Clinical epidemiology training in gastroenterology

描述(由申请人提供)：美国宾夕法尼亚大学(Penn)医学院的临床流行病学和生物统计中心(CCEB)和宾夕法尼亚大学的Leonard Davis卫生经济研究所(LDI)合作，提交了这份申请，以继续为胃肠道临床研究的临床研究人员提供创新和成功的博士后培训计划。宾夕法尼亚大学提倡一种学术环境，在这种环境中，基础和临床研究受到鼓励，并被视为有吸引力的职业道路。这个培训项目吸引了来自全国各地机构的胃肠病实习生，其毕业生被安置在全国各地的机构，导致了一个影响很大的项目。为期两到三年的培训计划包括：1)临床流行病学、卫生服务研究、生物统计学、 这些课程包括：1)胃肠病学和胃肠病学流行病学；2)与受训人员的方法学兴趣相关的选修课；3)研究学徒；4)专注于胃肠病学研究问题的期刊俱乐部和会议；5)广泛的独立读物；6)专业和职业发展研讨会系列；7)负责任的研究行为指导。课程作业、阅读资料、学徒培训和研讨会旨在为培训计划的主要组成部分：设计和完成一个有指导但由学员领导的胃肠病学研究项目做好准备。该计划：1)培养临床医生成为严格和独立的学术研究人员，能够使用广泛的临床研究方法来解决胃肠病学中与病因、预后、预防、早期发现、治疗、临床经济学、技术评估、医疗决策和患者护理质量相关的研究问题；2)在临床研究和胃肠病学教师的指导下提供密切指导的研究经验；以及3)加强临床研究和胃肠病学之间的联系。每年颁发四个研究金名额。学员将进入临床流行病学理学硕士(MSCE)或卫生政策研究理学硕士(MSHPR)学位课程。 拟议计划的优势是：1)GI部门、CCEB和LDI成功的研究培训计划的悠久历史；2)这三个计划之间已经建立的合作联系；3)向学员提供全面的课程和持续的研究计划；以及4)计划主任和教职员工的成功培训记录。此外，可获得的GI科的广泛丰富的专业知识，CCEB，LDI，众多现有的可用于研究项目和培训的大型数据库，可用于临床研究的广泛的专业分析能力(例如，临床TRILS，病例对照，队列研究等)，以及学院对协作研究和培训的承诺，共同为本培训计划提供了一个理想的环境。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gastroenterology Division of the Department of Medicine (GI Division), in collaboration with Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), both of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Medicine, and Penn's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI), submits this application to continue an innovative and successful post-doctoral training program for clinical investigators in gastrointestinal clinical research. Penn promotes an academic environment in which basic and clinical research are encouraged and viewed as attractive career paths. This training program attracts gastroenterology trainees from institutions nationwide; its graduates are placed in institutions nationwide, resulting in a program of high impact. The two- to three-year training program consists of: 1) required courses in clinical epidemiology, health services research, biostatistics, and gastroenterology epidemiology; 2) elective courses relevant to the trainees' methodologic interests; 3) a research apprenticeship; 4) journal clubs and conferences focusing on research issues in gastroenterology; 5) extensive independent readings; 6) a professional and career development seminar series; and 7) instruction in the responsible conduct of research. The coursework, readings, apprenticeship, and seminars are designed to prepare trainees for the major component on the training program: the design and completion of a mentored but trainee led research project in gastroenterology. The program: 1) trains clinicians to be rigorous and independent academic investigators able to use a broad array of clinical research methods to address research issues in gastroenterology related to the etiology, prognosis, prevention, early detection, treatment, clinical economics, technology assessment, medical decision making, and quality of patient care; 2) provides a closely mentored research experience with faculty preceptors in clinical research and gastroenterology; and 3) strengthens the links between clinical research and gastroenterology. Four fellowship slots are awarded each year. Trainees will matriculate in either the Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) or Master of Science in Health Policy Research (MSHPR) degree program. Strengths of the proposed program are: 1) the long history of successful research training programs in the GI Division, CCEB, and LDI; 2) the collaborative links that already have been forged among the three programs; 3) the comprehensive course offerings and ongoing research programs available to trainees; and 4) the successful training records of the program directors and faculty. In addition, the availability of the broad range of rich expertise of the faculties in the GI Division, CCEB, an LDI; numerous existing large databases that can be used for research projects and training; a broad array of specialized analytic capabilities available for clinical studies (e.g., clinical trils, case-control, cohort research, etc.); and the faculties' commitment to collaborative research and training combine to provide an ideal environment for this training program.