Pediatric Transfusion Medicine Academic Career Award

描述(由申请人提供)： 儿科输血医学(PTM)已迅速发展成为一门复杂的医学学科，PTM专家已成为临床服务和医生的重要教育者和医疗顾问，并在血库本身发挥着关键的医疗、行政、质量和监管作用。此外，PTM的循证进展需要高质量的基础、翻译和临床研究。本申请是对RFA-HL-07-001“儿科输血医学学术生涯奖”的响应。该应用程序的总体目标是建立基础设施，使PI、埃默里大学输血医学项目的研究人员和导师能够在PTM领域建立一个全国公认的杰出项目，致力于：1)优化儿科患者的输血，2)通过基础、转化和临床研究促进该领域的进步，3)教育下一代儿科输血医学领导者。基础设施的发展构成了PTM的具体目标，这些目标是：1)建立、测试和制度化PTM的核心课程，以便对医学生、选定的住院医生、研究员和初级教员进行正规培训，并在PTM建立一个经认可的研究员职位，从而为我们机构的PTM招募医生开辟一条正式的途径；2)完成PI的职业发展计划，使她能够继续按照导师制定的计划前进，使PI成为全国最受认可的PTM权威之一；以及3)创建和维护一个互动网站，致力于通过各种重要方式促进PTM，如下所述。为了实现这些目标，如果获得资金，这项申请将导致一个全面和制度化的计划，该计划将解决进入PTM的正式途径、PTM培训课程以及PTM内初级教师的结构化支持、教学和晋升的需求，以建立对全国儿科患者的最高水平的护理。 (摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pediatric transfusion medicine (PTM) has evolved rapidly into a complex medical discipline, and PTM specialists have become important educators and medical consultants to clinical services and physicians, and have key medical, administrative, quality and regulatory roles within blood banks themselves. Also, evidenced-based advances in PTM require high quality basic, translational and clinical research. This application is submitted in response to RFA-HL-07-001 "Pediatric Transfusion Medicine Academic Career Award". The overarching goal of this application is to build the infrastructure to allow the PI, investigators of the Emory University Transfusion Medicine Program, and the Mentor to build a nationally recognized, outstanding program in PTM, dedicated to: 1) optimal transfusion of pediatric patients, 2) advancement of the field through basic, translational and clinical research, and 3) education of the next generation of leaders in pediatric transfusion medicine. Development of the infrastructure constitutes the Specific Aims which are to: 1) establish, test and institutionalize a core curriculum in PTM allowing for formalized training of medical students, and selected residents, fellows and junior faculty, and establish an accredited fellowship position in PTM, thus developing a formalized pathway for recruitment of physicians into PTM in our institution, 2) accomplish the Pi's career development plan allowing her to continue and advance along the Mentor's established plan for the PI to become one of the nation's most recognized and leading authorities in PTM, and 3) create and maintain an interactive website dedicated to the promotion of PTM in a variety of important ways as describe below. In accomplishing these Aims, this application, if funded, will lead to a comprehensive and institutionalized program that will address the need for formalized pathways into PTM, curricula for training in PTM, and structured support, teaching and advancement of junior faculty within PTM for establishing the highest level of care to the nation's pediatric patients. (End of Abstract)