Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer, Aging and End-of-Life Care

描述(由申请者提供)：迫切需要培养护理教师，以促进解决全球卫生优先事项的科学，并培养下一代护士、临床医生和教师。犹他大学建议通过将癌症、衰老和临终关怀方面的正式跨学科研究培训添加到我们的基础核心课程中，来扩展我们成熟的博士项目和博士后培训经验。该培训计划将针对国家护理研究所的战略领域，包括健康促进和疾病预防；通过自我管理、症状管理和护理提高生活质量；以及临终研究。该计划的目标是：1)在进行癌症、衰老和临终关怀研究所需的基本理论、方法和技能方面提供卓越的跨学科教学研究培训；2)通过持续的癌症、衰老和临终关怀方面以项目为导向的研究经验，促进博士后和博士后学员发展研究专长的能力；3)培养博士后实习生作为癌症、衰老和临终关怀科学家的独立学术生涯；以及4)指导所有受训人员进行研究的道德行为，特别是在各种弱势群体中，包括老年人和面临严重疾病和死亡的个人。该大学资助的跨学科研究项目很强大，为学员提供了通过参与行动研究来学习的绝佳机会。拟议的培训计划是及时的，并利用机会向三个R01级项目学习，这三个项目构成了我们2010年由国家癌症研究所资助的计划项目赠款(P01)。这项研究的基础是跨学科的方法，并统一了这一培训计划的三个重点：癌症、衰老和临终关怀。来自8个系的15名初级导师和15名参与教师将为培训提供支持。培训计划的目标是在头四年每年招聘和培训两名博士后和两名博士后研究员。我们将为每位学员提供至少2年的培训。我们的目标是每年至少有一名博士前研究员参加我们的学士到博士项目(这些项目有时被称为快速通道项目)。预计共有8名博士后 在5年的时间里，将有8名博士后研究员参加这个培训计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is an urgent need to prepare nursing faculty to advance science addressing global health priorities and prepare the next generation of nurse clinicians and faculty. The University of Utah proposes to expand our well-established doctoral program and experience in postdoctoral training by adding formal interdisciplinary research training in cancer, aging, and end-of-life care to our foundational core curriculum. This training program will address the National Institute of Nursing Research's strategic areas including health promotion and disease prevention; improving quality of life through self-management, symptom management and caregiving; and end-of-life research. The program objectives are 1)To provide outstanding interdisciplinary didactic research training in the fundamental theories, methods, and skills necessary to conduct research in cancer, aging, and end-of-life care; 2)To facilitate the ability of predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees to develop research expertise through ongoing project-oriented research experience in cancer, aging, and end-of-life care that integrates mentoring, practical experiences, feedback, and critique; 3).To prepare postdoctoral trainees for independent academic careers as scientists in cancer, aging, and end-of-life care; and 4) To mentor all trainees in the ethical conduct of research, especially in diverse vulnerable populations, including the elderly and individuals facing serious illness and death. The University's funded interdisciplinary research program is robust and offers excellent opportunities for trainees to learn by engagement with research in action. The proposed training program is timely and leverages the opportunities to learn from three R01-level projects that comprise our Program Project Grant (P01) funded by the National Cancer Institute in 2010. This research has as its foundation an interdisciplinary approach and unites the three foci of this training program: cancer, aging, and end-of life care. Fifteen primary mentors and 15 participating faculty from eight departments will support the training. The goal of the Training Program is to recruit and train two predoctoral and two postdoctoral fellows during each of the first 4 years. We will provide at least 2 years of training to each fellow. Our goal is that a leas one predoctoral fellow each year will be enrolled in our BS-to-PhD program (these are sometimes referred to as fast- track programs). It is anticipated that a total of eight predoctoral and eight postdoctoral fellows will participate in this Training Program during the 5-year period.