Oncology Research Training for Surgeon-Scientists

描述（由申请人提供）：我们在肯塔基州（英国）大学的培训计划的主要重点是为致力于追求学术肿瘤手术事业的合格人员提供为期两年的密集和跨学科的基础科学研究培训。我们的培训计划是专门设计的，专注于学术外科医生的研究培训，使他们准备成为独立的科学家，并将他们在培训期间学到的新的和最先进的技术纳入成功的学术生涯。此外，这些学员将准备成为多学科团队的积极参与者，这是复杂癌症患者的可选治疗所必需的。我们的培训计划代表了Markey癌症中心和外科部门之间的合作，并从该计划和副主任的经验和合作中受益匪浅，他们已经合作多年，并为临床科学家和基础研究人员领导了其他成功的培训计划。初级培训学院由基础和临床科学家组成，他们是学院，协作和多学科的;每个初级教师导师都是他或她所在领域的公认专家，并且在美国和国外的年轻研究人员的培训中拥有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多名博士前学生和130多名博士后研究员。我们的培训计划的多样性进一步加强了经验丰富的兼职教师导师谁将提供额外的临床和生物统计专业知识的列入。此外，我们设计了一个“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小学导师。在各个教师导师的实验室中提供的基础研究的广度和深度将使学员熟悉并擅长应用最先进的技术来全面护理癌症患者。除了密集的研究经验，学员将采取正式的课程（例如，赠款写作技巧，道德和生物统计学）。此外，学员将参加定期安排的癌症中心和外科研讨会和讲座。我们所有的学员都必须完成临床和转化科学（CTS）硕士学位的课程。这一要求将进一步增加该计划的深度，并通过所需的监督委员会增加与校园内其他科学家的互动。学员还将在准备摘要，科学论文和演示文稿以及撰写成功的赠款提案方面得到指导。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科学家数量的减少中最为明显。我们充满激情，积极主动，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.