Postdoctoral Training in Cardiovascular Clinical Research

描述（申请人提供）： 这是该临床心血管T32培训补助金的首次竞争性续期申请，该补助金最初于2003年获得资助。对于这次更新申请，我们对我们的计划进行了重大修改，以回应2002年11月特别强调小组的批评，回应我们对该计划的初步经验，并回应过去4年来心血管医学的变化。这些计划的变化包括放弃使用培训轨道，增加我们的导师教师，并增强我们的教学课程。该计划的3个目标是为学员提供：1）临床研究方法的教学培训，2）指导研究经验，3）成功学术生涯所需的“生存技能”培训和经验。实习生在这个项目上花了两年时间。在2003年1月7日至2007年6月30日的资助期间，5名受训人员完成了方案，3名目前正在接受第一年的培训。5谁已经完成了程序，3学术教师任命（2在杜克，1在埃默里大学）。迄今为止，这组学员已在同行评审期刊上发表了16篇第一作者论文，其中4名学员已申请并获得了校外研究资金。对参与指导者进行关于良好指导要点的正式培训将继续是我们计划的一个主要特点。跨学科的共同指导是我们培训计划的标准。代表杜克6个部门（医学，外科，麻醉学，儿科，行为医学/精神病学和放射学）的28名教职员工将作为导师参加该计划。在每项研究金的过程中，采用了几种方法来监测进展情况，包括受训者和主要导师之间的每周会议，以及每名受训者与方案主任的季度会议。追踪的成果包括在国家会议上的演讲，同行评审的出版物，以及至少一个赠款申请。我们正在申请6个博士后培训名额，比我们目前每年3个名额的资助水平有所增加。在2006年的申请年度，我们收到了500份心血管培训申请，并面试了60名候选人。其中，52人有资格获得培训补助金，35人正在寻求临床研究培训。因此，我们认为，我们有高质量的候选人，优秀的导师和临床研究资源的丰富多样性的临界质量，以支持我们的计划的规模增加。

Description (provided by applicant): This is the first competitive renewal application for this clinical cardiovascular T32 training grant, which was initially funded in 2003. For this renewal application, we have made significant changes in our program in response to the Special Emphasis Panel critique of November 2002, in response to our initial experience with the program and in response to changes in cardiovascular medicine over the last 4 years. These program changes include dropping the use of training tracks, additions to our mentor faculty, and enhancements to our didactic course offerings. The 3 objectives of this program are to provide trainees with: 1) didactic training in the methods of clinical research, 2) a mentored research experience, and 3) training and experience in "survival skills" required for a successful academic career. Trainees spend 2 years in this program. During the funding period from 7/1/2003 to 6/30/2007, 5 trainees have completed the program and 3 are currently in the first year of training. Of the 5 who have finished the program, 3 have academic faculty appointments (2 at Duke, 1 at Emory). To date, this group of trainees has produced 16 first author publications in peer-reviewer journals and 4 of the trainees have applied for and been awarded extramural research funding. Formal training of participating mentors on the essentials of good mentoring will continue to be a major feature of our program. Interdisciplinary co-mentoring is standard in our training program. Twenty-eight faculty members representing 6 departments at Duke (Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Behavioral Medicine/Psychiatry and Radiology) will participate as mentors in this program. During the course of each fellowship, several methods are used to monitor progress, including weekly meetings between the trainee and the primary mentor, and quarterly meetings for each trainee with the Program Director. Outcomes tracked include presentations at national meetings, peer-reviewed publications, and at least one grant application. We are requesting 6 trainee slots at the post-doctoral level, an increase from our currently funded level of 3 slots per year. In the application year 2006, we received 500 applications for Cardiovascular Training and interviewed 60 candidates. Of these, 52 were training grant eligible and 35 were seeking training in clinical research. We therefore feel that we have the critical mass of high quality candidates, outstanding mentors and a rich diversity of clinical research resources to support an increase in the size of our program.