The Wake Forest School of Medicine Training in Research Affecting Child-Health (TRAC) Program

项目摘要/摘要 尽管与儿童健康和发展相关的研究有了巨大的增长，但在这方面仍存在明显的滞后 这一劳动力的相应增长，特别是对任职人数不足的个人。仍然缺乏 受训人员进入并继续从事这些职业。许多儿科医生对研究的接触有限 在他们的训练中。那些接受过正式研究培训的人--从短期的“新兵训练营” 要掌握程序--或在实验室工作的人经常被教导如何执行某些研究技能(例如， 临床研究设计)，但不知道如何制定一个严谨的研究问题。过于专业化的研究 培训以及缺乏资金和资源限制了适应日益变化的环境的能力 协作性。与此相对应，儿童健康研究的资金相对滞后，与儿童健康研究的资金不成比例 以成人为重点的研究；NIH只有10%的预算支持儿童健康研究(尽管美国有22%的人 人口是儿童)。因此，有必要对个人进行广泛的儿科专科培训 在儿童健康和发展的不同领域研究技能，以优化他们的匹配 质量(即，使他们的职业选择与他们是谁、他们的技能和兴趣相一致)来促进他们的 长期的成功。维克森林大学医学院(WFUSM)的研究培训对 儿童健康(TRAC)计划将提供一个新的儿童健康和发展研究培训机会 不同教育水平(本科生、研究生和医学生、住院医生和 伙伴)。TRAC将促进获得持久的儿童健康相关研究技能，重点是 独立和批判性思维。仿照WFUSM儿科系试点计划，以及 利用现有的WFUSM培训计划，TRAC将支持新颖的、水平的点对点指导 通过夏季为期八周的身临其境的儿科特定技能课程，结合 在教师导师的指导下开发和实施合作研究项目 在下一学年继续，这样参与者就可以看到他们的项目完成。这将是 在第二年春天的儿科学术学会年会上提交摘要和 提交第一次创作的手稿。这种方法将提供一种重要的主人翁意识和 成就进一步增强参与者的能力并激发他们进入儿童健康领域的热情 和发展。因此，TRAC将利用广泛的教育重点、独特的指导和 新颖的参与者赋权以优化匹配质量，以帮助参与者确定和发展其 优势和兴趣，以促进对与儿童健康和发展有关的研究的持久兴趣 加强参与NICHD以任务为重点的研究的研究人员的多样性。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Despite enormous growth in research related to child health and development, there is a significant lag in corresponding growth of this workforce, especially for underrepresented individuals. There remains a dearth of trainees entering into and remaining in these careers. Many pediatricians have limited exposure to research during their training. Those who have received formal research training—ranging from short-term “boot camps” to master’s programs—or who work in a laboratory often are taught how to perform certain research skills (e.g., clinical study design) but do not know how to develop a rigorous research question. Overly specialized research training and lack of funding and resources limit the ability to adapt to a changing environment that is increasingly collaborative. Correspondingly, child health research funding has lagged and is disproportionate to funding for adult-focused research; only 10% of the NIH budget supports child health research (despite that 22% of the US population are children). Thus, there is a need to train individuals in a broad array of pediatric-specific research skills across diverse domains of child health and development in order to optimize their match quality (i.e., aligning their career choice with who they are and their skills and interests) to promote their long-term success. The Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) Training in Research Affecting Child Health (TRAC) Program will provide a novel child health and development research training opportunity across the spectrum of educational levels (undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, residents, and fellows). TRAC will foster acquisition of lasting child health-related research skills with an emphasis on independence and critical thinking. Modeled after a WFUSM Department of Pediatrics pilot program, and leveraging existing WFUSM training programs, TRAC will support novel, horizontal peer-to-peer mentorship through an immersive eight-week pediatric-specific skills course over the summer combined with the development and implementation of collaborative research projects with guidance from faculty mentors that will continue throughout the following academic year so participants can see their project to completion. This will culminate in abstract submissions to the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting the following spring and submission of a first-authored manuscript. This approach will provide an important sense of ownership and accomplishment to further empower the participants and generate excitement to enter the field of child health and development. TRAC will therefore take advantage of a broad educational focus, unique mentorship, and novel participant empowerment to optimize match quality in order to help participants identify and develop their strengths and interests to promote lasting interest in research related to child health and development and enhance the diversity of the research workforce involved in NICHD mission-focused research.