Resources for Mentorship of Clinician Scientists in Hearing and Balance Disorders

描述(由申请者提供)：我们必须培养一支全国性的临床科学家队伍来研究和开发听力和平衡障碍患者的新疗法。临床医生科学家面临着将临床实践与高水平研究项目相结合的重大挑战，管理如此苛刻的职业生涯的困难使很少有人能够成功地获得NIH的研究资金。我们相信，在职业发展和研究技能发展方面，这些临床科学家将从仔细的指导和指导中受益匪浅。该应用程序将为全国指导网络创建基础设施，面向初级教员、临床医生和耳鼻喉科以及解决听力和平衡功能障碍(如听力学和前庭科学)的相关领域。我们建议开发一个持久的基于网络的IT平台，该平台将包含用于教育以及项目工作人员、导师和学员之间的沟通的工具。通过这种形式，我们将提供一个全面的教育计划，在职业发展的各个方面。大多数信息将针对初级教员指导对象。然而，这一应用程序的另一个新颖的重点是将职业生涯中期的教师培养成有效的导师。我们将创建导师团队，由学员、资深导师和助理导师组成。助理导师是经验较少的导师(职业生涯中期的教师)，他们将获得有关指导技能的教育材料和反馈。导师和学员之间的互动将受到仔细的监控，以便管理预期，并迅速有效地解决任何冲突或问题。包括一项评估计划，用于发现需求和评估该计划在短期和长期的有效性。具有类似兴趣的专业组织可以提供的资源在可能的情况下被纳入，以提供附加值。该计划由国家领导团队和杜克大学教职员工指导，并由一个由临床医生科学家、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都会参加一次面对面的会议，并预计会在团队成员参加的国家会议上进行互动。这项试点计划将招收五名学员参加为期两年的项目，每个学员都有两名导师，他们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.