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，为基础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。这一进展将通过提供严格的基本科学思想和技术的培训，以选择一组胃肠道外科医生谁已经指向学术领导的优化。该计划的具体目标，目前在其第十年的资金，是提供正式的，基本的科学培训，这一选择组个人作为其研究生临床培训的一个组成部分。每年一名受训者从进入约翰霍普金斯胃肠外科培训计划的那些人中竞争性地选择。在研究生临床培训的前三年，该学员被引导从我们的参与教师名单中选择一名高级研究员/导师，他们都表现出独立的基础科学成就的杰出记录，以及成功的学员导师的既定记录。正式的科学培训期从临床第三年开始，连续三年。该培训期间不受临床职责的干扰，包括研究伦理学的正式培训以及根据个人兴趣和能力定制的其他选修课程。所有受训人员都被指派一个个人进展委员会，负责对受训人员的研究提出批评，监测独立调查职业的长期进展，并协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的研究生课程，其中选定的学员可以获得博士学位。NIDDK资助的约翰霍普金斯消化疾病基础研究中心和NCI资助的西德尼·金梅尔综合癌症中心。代表性不足的少数民族的具体招聘到这个程序是通过医学的多样性办公室的学校的活动，以及这个培训计划和黑人学术外科医生的社会之间的具体关系增强。成功完成该计划的学员将继续通过完成临床培训进行指导，并经常作为初级教师提供大量保护时间和额外的研究支持。因此，结业学员在获得辅导补助金支持（例如K 08或职业发展奖）方面具有很强的竞争力。以这种方式，该计划的目的是产生一个高度选择的胃肠道外科医生，科学家谁将提供学术领导的21世纪世纪。

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.