Basic Scientific Training for Gastrointestinal Surgeons

描述(由申请人提供)： 目前科学发现的快速步伐，特别是在细胞、基因组和分子水平上的发现，为将基本科学发现直接应用于胃肠道疾病问题提供了前所未有的机会。这一进展将通过向一批精选的胃肠外科医生提供基本科学思想和技术方面的严格培训来优化，这些外科医生已经被引导到学术领导地位。该计划的具体目标是为这群精选的个人提供正式的、基本的科学培训，作为他们研究生临床培训的组成部分，目前该计划已进入第十个年头。每年有一名实习生从约翰·霍普金斯大学的Gl外科培训计划中竞争性地挑选出来。在研究生临床培训的头三年，学员被指导从我们的参与教师名单中选择一名高级研究员/导师，他们都表现出出色的独立基础科学成就，以及成功的学员导师的既定记录。正式的科学训练期从临床第三年开始，连续三年。这一培训期间不受临床职责的干扰，包括正式的研究伦理培训以及其他根据个人兴趣和能力量身定做的选修课工作。所有受训人员都被分配了一个单独的进度委员会，负责批评受训人员的研究，监测朝着独立调查职业方向的长期进展，并帮助选择适当的课程工作。基础胃肠研究的培训环境包括细胞和分子医学研究生课程，其中选定的学员可能被授予博士学位，NIDDK资助的约翰·霍普金斯消化疾病基础研究开发中心，以及NCI资助的Sidney Kimmel综合癌症中心。医学院多样性办公室的活动以及这一培训计划与黑人学术外科医生协会之间的特殊关系，促进了这一计划对代表性不足的少数族裔的具体招募。成功完成该计划的受训者将通过完成临床培训继续接受指导，并经常作为初级教员接受培训，获得大量的保护时间和额外的研究支持。因此，完成培训的学员在获得导师资助(例如K08或职业发展奖)方面具有很强的竞争力。通过这种方式，该项目旨在培养一批高度精选的Gl外科医生-科学家，他们将为21世纪提供学术领导。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current rapid pace of scientific discovery, particularly at the cellular, genomic, and molecular levels, offers unprecedented opportunities for direct application of basic scientific findings to the problem of gastrointestinal disease. This progress will be optimized by providing rigorous training in basic scientific thought and technique to a select group of gastrointestinal surgeons who are already directed towards academic leadership. The Specific Aim of this program, currently in its tenth year of funding, is to provide formal, basic scientific training to this select group of individuals as an integral component of their postgraduate clinical training. One trainee per year is competitively selected from those entering the Gl Surgery training program at Johns Hopkins. During the first three years of postgraduate clinical training, this trainee is guided to choose a senior investigator/mentor from our list of participating faculty, all of whom have demonstrated an outstanding record of independent basic scientific achievement, as well as an established record of successful trainee mentorship. The formal scientific training period begins after the third clinical year, and lasts for three consecutive years. This training period is uninterrupted by clinical duties, and includes formal training in research ethics as well as other elective course work tailored to individual interests and capabilities. All trainees are assigned an Individual Progress Committee charged with critiquing the trainee's research, monitoring long-term progress towards an independent investigative career, and aiding in the selection of appropriate course work. The environment for training in basic gastrointestinal research is includes the graduate program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, in which selected trainees may be awarded a Ph.D. degree, the NIDDK-funded Johns Hopkins Digestive Diseases Basic Research Develoment Center, and the NCI-funded Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. The specific recruitment of underrepresented minorities to this program is enhanced by the activities of the School of Medicine's Office for Diversity, as well as a specific relationship between this training program and the Society of Black Academic Surgeons. Trainees successfully completing the program continue to be mentored through the completion of their clinical training, and are frequently brought on as junior faculty with substantial protected time and additional research support. As a result, finishing trainees have been highly competitive for mentored grant support (e.g. K08 or career development award). In this manner, the program is designed to generate a highly selected group of Gl surgeon-scientists who will provide academic leadership for the 21st century.