Training Program in Gerontological and Geriatric Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：在过去的12个月里，维克森林的老年学和老年医学计划已经达到了一些重要的里程碑。2008年1月，维克被指定为约翰·A·哈特福德老年教育和医学卓越中心（PI：威廉姆森）和2008年5月，维克森林的克劳德D。胡椒老年美国人独立中心（P30 AG 21332，PI：Kritchevsky）的第四个周期被更新，其主题是“将影响身体功能的途径整合为预防残疾的新方法。我们的计划目标是为医生和非医生提供临床老龄化研究的综合职业发展途径。利用机构和外部资源，我们的计划已经实施了旨在让医学生和居民参与临床老年医学研究的活动，并支持初级教师在老龄化研究中的发展。目前，培训连续性中缺少的部分是研究金/博士后一级。因此，我们正在申请资金，以支持建立一个老年学研究员/博士后培训计划，旨在提供临床老龄化研究的关键研究技能，为未来的学术医学生涯奠定坚实的基础。我们的目标是：目标1。建立老年学/老年医学研究博士后研究金培训计划，重点是预防功能衰退。Subaim 1a.招募，培训和指导2名老年病研究员，为期2年的研究奖学金旨在培养以下技能：a）科学文献的关键阅读，B）假设发展，c）研究设计和执行，包括研究的道德行为，d）数据分析和演示，以及e）拨款写作。Subaim 1b.招聘，培训和指导2名非医生研究人员从老年医学/老年医学领域以外的2年博士后课程，旨在发展a）对高临床相关性老龄化研究中的关键问题的理解，B）假设发展，c）研究设计和执行，包括研究的道德行为，d）数据分析和演示，以及e）赠款写作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over the past 12-months Wake Forest's Gerontology and Geriatrics program has reached a number of important milestones. In Jaunuary of 2008, Wake was designated as a John A. Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Education and Medicine (PI: Williamson) and in May of 2008, Wake Forest's Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (P30 AG21332, PI: Kritchevsky) was renewed for its fourth cycle with its theme, "Integrating pathways affecting physical function for new approaches to disability prevention. Our programmatic goal is to provide for an integrated career development pathway in clinical aging research for both physician and non-physicians. Using both institutional and external resources our program has implemented activities designed to engage medical students and residents in clinical geriatric research and to support junior faculty development in aging research. Currently, the missing piece of the training continuum is at the fellowship / post-doctoral level. Therefore, we are requesting funds to support establishment of a geriatric fellow / post-doctoral training program designed to provide critical research skills in clinical aging research to provide a solid foundation for a future career in academic medicine. Our program's aims are: Aim 1. Establish a post-doctoral fellowship training program in gerontological / geriatric research with an emphasis on the prevention of functional decline. Subaim 1a. Recruit, train and mentor 2 geriatric fellows in a 2-year research fellowship designed to develop skills in a) critical reading of the scientific literature, b) hypothesis development, c) research design and execution including the ethical conduct of research, d) data analysis and presentation, and e) grant writing. Subaim 1b. Recruit, train and mentor 2 non-physician researchers from areas out-side of geriatrics/geriatrics in a 2-year post-doctoral program designed to develop a) an understanding of key problems in aging research of high clinical relevance, b) hypothesis development, c) research design and execution including the ethical conduct of research, d) data analysis and presentation, and e) grant writing.