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

项目总结/摘要 以肿瘤学为重点的护理和症状科学博士后培训（OPTICS）T32计划 我将指导和培训医生和科学家与博士在社会或定量科学进行研究 专注于创新的癌症护理服务，缩小可能的结果之间的差距， 当代科学对癌症预防和治疗的理解以及实际上 办妥了一批这种持续的差距导致对专注于风险的翻译研究人员的迫切需求 减少，症状科学和创新的护理提供，并在研究方法方面接受严格的培训 保健服务的提供、改革和领导保健系统一级的干预措施， 治疗结果普遍不公平。光学计划的基石将是一个为期2年的指导 研究经验，其中学员将进行研究与一个或多个四个专题领域：1） 数据科学，2）风险缓解，3）症状科学，以及4）护理交付。强调补救， 结构性种族主义和阶级歧视造成的不平等是该方案的一个核心原则。OPTICS学员将获得1） 密集的指导和必要的资源，以执行一个或多个重点研究项目， 专题领域; 2）通过课程，研讨会， 讲习班和阅读小组;以及3）职业建设所需技能培训，包括礼仪 开发和执行，管理，赠款写作，团队建设，患者参与，干实验室 组织和负责任的研究行为。OPTICS将由2名博士和2名医学博士共同领导， Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center（MSK）拥有长期的有影响力的研究记录，指导， 成功的知识翻译这种结构将吸引不同的候选人，并为参与者提供方法 培训以及在社区和诊所开展干预的能力。光学将培养6名博士后 研究员每年（3个新任命和3个重新任命）与36个核心计划教师，10个新兴的团队 导师和6名研究支持者，具有相关的支持技能，专业知识和资源。所需核心 在MSK的纽约市校区及其合作伙伴威尔康奈尔医学院进行的项目培训是 辅以一系列根据每个学员的需求和学习情况定制的选修学习机会 样式的学员将获得开发、测试和实施新的优化方法所需的技能 患者的经验，重点是降低风险，症状控制，沟通，和新的模式， 癌症护理交付。这些技能对于应对巨大的全球化所带来的挑战至关重要。 癌症护理的复杂性和慢性化的增长。OPTICS旨在为学员提供有影响力的职业生涯 专注于创新，以优化癌症护理质量，公平和知识转化，以确保 实验室和诊所的发现对人口健康和福祉产生了全面影响。

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.