Resources for Mentorship of Clinician Scientists in Hearing and Balance Disorders

描述（由申请人提供）：我们迫切需要培养一支全国性的临床科学家队伍，研究和开发针对听力和平衡障碍患者的新疗法。临床科学家面临着将临床实践与高水平的研究项目相结合的重大挑战，管理如此高要求的职业的困难使得很少有人能够成功地获得NIH的研究资金。我们相信，这些临床科学家将从职业发展和研究技能发展的悉心指导和指导中受益匪浅。该应用程序将为国家指导网络创建基础设施，针对耳鼻喉科和相关领域（如听力学和前庭科学）解决听力和平衡功能障碍的初级教员临床医生科学家。我们建议开发一个持久的基于网络的IT平台，该平台将包含教育工具，以及项目人员、导师和学员之间的交流工具。通过这种形式，我们将为职业发展的各个方面提供全面的教育计划。大多数信息将针对初级教员学员。然而，该应用程序的另一个新颖的焦点是教育处于职业生涯中期的教师成为有效的导师。我们将创建导师团队，由一名学员、高级导师和“副”导师组成。副导师是经验不足的导师（处于职业生涯中期的教师），他们将提供教育材料和指导技巧的反馈。导师和学员之间的互动将被仔细监控，以管理期望，并及时有效地解决任何冲突或问题。包括评估计划，以发现需求并评估短期和长期计划的有效性。在可能的情况下，将具有类似兴趣的专业组织可以提供的资源合并起来，以提供附加价值。该项目由国家领导团队和杜克大学教职员工指导，由临床科学家、基础科学家和指导专家组成的外部委员会监督进展。大多数互动都是“虚拟的”，尽管学员和导师每年将参加一次面对面的会议，并有望在由团队成员参加的全国会议上进行互动。该试点项目将招收五名学员，为期两年，每位学员都有两名导师，导师由学员与赠款领导团队共同确定。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): It is imperative that we develop a national cadre of clinician scientists to investigate and develop new treatments for patients with hearing and balance disorders. Clinician scientists are faced with the significant challenges of combining a clinic practice with a high caliber research program, and the difficulty of managing such a demanding career leaves few individuals who have success in procuring NIH funding for research. We believe that these clinician scientists would benefit greatly from careful mentorship and guidance in career development and research skill development. This application will create the infrastructure for a national mentoring network, targeting junior faculty clinician-scientists n otolaryngology and related fields that address hearing and balance dysfunction (such as Audiology and Vestibular Sciences). We propose to develop an enduring web-based IT platform that will contain tools for education as well as communication among program staff, mentors and mentees. Through this format we will provide a comprehensive educational program for on all aspects of career development. Most information will target junior faculty mentees. However, another and novel focus of this application is the education of mid-career faculty to become effective mentors. We will create mentorship teams, comprised of a mentee, senior mentor, and 'associate' mentor. Associate mentors are less experienced mentors (mid-career faculty), and will be provided with educational materials and feedback on mentoring skills. Interactions between mentors and mentees will be carefully monitored so that expectations are managed and any conflicts or problems are addressed promptly and effectively. An assessment plan is included, both for discovery of needs and to evaluate effectiveness of the program in the short and long term. Resources that can be provided by professional organizations with similar interests are incorporated where possible to provide added value. The program is directed by a national leadership team and Duke Faculty and staff, and progress is monitored by an External Board comprised of clinician scientists, basic scientists, and mentoring experts. Most interactions are 'virtual', although mentees and mentors will attend one face-to-face meeting per year, and are expected to interact at national meetings that are attended by team members. This pilot program will enroll five mentees for a two year program, each with two mentors who are identified by the mentee working in conjunction with the grant leadership team.