Research Career Development Support Core (RCDSC)

研究职业发展支援核心(RCDSC) 有大量证据表明，患有严重疾病的老年人的生活质量较差，对这些人的照顾 个人是需要改进的。改善护理系统的一种方法是增加证据基础 在姑息医学和老年病学方面。实现这一目标的一个主要障碍是缺乏科学的 调查人员。初级研究人员在两个时期是脆弱的，需要额外的支持来 确保他们能够获得独立。第一种是在他们职业生涯的早期，当他们接近 或者开始他们的教职任命，而且他们太初级了，甚至不能获得很小的职业生涯 发展奖。第二个阶段是在他们职业生涯的后期，当他们已经完成或即将完成他们的 外部职业发展奖(如K奖)，并需要额外的支持，因为他们努力获得 第一笔R01或同等资助金。我们提出了一个新的创新的研究职业发展支持核心 (RCDSC)为我们的老年人独立中心(OAIC)。红十字会的目标是创建一个 正式指导计划、授课课程和原创研究项目，以培养研究员/初级研究员 这样的教师，他们在职业发展奖或更大的研究补助金方面具有竞争力。我们的中心是 特别独特的是，我们拥有一支强大的高素质和积极进取的初级教职员工和研究员队伍 在职业发展的不同阶段。与我们的研究职业发展核心(RCDC)合作， 我们已经建立了一个连续的支持体系，将有前途的初级调查人员转变为独立调查人员 研究人员。我们已经确定了合适的教学课程，每月一次的学术生存研讨会和 领导力、期刊俱乐部和两周一次的正在进行的研究研讨会，为RCDSC学者提供 对研究活动的反馈。培训和每周指导将在不同的地点进行，包括 明确RCDSC学者和导师的角色和责任。我们已经合并了对 学习合同和个性化的项目跟踪网格，注入问责精神并提供 用于监控进度的结构。定期和严格的学者评估以及计划 已被整合到该计划中。定量和定性的课程和辅导评估将 提供过程和结果数据，以便为每位学者进行实时调整。我们的建议很好 与更大的OAIC集成，并进入西奈山健康中心的密集研究环境 系统和目前现有的临床与转化科学奖(CTSA)计划。对政府的监管 RCDSC确保核心的共同领导人与我们的OAIC领导层定期互动，并 行政核心、研究咨询委员会和执行委员会，以确保 RCDSC平稳高效地运行，创建了一批得到良好支持的初级调查人员，他们将 改善对患有大病的老年人及其家人的照顾。

Research Career Development Support Core (RCDSC) There is abundant evidence that older adults with serious illness have poor quality of life and the care of these individuals is in need of improvement. One way to improve the system of care is to increase the evidence base in palliative medicine and geriatrics. A major barrier to accomplishing this goal is the lack of scientific investigators. There are two periods when junior researchers are vulnerable and need additional support to assure they can obtain independence. The first is early in their careers when they are nearing the end of fellowship or are beginning their faculty appointments and are too junior to obtain even small career development awards. The second is later in their career when they have completed or will soon complete their external career development award (e.g. K awards) and need additional support as they work to obtain their first R01 or equivalent grant. We propose a new and innovative Research Career Development Support Core (RCDSC) for our Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC). The goal of the RCDSC is to create a program of formal mentorship, didactic coursework, and original research projects to develop fellows/junior faculty such that they are competitive for career development awards or larger research grants. Our center is particularly unique in that we have a strong pipeline of highly qualified and motivated junior faculty and fellows at various stages of career development. In conjunction with our Research Career Development Core (RCDC), we have created a continuum of support to transform promising junior investigators into independent researchers. We have identified appropriate didactic coursework, a monthly seminar in Academic Survival and Leadership, Journal Club, and a biweekly Research-In-Progress Seminar to provide RCDSC scholars with feedback on research activities. Training and weekly mentoring will occur in a variety of venues and will include clear roles and responsibilities for RCDSC scholars and mentors alike. We have incorporated the use of learning contracts and individualized project tracking grids that infuse a spirit of accountability and provide a structure for monitoring progress. Regular and rigorous evaluation of the scholars as well as the program has been integrated into the program. Quantitative and qualitative curricular and mentoring assessments will provide both process and outcomes data allowing real-time adjustments for each scholar. Our proposal is well integrated with the larger OAIC and taps into the intensive research environment of the Mount Sinai Health System and the currently existing Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program. Oversight of the RCDSC assures that the core's co-leaders interact on a regular basis with our OAIC's Leadership and Administrative Core, the Research Advisory Committee, and the Executive Committee to assure that the RCDSC operates smoothly and efficiently to create a group of well-supported junior investigators who will improve the care of older adults with serious illness and their families.