Oncology Research Training for Surgeon-Scientists

描述（由申请人提供）：我们在肯塔基大学（英国）的培训项目的主要重点是为致力于追求学术肿瘤外科事业的合格个人提供为期至少两年的强化和跨学科基础科学研究培训。我们的培训计划是专门针对学术外科医生的研究培训而设计的，这样他们就可以成为独立的科学家，并将在培训期间学到的最新技术融入到成功的学术生涯中。此外，这些学员将准备成为多学科团队的积极参与者，这些团队需要对复杂的癌症患者进行选择性治疗。我们的培训项目代表了马基癌症中心和外科部门之间的合作，并从项目和副主任的经验和合作中受益匪浅，他们多年来一直在一起工作，并领导了其他成功的临床科学家和基础研究人员培训项目。初级培训师资队伍由基础科学家和临床科学家组成，他们是合议的、合作的和多学科的；每位主要教师导师都是他或她所在领域的公认专家，并且在培训来自美国和国外的年轻研究人员方面有着长期的研究生产力记录。在过去的10年里，我们的15名初级教师导师培养了100多名博士生和130多名博士后。我们的培训计划的多样性进一步增强了包括经验丰富的兼职教师导师，他们将提供额外的临床和生物统计学专业知识。此外，我们还设计了一个“管道”机制，为有前途的初级教师提供时间和指导，以进一步磨练他们的指导技能，使他们能够在未来成为有效的主要导师。在不同的教师导师的实验室中，基础研究的广度和深度将使受训者熟悉并熟练应用最先进的技术来全面治疗癌症患者。除了密集的研究经验外，受训者还将学习正式课程（例如，拨款写作技巧、伦理学和生物统计学）。此外，学员将定期参加癌症中心和外科的研讨会和讲座。我们所有的学员将被要求完成临床和转化科学硕士学位的课程。这一要求将进一步增加项目的深度，并通过必要的监督委员会增加与校园其他科学家的互动。受训者还将在准备摘要、科学论文和演讲以及撰写成功的拨款提案等方面得到指导。我们关注的是临床科学家数量的惊人减少；这种减少在外科医生数量的减少上表现得最为明显。我们充满激情，积极进取，致力于培养未来的学术外科医生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary focus of our training program at the University of Kentucky (UK) is to provide intensive and interdisciplinary basic science research training for a minimal period of two years for qualified individuals who are committed to pursuing a career in academic oncologic surgery. Our training program is specifically designed to focus on the research training of academic surgeons so that they will be prepared to become independent scientists and incorporate the new and state-of-the-art techniques learned during their training period into a successful academic career. Also, these trainees will be prepared to be active participants in multidisciplinary teams which are required for the optional treatment of the complex cancer patient. Our training program represents a collaboration between the Markey Cancer Center and the Department of Surgery and benefits greatly from the experience and collegiality of the program and associate directors who have worked together for many years and have led other successful training programs for clinician-scientists and basic researchers. The primary training faculty is composed of both basic and clinical-scientists who are collegial, collaborative and multidisciplinary; each primary faculty mentor is a recognized expert in his or her field and has a long record of research productivity in the training of young investigators from the US and abroad. In the past 10 years, our 15 primary faculty mentors have trained over 100 predoctoral students and more than 130 postdoctoral fellows. The diversity of our training program is further enhanced by the inclusion of seasoned adjunct faculty mentors who will provide additional clinical and biostatistical expertise. Also, we have designed a "pipeline" mechanism to provide the time and instruction for promising junior faculty members to further hone their mentoring skills so that they can become effective primary mentors in the future. The breadth and depth of the basic research available in the laboratories of the various faculty mentors will allow the trainees to become familiar with and adept at the application of state-of-the-art techniques for the comprehensive care of the cancer patient. In addition to an intensive research experience, the trainees will take formal courses (eg, grant writing skills, ethics and biostatistics). Furthermore, the trainees will participate in regularly scheduled Cancer Center and Department of Surgery seminars and lectures. All of our trainees will be required to complete coursework for a Master's degree in Clinical and Translational Science (CTS). This requirement will further add depth to the program and increase interactions with other scientists on campus through the required supervisory committee. Trainees will also be mentored in the fine points of preparing abstracts, scientific papers and presentations and writing successful grant proposals. We are concerned with the alarming decrease in the number of clinician-scientists; this decrease is most apparent in the diminishing number of surgeon-scientists. We are passionate, motivated and committed to the training of future academic surgeons.