Pitt Clinical Research Training-Geriatrics/Gerontology

描述（由申请人提供）：皮特老年病学和老年学临床研究培训计划的目标是培养具有知识、技能和经验的新一代临床研究者，使他们成为以患者为导向的老年研究人员。我们非常需要这样的研究人员，因为他们为改善老年人健康的研究提供了独特而重要的视角。匹兹堡大学为这项培训提供了一个出色的环境，有深度和广度的资金充足的多学科老龄化研究，经验丰富的导师，全面的以患者为导向的研究培训资源，以及新颖的老龄化研究方法。培训计划建立在一个明确的结构上，包括五个主要的能力领域；1)以病人为导向的研究方法，2)老化与老年病学，3)老化研究方法，4)专业技能，5)专题专业知识。为了在这些领域获得胜任能力，我们采用以下培训策略：1)个人职业规划，2)正式教学，3)研讨会和讲习班，4)指导团队，5)体验式学习，6)定期监督和相互反馈。培训计划侧重于三个层次的学员；1)为医生、药剂师和物理治疗师提供博士后培训；2)为皮特医学院（Pitt School of Medicine）的5年制临床研究医学博士/硕士双学位项目提供为期一年的博士前培训项目；3)为医学、物理治疗和药学博士生提供短期暑期培训项目。为了通过研究改善老年人的健康状况，研究团队的一些成员必须知道衰老过程如何影响健康、疾病和功能能力。这些研究人员可以设计和开展专门针对老年人的需要和关注的研究。这项培训补助金旨在培养新一代的研究人员来填补这一角色。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the Pitt Clinical Research Training Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology is to produce a new generation of clinical investigators with the knowledge, skills and experience to succeed as patient-oriented aging researchers. Such investigators are greatly needed because they bring a unique and essential perspective to research to improve the health of the older adult. The University of Pittsburgh offers an outstanding milieu for this training, with exceptional depth and breadth of well-funded, multidisciplinary aging research, experienced and involved mentors, comprehensive resources for training in patient oriented research and a novel Concentration in Aging Research Methods. The training program is built on a well defined structure with five main areas of competency; 1) patient- oriented research methods, 2) aging and geriatrics, 3) aging research methods, 4) professional skills and 5) topical expertise. To achieve competency in these areas, we employ the following training strategies: 1) an individual career plan, 2) formal didactics, 3) seminars and workshops, 4) a mentoring team, 5) experiential learning and 6) scheduled oversight and mutual feedback. The training program focuses on three levels of trainees; 1) a postdoctoral program for physicians, pharmacists and physical therapists, 2) a one year predoctoral training program integrated into the Pitt School of Medicine's 5-year MD/MS in Clinical Research dual degree program, and 3) a short term summer training program for medical, physical therapy and pharmacy doctoral students. Relevance In order to improve the health of older adults through research, some members of the research team must know how the aging process affects health, disease and functional abilities. Such researchers can design and carry out research studies that are uniquely tailored to the needs and concerns of older adults. This training grant is designed to produce a new generation of researchers to fill this role.