CTSA K12 Program at The University of Iowa

项目摘要 爱荷华州大学（UI）2022-2027年医疗保健战略计划明确要求该机构（1） 进一步扩大临床和转化科学和研究在整个我们的医疗保健系统，2）建立一个 多样化的临床和科学劳动力，并（3）通过以下方面的创新加强全州的医疗保健 临床和转化科学（CTS）以及临床护理系统。临床和医学研究所 转化科学（ICTS）是CTS基础设施和许多培训的科学家 支持大学的计划，是负责将CTS整合到医疗保健中的实体， 在UI的研究环境。在设想K12计划时，我们使用了UI Health Care战略 我们的目标是设计一个满足我们国家需求的计划，并培训CTS劳动力，以加快 科学发现的步伐将科学从实验室推向临床和社区。近四成 爱荷华州的人口生活在该州的农村地区，那里的医疗保健面临挑战，许多 疾病结果不如城市人口。要解决这些农村差距， 科学和保健方法，可以适应地理距离，并利用现有的 在人口稀少地区建立的护理系统。爱荷华州农村的医疗服务依赖于 以团队为基础的护理，包括专职医疗服务提供者，如药剂师，物理治疗师，中级 医生，牙医，更重要的是，社区服务。我们的研究议程解决了以下需求： 让农村人口在离家更近的地方以实际方式参与，并培训我们的科学家， 多学科团队，包括并重视社区和专职医疗服务提供者的整合， research.因此，我们的K12计划有意从所有卫生专业征集学者。 我们的K12计划的目标是 1)招聘和培养优秀学者（目前是初级教师或博士后研究员， 教师任命）谁将从事个性化的课程和指导的医疗保健 在这个多学科，多元文化的K12计划为期三年的研究。 2)通过一个强有力的计划，加强翻译研究学者的指导环境， 导师和学员都建立在NRMN培训平台上。 3)提供高度集中的指导研究经验，促进学者成功过渡到 独立性和作为翻译医疗团队领导者的持续参与。 满足这些目标将需要继续校园范围内，教师的多学科参与， K12学者的指导团队成员。此外，ICTS是该州唯一的CTSA所在地， 爱荷华州将与美国各地的CTSA中心合作，以改善学习环境， 增加我们的K12学者在转化科学中建立成功职业的机会。

PROJECT SUMMARY The University of Iowa (UI) Health Care strategic plan for 2022-2027 expressly challenges the institution to (1) further expand clinical and translational science and research throughout our health care system, 2) build a diverse clinical and scientific workforce and to (3) enhance healthcare across the state through innovations in the systems of clinical and translational science (CTS) as well as clinical care. The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) is the scientific home for the CTS infrastructure and many of the training programs that support the university and is the entity charged with integrating CTS into the health care and research environments at the UI. As we envisioned the K12 program, we used the UI Health Care strategic goals to design a program that meets the needs of our state and that trains a CTS workforce to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery driving science from the bench to the bedside and into the community. Nearly 40% of Iowa's population lives in rural regions of the state where access to health care is challenged and many disease outcomes are inferior to those seen in urban populations. Resolving these rural disparities requires scientific and health care approaches that can adapt to geographic distance and make use of the existing systems of care that are in place in sparsely populated areas. Health delivery in rural Iowa is dependent on team-based care that incorporates allied health providers such as pharmacists, physical therapists, mid-level practitioners, dentists and importantly, community services. Our research agenda addresses the need to engage rural populations in practical ways closer to their homes and to train our scientists to work in multidisciplinary teams that include and value integration of community and allied health providers into research. Accordingly, our K12 program intentionally solicits Scholars from all health professions. The Objectives of our K12 Program are 1) Recruit and train outstanding Scholars (currently junior faculty or postdoctoral fellows with a pending faculty appointment) who will engage in an individualized curriculum and in mentored health care research during a three-year period in this multidisciplinary, multicultural K12 program. 2) Enhance the mentoring environment for translational research Scholars through a robust program for both mentors and mentees built on the NRMN training platform. 3) Provide a highly focused mentored research experience that fosters Scholars' successful transition to independence and continued engagement as leaders of translational health care teams. Meeting these objectives will require continued campus-wide, multidisciplinary participation of faculty as members of mentoring teams for K12 Scholars. Additionally, the ICTS, home of the only CTSA in the State of Iowa, will collaborate with CTSA hubs across the United States to enhance the learning environment and increase the opportunities for our K12 Scholars to build successful careers in translational science.