Research Training in Alimentary Tract Surgery

描述（由申请人提供）： 在过去的十年里，胃肠道手术发生了快速的变化，为创造新知识创造了独特的机会，但我们的培训计划并没有适当地适应这一不断变化的现实。该T32计划旨在通过继续关注基础科学领域并扩大对临床研究和手术创新的关注来培养下一代学术GI外科医生，这两个研究领域迄今为止在科学严谨性方面一直缺乏。在哈佛医学院社区的巨大资源和人才已被利用，创造一个独特的环境，为我们未来的学术胃肠道外科医生的研究培训。1997年，作为布里格姆妇女医院和前贝斯以色列医院外科部门之间的合作，该计划首次获得资助，现已扩大到包括来自哈佛医学院所有三家主要成人教学医院附属机构（BIDMC，BWH，MGH）的研究人员。很明显，促进和保持高质量胃肠道手术研究的主要障碍是“筒仓”效应，由此来自不同学科的研究者作为独立实体发挥作用，很少或没有互动。因此，该T32计划将由三个研究轨道组成：（1）基础科学，（2）临床研究/成果和（3）外科技术/创新。该计划旨在将来自这三个不同研究学科的外科医生-科学家聚集在一起，建立一个独特的协作和互动环境。培训计划执行委员会（Hodin，Bibel，Hasselgren）将监督学员的选择，导师的指定，正式课程的处方，以及参与教学道德和负责任的研究行为的计划。该计划是开放给外科住院医生或研究员在认可的美国居住计划和积极的过程是到位，以寻求申请属于代表性不足的少数群体的个人。因此，该T32计划旨在提供密集，协调的研究培训，目标是使个人成为消化道手术领域独立资助的研究人员。 公共卫生相关性：大量胃肠道（GI）疾病最好通过手术治疗。因此，必须对外科医生进行适当的培训，以进行将促进我们对胃肠道疾病的认识的研究。该计划旨在为年轻的外科医生提供一流的培训，使他们能够从事专注于改善胃肠道疾病患者生活的职业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The rapid changes that have occurred in Gl surgery over the past decade have created a unique opportunity for the creation of new knowledge, and yet our training programs have not appropriately adapted to this changing reality. This T32 Program has been designed to train the next generation of academic Gl surgeons through a continued focus in the basic science field and an expanded focus on clinical research and surgical innovation, two research fields that have thus far been lacking when it comes to scientific rigor. The enormous resources and talented personnel in the Harvard Medical School community have been leveraged to create a unique environment for the research training of our future academic Gl surgeons. First funded in 1997 as a collaboration between the Departments of Surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and the former Beth Israel Hospital, this program has been expanded to include investigators from all three major adult teaching hospital affiliates of Harvard Medical School (BIDMC, BWH, MGH). It is clear that a major impediment to promoting and maintaining high quality Gl surgical research has been the "silo" effect, whereby investigators from various disciplines function as independent entities with little or no interaction. Accordingly, this T32 program will be comprised of three research tracks: (1) Basic Science, (2) Clinical Research/Outcomes and (3) Surgical Technology/Innovation. The Program has been designed to bring surgeon-scientists together from these three different investigative disciplines, establishing a unique environment for collaboration and interaction. The Training Program Executive Committee (Hodin, Soybel, Hasselgren) will oversee the selection of trainees, designation of preceptors, prescription of formal coursework, and participation in programs teaching ethics and the responsible conduct in research. The Program is open to surgical residents or fellows in accredited U.S. Residency Programs and a pro-active process is in place to seek applications from individuals belonging to under-represented minority groups. This T32 Program is therefore designed to provide intensive, coordinated research training with the goal of preparing individuals to become independently funded investigators in the field of alimentary tract surgery. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: A large number of gastrointestinal (Gl) diseases are best treated through surgery. It is therefore imperative that surgeons be appropriately trained to perform research that will advance our knowledge of Gl diseases. This Program is designed to provide superb training to young surgeons so that they are able to pursue careers that will focus on improving the life of patients suffering from Gl diseases.