Training of Academic Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist

描述(申请人提供)：该项目的目标是培训头颈外科肿瘤学家：1)多学科头颈肿瘤学临床实践；2)基础科学、翻译、卫生服务和/或临床研究、方法论；3)教学和临床教育技能，使他们能够在头颈外科的学术部门发挥领导作用。随着全国头颈外科肿瘤学培训项目的申请者数量显著减少，需要提供研究和临床培训的现有和资助的项目，以保持高标准的学术培训，以解决即将到来的合格头颈外科肿瘤学家的医疗短缺问题。为了实现这些目标，我们继续提供为期三年的奖学金课程，包括24个月的实验室、翻译、医疗服务和/或临床研究培训，以及12个月的高级头颈外科肿瘤学培训，学员在这些培训中广泛接触内科肿瘤学、放射肿瘤学、语言病理学和牙科肿瘤学。通过该研究所的研究生医学教育计划提供的必修核心课程提供放射和医学肿瘤学、癌症生物学、研究伦理、负责任的研究行为、临床试验设计和生物统计学的理论和实践方面的培训。头颈外科有自己的核心课程和系列研讨会，对这些主题进行扩展，并将其应用于与头颈肿瘤学家最相关的疾病。还提供了研究监管合规方面的培训，包括人类受试者研究、HIPAA合规、辐射和生物安全以及动物护理和使用方面的培训。该项目还包括生物医学科学研究生院或公共卫生研究生院的选修课程，这些课程可以最终获得硕士学位。该项目的一名毕业生目前正在完成额外的培训，另外三名毕业生在我系和贝勒医学院耳鼻咽喉头颈外科担任教职。目前的申请要求继续为正在接受实验室或卫生服务研究培训的受训人员提供津贴支持，同时该机构为高级外科培训期间提供工资支持。最后，我们将继续招募、面试和招收不同文化、种族和民族背景的受训人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The program objectives are to train head and neck surgical oncologists in 1) multi-disciplinary head and neck oncology clinical practice; 2) basic science, translational, health-services and/or clinical research, methodology; and 3) didactic and clinical educational skills, so that they can provide leadership in academic departments of head and neck surgery. With a striking decrease in the number of applicants to head and neck surgical oncology training programs nationally, established and funded programs, which provide research and clinical training, are needed to maintain the high standards of academic training to address an impending health care shortfall of qualified head and neck surgical oncologists. To achieve these objectives, we continue to offer a three-year fellowship curriculum that includes 24 months of laboratory, translational, health-services and/or clinical research training, and 12 months of advanced head and neck surgical oncology training in which the trainees have extensive exposure to medical oncology, radiation oncology, speech pathology, and dental oncology. A mandatory core curriculum provided through the Institution's Graduate Medical Education Program provides training in the theory and practice of radiation and medical oncology, cancer biology, research ethics, responsible conduct of research, clinical trial design, and biostatistics. The Department of Head and Neck Surgery has its own core curriculum and seminar series, which expands on these topics and applies them to those diseases of greatest relevance to head and neck oncologists. Instruction is also provided in research regulatory compliance with training in Human Subjects Research, HIPAA Compliance, Radiation and Biosafety, and Animal Care and Use. The program also includes optional academic course work through the Graduate Schools of Biomedical Sciences or Public Health that can culminate in a Master's Degree. One graduate of this program is currently completing additional training and three others hold faculty positions in our department and Baylor College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The current application seeks continued stipend support for trainees undergoing laboratory or Health services research training while the institution provides salary support for the period of advanced surgical training. Finally, we will continue the practice of recruiting, interviewing and enrolling trainees of both genders, and diverse cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds.