Vascular Surgery Scientist Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是题为“血管外科科学家培训计划”（VSSTP）的培训补助金首次更新的重新提交。该培训计划成立于2008年，旨在增加对血管外科问题感兴趣的受训者人数。在第一个供资周期，培训方案成功地招募了受训人员，并在出版物、奖励和供资方面建立了成功的记录。该计划由来自15个部门或部门的23名导师组成。培训计划最初每年接受两名学员参加为期两年的辅导培训计划（每年四个名额）。我们要求每年增加一名受训人员，每年总共增加三名（六个名额），以应对对血管外科疾病感兴趣的受训人员日益增加的需求、我们处理额外受训人员的能力以及我们迄今为止的成功记录。 外周血管疾病是一种诊断不足、治疗不足和研究不足的疾病，与冠状动脉疾病不同。其生物学、干预和结局与冠状动脉循环不同。 这笔赠款是围绕三个专题领域安排的。这些领域包括外周血管系统生物学的基础科学研究，开发治疗疾病的新设备的生物医学研究，以及关于血管手术和为患者提供护理的临床结果和卫生服务研究。从这些领域，学员可以选择一个单一的领域或开发一个综合方案，以满足他们的需求和兴趣。该计划以指导研究经验为中心，学员和导师评估学员的需求，并围绕这些需求和愿望制定独立的学习计划和合同。 自上一个资助周期以来，培训计划已经发展，教师的变化，与美国外科医生学院的新合作，用于特定于手术的结果和卫生服务研究，通过与新创建的生物设计课程合作增强生物医学和工程途径，并更好地利用NUCATS培训计划的资源。 在这个更新的建议，我们已经扩大了该计划，包括博士生。这一扩大是应受训人员以及内部审查和外部咨询委员会的要求而进行的。这三个小组都发现，让外科实习生在博士后旁边接受培训是有益的，并增加了经验。我们自己的机构和其他机构的类似经验表明，博士生在与医学博士合作时也有类似的好处。(End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a resubmission of the first renewal for a training grant entitled "Vascular Surgery Scientist Training Program" (VSSTP). The training program was established in 2008 to increase the number of trainees interested in vascular surgical problems. In the first funding cycle, the training program has been successful in recruiting trainees and has established a successful track record in publications, awards, and funding. The program consists of 23 mentors from 15 departments or divisions. The training program originally accepted two trainees per year for a two year mentored training program (four slots per year). We are requesting an increase of one trainee per year, for a total of three per year (six slots), in response to the increasing demand for trainees interested in vascular surgical diseases, our capacity to handle additional trainees, and our successful track record to date. Peripheral vascular disease is an under-diagnosed, under-treated, and under-studied disease that is separate and distinct from coronary artery disease. The biology, interventions, and outcomes are different from the coronary circulation. This grant has been arranged around three thematic areas. The areas consist of basic science investigations of the biology of the peripheral vascular system, biomedical research into developing new devices to treat the disease, and the study of clinical outcomes and health services research with respect to vascular surgery and the delivery of care to our patients. From these areas, trainees may select a single area or develop an integrated program to meet their needs and interests. The program centers on a mentored research experience in which the trainee and the mentor assess the needs of the trainee and develop an independent learning plan and a contract around these needs and desires. Since the last funding cycle, the training program has evolved, with changes in the faculty, new collaborations with the American College of Surgeons for outcomes and health services research specific to surgery, enhanced biomedical and engineering pathways by collaborating with the newly created biodesign course, and better leveraging the resources of the NUCATS training program. In this renewal proposal, we have expanded the program to include PhD trainees. This expansion resulted from the request of trainees and the Internal Review and External Advisory committees. All three groups found that having surgical trainees training beside post-doctorates was beneficial and added to the experience. Similar experience from our own institution and others has suggested that the PhD trainees experience a similar benefit in working with MDs. (End of Abstract)