Oncology Research Training for Surgeon-Scientists

摘要 我们在肯塔基大学(英国)的培训计划的主要重点是提供密集和 对各个外科学科的合格个人进行跨学科的基础科学研究培训，以 让他们做好准备，成为独立的科学家，并采用在 他们在训练期内进入了成功的学术生涯。此外，这些受训人员将做好积极的准备 复杂癌症最佳治疗所需的多学科团队的参与者 有耐心的。我们为期两年的培训计划代表了Markey癌症中心(MCC) 和英国的学术临床部门，并从 在一起工作多年并领导过其他成功的项目和副主任 临床医生-科学家和基础研究人员的培训计划。初级培训学院由以下人员组成 基础和临床科学家都是协作和多学科的；每个初级教师导师都是 在他或她的领域内被公认为专家，并在培训年轻人方面拥有长期的研究生产力记录 来自美国和海外的调查人员。我们的培训计划的多样性进一步增强了 包括经验丰富的兼职教员导师，他们将提供额外的临床和生物统计学专业知识。 此外，我们还设计了一个“管道”机制，为有前途的初级教师提供时间和指导。 成员进一步磨练他们的辅导技能，使他们能够成为未来有效的主要导师。 除了密集的研究经验外，受训人员还参加正式课程(例如，授予写作技能、伦理学 和生物统计学)，并在准备摘要、科学论文和 演示文稿，并撰写成功的拨款申请。此外，学员还定期参加 预定的MCC、临床和转化科学(CCTS)科室和中心研讨会以及 讲课。我们所有的实习生都需要完成临床和医学硕士学位的课程 翻译科学(CTS)。此外，还提供并鼓励获得博士学位的选项(值得注意的是， 两名前实习生已成功完成博士学位要求，一名现任实习生 注册参加该计划)。成功完成硕士或博士学位的要求进一步增加了深度 和计划的广度，并通过所需的 指导委员会或论文委员会。我们对临床医生数量令人震惊的减少感到担忧- 科学家；这一下降在各种外科专科的人数减少中最为明显。 我们充满激情，积极进取，致力于培养未来的学术外科医生。

ABSTRACT The primary focus of our training program at the University of Kentucky (UK) is to provide intensive and interdisciplinary basic science research training to qualified individuals in the various surgical disciplines to prepare them to become independent scientists and incorporate state-of-the-art techniques learned during their training period into a successful academic career. Moreover, these trainees will be prepared to be active participants in multidisciplinary teams which are required for the optimal treatment of the complex cancer patient. Our two-year training program represents a collaboration between the Markey Cancer Center (MCC) and the academic clinical departments at UK and benefits greatly from the experience and collegiality of the program and associate directors who have worked together for many years and have led other successful training programs for clinician-scientists and basic researchers. The primary training faculty is composed of both basic and clinical-scientists who are collaborative and multidisciplinary; each primary faculty mentor is a recognized expert in his or her field and has a long record of research productivity in the training of young investigators from the US and abroad. The diversity of our training program is further enhanced by the inclusion of seasoned adjunct faculty mentors who will provide additional clinical and biostatistical expertise. Also, we have designed a “pipeline” mechanism to provide the time and instruction for promising junior faculty members to further hone their mentoring skills so that they can become effective primary mentors in the future. In addition to an intensive research experience, the trainees take formal courses (eg, grant writing skills, ethics and biostatistics) and are mentored in the fine points of preparing abstracts, scientific papers and presentations, and writing successful grant applications. Furthermore, the trainees participate in regularly scheduled MCC, departmental and Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) seminars and lectures. All of our trainees are required to complete coursework for a Master's degree in Clinical and Translational Science (CTS). In addition, the option of obtaining a PhD is available and encouraged (of note, two former trainees have successfully completed requirements for their PhD degrees and one current trainee is enrolled in the program). The requirement to successfully complete either a Master's or PhD further adds depth and breadth to the program and increase interactions with other scientists on campus through the required supervisory or thesis committees. We are concerned with the alarming decrease in the number of clinician- scientists; this decrease is most apparent in the diminishing number of those in the various surgical specialties. We are passionate, motivated and committed to the training of future academic surgeons.