Oncology-focused Postdoctoral Training in Care Delivery and Symptom Science (OPTICS)

项目摘要/摘要 以肿瘤学为重点的护理交付和症状科学(OPTICS)T32项目博士后培训 将指导和培训拥有社会科学或定量科学博士学位的医生和科学家进行研究 专注于创新的癌症护理提供，以缩小可能的结果之间的差距 当代对癌症预防和治疗的科学理解以及实际 已实现。这种持续的差距导致了对专注于风险的翻译研究人员的迫切需求 减少、症状科学和创新护理提供，并在研究方法方面接受过严格的培训 提供护理所需的转变和领导卫生系统一级的干预措施，以减少 治疗结果中普遍存在的不平等现象。光学课程的基石将是为期2年的指导 学员将根据以下四个主题领域中的一个或多个进行研究的研究经验：1) 数据科学，2)风险缓解，3)症状科学，4)护理提供。强调补救措施 结构性种族主义和分类主义造成的不平等是一项核心方案宗旨。光学实习生将获得1) 密集的指导和必要的资源，以在一个或多个 专题领域；2)通过课程作业、研讨会、 讲习班和阅读小组；以及3)职业发展所需技能培训，包括礼仪 开发和执行、管理、赠款撰写、团队建设、患者参与、干实验室 组织，以及负责任的研究行为。光学部将由2名博士和2名博士共同领导 纪念斯隆·凯特琳癌症中心(MSK)，长期记录有影响力的研究、指导和 成功的知识翻译。这一结构将吸引不同的候选人，并为参与者提供方法 培训和在社区和诊所开展干预的能力。光学专业将培养6名博士后 每年有研究员(3名新任命和3名重新任命)，团队由36名核心方案教员组成，其中10名是新出现的 导师，以及6名拥有相关支持技能、专业知识和资源的研究支持者。所需核心 MSK及其合作伙伴威尔·康奈尔医学院纽约市校区的项目培训 辅以根据每个学员的需求和学习定制的一系列选修学习机会 风格。学员将获得开发、测试和实施新的优化方法所需的技能 通过关注风险降低、症状控制、沟通和新模式的患者体验 癌症护理服务。这些技能对于应对由巨大的 癌症护理的复杂性和长期性的增长。光学旨在为实习生的职业生涯做好准备 专注于优化癌症护理质量、公平性和知识转化的创新，以确保 实验室和临床上的发现充分认识到它们对人口健康和福祉的影响。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Oncology-focused Postdoctoral Training In Care Delivery and Symptom Science (OPTICS) T32 program will mentor and train physicians and scientists with PhDs in social or quantitative sciences to conduct research focused on innovative cancer care delivery that narrows the gap between outcomes that are possible based on contemporary scientific understanding of cancer prevention and treatment and outcomes that are actually achieved. This persistent gap results in a critical need for translational researchers who are focused on risk reduction, symptom science, and innovative care delivery and have rigorous training in research methods required for care delivery transformation and leadership of health system–level interventions to reduce pervasive inequities in treatment outcomes. The cornerstone of the OPTICS program will be a 2-year mentored research experience in which trainees will conduct research aligned with one or more of four thematic areas: 1) Data Science, 2) Risk Mitigation, 3) Symptom Science, and 4) Care Delivery. An emphasis on remediation of inequities generated by structural racism and classism is a core program tenet. OPTICS trainees will receive 1) intensive mentorship and the resources necessary to execute a focused research project in one or more of the thematic areas; 2) training in core methods necessary for impactful research through coursework, seminars, workshops, and reading groups; and 3) training in skills required for career building, including protocol development and execution, management, grant writing, team building, patient engagement, dry-laboratory organization, and the responsible conduct of research. OPTICS will be co-led by 2 PhDs and 2 MDs at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) with long track records of impactful research, mentorship, and successful knowledge translation. This structure will attract diverse candidates and afford participants methods training and the ability to launch interventions in the community and the clinic. OPTICS will train 6 postdoctoral fellows each year (3 new appointees and 3 re-appointees) with a team of 36 core program faculty, 10 emerging mentors, and 6 research supporters with relevant supporting skills, expertise, and resources. Required core program training at the New York City campus of MSK and its partner Weill Cornell Medical College is supplemented by an array of elective learning opportunities customized to each trainee's needs and learning style. Trainees will obtain the skills necessary to develop, test, and implement new approaches to optimizing patients' experiences by focusing on risk reduction, symptom control, communication, and new models of cancer care delivery. These skills are crucial to address the challenges brought about by the tremendous growth in the complexity and chronicity of cancer care. OPTICS aims to prepare trainees for impactful careers focused on innovations to optimize cancer care quality, equity, and translation of knowledge to ensure that discoveries made in the laboratory and clinic realize their full impact on population health and well-being.