Research Training in Neurology

描述（由申请人提供）：神经病学领域在资助研究、培训和完成住院实习方面的传统机制有限。有限的机会有时可以通过参加亚专科临床培训计划。然而，这些项目并没有填补神经病学许多领域的空白，这些领域有一个非常活跃的研究社区，但很少有公认的或稳定资助的临床亚专科培训项目。华盛顿大学以及在临床相关神经科学和神经疾病流行病学方面的研究和培训提供了非常丰富的环境。我们已经确定了一个由30名教职员工组成的小组，他们渴望为神经科医生提供他们领域的研究培训。拟议的研究培训计划将为完成神经病学临床培训的医生提供结构化的博士后培训机会。这是一个基础广泛的项目，受训者将有机会参加四个课程之一：神经病学基础科学，神经遗传学，神经肌肉疾病转化研究和神经病学临床研究。前三个项目将提供基于实验室方法的神经系统疾病研究培训，第四个项目将提供公共卫生学院的硕士学位培训，以及希望发展临床研究职业所需技能的神经科医生的临床研究培训。培训机会将在四个地点提供，华盛顿大学，港景医学中心，弗雷德哈钦森癌症研究中心和西雅图退伍军人医疗中心。受训人员将得到若干级别的指导，并有机会获得学术生涯发展的资源，并获得教学和沟通技巧。该计划的目标是，每个学员在完成两到三年的培训计划后，都将获得下一个适当水平的研究资金和学术职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The field of Neurology has limited traditional mechanisms for funding the research training the completion of residency. Limited opportunities are sometimes available through participation in sub-specialty clinical training programs. However, these programs do not fill the gap in many areas of neurology where there is a very active research community, but few recognized or stably funded clinical sub-specialty training programs. The University of Washington and an extraordinarily rich environment for research and training in clinically relevant neuroscience as well as the epidemiology of neurological diseases. We have identified a group of 30 faculty members eager to provide neurologists with research training in their field. The proposed research training program will provide structured post-doctoral training opportunities for physicians who have completed clinical training in Neurology. This is a broadly based program in which trainees will have the opportunity to participate in one of four curricula: Basic Science of Neurology, Neurogenetics, Translational Research in Neuromuscular Disease and Clinical Research in Neurology. The first three programs will provide training in laboratory based methods for research in neurological diseases and the fourth will provide access to Masters Degree training from the School of Public Health as well as clinical research training for Neurologists wishing to develop the skills needed for a career in clinical research. Training opportunities will be available at four sites, The University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Seattle VA Medical Center. Trainees will be provided with several levels of mentorship and access to resources for academic career development, and the acquisition of teaching and communication skills. The goal of the program is that every trainee will have obtained the next appropriate level of research funding and an academic position on completion of two or three years in the training program.