UIC K12 Independent Clinical Vision Scientist Development Program

摘要 这是伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）眼科和视觉科学系提出的一项建议，旨在建立UIC-NEI K12/独立临床医生视觉科学家（ICVS）发展计划。该计划采用需求评估方法，以确定实现独立性的障碍，这些障碍是临床医生所面临的，他们已经证明了成为独立临床医生科学家所需的技能，并设计了K12培训计划来满足这些需求。该计划认识到，在优秀导师的指导下沉浸在研究中是研究人员向独立过渡的关键因素。 因此，该部门提出了K-12课程的指导学者谁拥有 表现出愿意投入到研究项目中去。UIC-NEI K12/独立 临床视觉科学家（ICVS）发展计划旨在提供一个学术上丰富的 和支持性的环境，使合格的早期临床视觉科学家参与结构化和指导的学习经验，这将促进职业发展，使学员成为独立的科学家。该方案有两个目标：目标一是建立公立大学-公共卫生机构合作伙伴关系，培养独立的临床视力科学家（ICVS）;目标二是为UIC-NEI K12/ICVS学者提供科学发展，真实的导师和专业发展，并确保他们向独立过渡。这些目标的实现将使UIC-NEI K12/ICVS发展计划的学者能够过渡到独立，成为视觉健康研究的国家领导者，并成为新一代视觉健康研究人员的教育者，导师和榜样。

Abstract This is a proposal from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to establish the UIC-NEI K12/Independent Clinician Vision Scientist (ICVS) Development Program. The proposed program takes a needs-assessment approach to identify the barriers to achieving independence that confront clinicians who have demonstrated the skills needed to become independent clinician scientists and designs a K12 training program to address those needs. The program recognizes that immersion in research under the guidance of excellent mentors is a key ingredient for investigator transition to independence. Therefore, the Department proposes the K-12 curriculum for mentoring scholars who have demonstrated readiness to be immersed in a research project. UIC-NEI K12/Independent Clinician Vision Scientist (ICVS) Development Program aims to provide an academically-rich and supportive environment to enable qualified early-stage clinician vision scientists to engage in a structured and mentored learning experience that will facilitate career advancement and enable trainees to become independent scientists. The program has two goals: Goal I is to establish a public university-public health agency partnership to train independent clinician vision scientists (ICVS); Goal II is to provide scientific development, authentic mentorship and professional development of the UIC-NEI K12/ICVS scholars and ensure their transition to independence. Achievement of these goals will enable UIC-NEI K12/ICVS Development Program scholars to transition to independence become national leaders in vision health research, and to become the educators, mentors, and role models for a new generation of vision health researchers.