health problems experienced by the ever increasing number of older persons. We will accomplish this objective by providing highly qualified physicians, who are already well trained in geriatrics and/or subspecialties with age-related relevance, and outstanding PhD-trained investigators with 2 to 3 years of rigorous research training. Our trainees will develop skills in each of seven essential areas: 1) formulation of significant and focused research questions and hypotheses; 2) design of observational and experimental studies to address focused research questions; 3) techniques for successful execution of specific study designs; 4) critical analysis of the scientific literature, including research methods and data quality; 5) interpretation of findings; 6) verbal and written communication of scientific methods and findings; and 7) development and implementation of strategies for research support. These skills will be developed through a training experience that includes both didactic and experiential components. The didactic curriculum includes a series of modules offered through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, key courses offered through the K30-sponsored Investigative Medicine Program, and advanced courses offered through the School of Public Health. The central component of the Yale Program is a mentored research experience, which includes structured meetings with Program Faculty in geriatrics/gerontology and a supervised research project tailored to the trainee's experiences and interests, with the goal of producing one or more first-authored, peer-reviewed publications and a grant application to support further research. Trainees have the option of obtaining an MPH or a PhD. During the initial funding cycle, the Yale Program has successfully recruited and retained a full complement of highly qualified MD and PhD trainees and has started to export its graduates to tenure-track, research-intensive positions at top-tier academic institutions. We request continued funding for five postdoctoral positions per year for the next five years.