USC Neurosurgery Research Education Training Program

项目总结 拟议的研究计划寻求建立一个正式的培训范例来支持南加州大学神经外科 以临床科学家的身份追求成功学术生涯的住院医生。医生-科学家是独一无二的 定位于应对当今医学前沿的许多挑战。但是，由于时间的限制， 机会和支持，从事有意义研究的神经外科医生的数量已经下降 基本上是这样的。南加州大学R25神经外科研究教育项目提供资源、指导、 以及弥补这一差距所需的支持。神经外科在培训方面有很好的记录 富有成效的学术神经外科医生，具有积极的研究计划。最近，南加州大学招聘了多名 神经科学学科中具有变革性的资深教员。这些学院/中心中的每个 董事们与南加州大学神经外科建立了密切的合作关系，是一名导师/顾问 在这笔培训补助金上。南加州大学神经外科研究教育项目包括35名教职员工 成员来自全校17个不同的学术部门。导师是临床医生和 拥有联邦/基础资助的科学家，以及以成功指导而闻名的既往记录。一个多层次的 导师制为每个学员提供一名研究导师，指导他/她的直接研究性学习 来自神经外科研究指导委员会和职业发展指导团队 临床医生--候选人所选神经外科/神经科学专业的科学家。一个有教育意义的 该计划是为培养成功的临床医生-科学家量身定做的。这包括一个简短的介绍性介绍。 与资深临床医生-科学家参加的系列研讨会和每月半结构化的导师会议 R25计划。过渡到学院委员会为以下方面提供持续的指导和监督 R25毕业生在住院医师培训的最后几年和最初的初级教员职位。一个外部的 高级调查员咨询委员会(机构和国家)，有丰富的培训方案经验 协助指导项目。该提案的总体目标是培养神经外科医生和科学家。 能够获得NIH K-，并最终获得R-系列资金，以支持独立研究。

PROJECT SUMMARY The proposed research program seeks to establish a formal training paradigm to support USC neurosurgery residents in pursuit of successful academic careers as clinician-scientists. Physician-scientists are uniquely positioned to address many challenges at the forefront of medicine today. However, due to constraints on time, opportunity, and support, the number of neurosurgeons engaged in meaningful research has declined substantially. The USC R25 Neurosurgery Research Education Program provides the resources, mentorship, and support required to address this gap. The Neurosurgery Department has a strong track record of training productive academic neurosurgeons with active research programs. Recently, USC has recruited multiple transformative, senior faculty members within the neuroscience disciplines. Each of these Institute/ Center Directors has developed strong collaborations with the USC Neurosurgery department and is a mentor/ advisor on this training grant. The USC Neurosurgery Research Education Program incorporates thirty-five faculty members from seventeen different academic departments across the university. Mentors are clinicians and scientists with federal/ foundational funding and prior records notable for successful mentorship. A multi-tiered mentorship system affords each trainee a research supervisor for his/her direct investigative study, direction from a Neurosurgery Research Mentorship Committee and career development guidance from team of clinician-scientists within the candidate's chosen neurosurgery/ neuroscience subspecialty. An educational program is tailored towards developing successful clinician-scientists. This includes a short introductory seminar series and monthly, semi-structured, mentorship sessions with senior clinician-scientists involved with the R25 program. A Transition to Academic Faculty Committee provides sustained guidance and oversight to R25 graduates during their final years of residency training and initial junior faculty appointment. An External Advisory Committee of senior investigators (institutional and national) with strong training program experience assists in guiding the program. The over-arching aim of the proposal is to develop neurosurgeon-scientists capable of securing NIH K-, and ultimately R-, series funding to support independent research.