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。拟议的计划采用需求评估方法来确定临床医生在实现独立性方面面临的障碍，这些医生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。该项目认识到，在优秀导师的指导下沉浸在研究中是调查员向独立过渡的关键因素。 因此，该部建议为有以下情况的学者提供K-12课程 表现出愿意沉浸在研究项目中。UIC-NEI K12/独立 临床医生视觉科学家(ICVS)发展计划旨在提供学术丰富的 和支持性环境，使合格的早期临床医生视力科学家能够从事结构化和有指导的学习经历，这将促进职业发展，并使受训人员能够成为独立的科学家。该计划有两个目标：目标一是建立公立大学-公共卫生机构的合作伙伴关系，以培养独立的临床医生视力科学家(ICVS)；目标二是为UIC-NEI K12/ICVS学者提供科学发展、真正的指导和专业发展，并确保他们向独立过渡。这些目标的实现将使UIC-NEI K12/ICVS发展项目学者能够过渡到独立，成为全国视力健康研究的领导者，并成为新一代视力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.