Training Program in Gerontological and Geriatric Medicine

描述(由申请者提供)：在过去的12个月里，维克森林的老年学和老年医学计划已经达到了一些重要的里程碑。2008年1月，维克被指定为约翰·A·哈特福德老年教育和医学卓越中心(PI：威廉姆森)，2008年5月，维克森林公司的克劳德·D·佩珀老年美国人独立中心(P30 AG21332，PI：Kritchevsky)被续期至第四个周期，其主题是“整合影响身体功能的途径，以实现残疾预防的新方法”。我们的计划目标是为内科医生和非内科医生在临床衰老研究中提供一个综合的职业发展途径。利用机构和外部资源，我们的计划实施了一些活动，旨在吸引医学生和住院医生参与老年临床研究，并支持初级教师在老龄研究方面的发展。目前，缺少的是研究金/博士后一级的培训。因此，我们正在申请资金，以支持建立一个老年研究员/博士后培训计划，旨在提供临床衰老研究方面的关键研究技能，为未来的学术医学职业生涯奠定坚实的基础。我们计划的目标是：目标1。建立老年学/老年学研究的博士后奖学金培训计划，重点是预防功能衰退。苏巴伊姆1a。在为期两年的研究奖学金中招募、培训和指导2名老年研究员，旨在培养a)批判性阅读科学文献，b)假设发展，c)研究设计和执行，包括研究的道德行为，d)数据分析和陈述，以及e)拨款撰写方面的技能。苏巴伊姆1b.在一个为期两年的博士后项目中，招募、培训和指导两名来自老年病学/老年病学领域的非内科研究人员，旨在发展a)对具有高度临床相关性的老龄化研究中的关键问题的理解，b)假设发展，c)研究设计和实施，包括研究的道德行为，d)数据分析和演示，以及e)拨款撰写。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over the past 12-months Wake Forest's Gerontology and Geriatrics program has reached a number of important milestones. In Jaunuary of 2008, Wake was designated as a John A. Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Education and Medicine (PI: Williamson) and in May of 2008, Wake Forest's Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (P30 AG21332, PI: Kritchevsky) was renewed for its fourth cycle with its theme, "Integrating pathways affecting physical function for new approaches to disability prevention. Our programmatic goal is to provide for an integrated career development pathway in clinical aging research for both physician and non-physicians. Using both institutional and external resources our program has implemented activities designed to engage medical students and residents in clinical geriatric research and to support junior faculty development in aging research. Currently, the missing piece of the training continuum is at the fellowship / post-doctoral level. Therefore, we are requesting funds to support establishment of a geriatric fellow / post-doctoral training program designed to provide critical research skills in clinical aging research to provide a solid foundation for a future career in academic medicine. Our program's aims are: Aim 1. Establish a post-doctoral fellowship training program in gerontological / geriatric research with an emphasis on the prevention of functional decline. Subaim 1a. Recruit, train and mentor 2 geriatric fellows in a 2-year research fellowship designed to develop skills in a) critical reading of the scientific literature, b) hypothesis development, c) research design and execution including the ethical conduct of research, d) data analysis and presentation, and e) grant writing. Subaim 1b. Recruit, train and mentor 2 non-physician researchers from areas out-side of geriatrics/geriatrics in a 2-year post-doctoral program designed to develop a) an understanding of key problems in aging research of high clinical relevance, b) hypothesis development, c) research design and execution including the ethical conduct of research, d) data analysis and presentation, and e) grant writing.