Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：本T32申请心血管结果研究的博士后奖学金计划，旨在通过扩展和改进现有的AHA资助的结果研究培训计划，满足地区和国家对心血管结果和护理质量研究方面的更多学者的需求，该培训计划在中西部是独一无二的。这一中美心脏研究所/密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校的研究项目为年轻研究人员提供了坚实的基础，使他们能够掌握心血管结果和护理质量研究的技术。因此，它已经发展成为我们地区由2所医学院和4个医院系统组成的中央统一研究项目，并为更远的项目提供专门的培训体验，包括圣路易斯的华盛顿大学和爱荷华大学。我们的目标是招募和指导优秀的潜在研究人员，他们有动力学习和应用结果、研究原则和技术，进行比较有效性研究，并将现有知识转化为临床实践。为期两年的培训计划由3个协同部分组成：1)临床研究一般技能的基本基础(包括临床研究硕士学位)，2)结果研究和学术‘生存技能’的专门技能(我们以结果为基础的核心课程)，以及3)实践研究。课程互动性很强，为学员提供了积极运用正在学习的概念的机会。研究经验的特点包括多学科小组指导、个性化以满足每个受训者的需求、获取大量现有数据来源以及经验丰富的统计支持。现有计划的改进包括在堪萨斯城增加培训机会；创造新的机会在耶鲁大学进行外部研究轮换，以支持CMS数据的使用；增强培训计划使用二级数据的当前优势，包括更多地强调小型试点项目的主要数据收集；以及将导师支持扩展到两年制重点培训计划之外。管理该项目将由一名合格的项目主任担任，并由一名经验丰富的助理主任和助理主任提供支持。7个方法核心(大型数据库分析、经济学和决策分析、定性和实施研究、研究设计方法和统计以及基于社区的参与性研究)的领导者致力于支持培训计划。该计划将得到内部和外部咨询委员会的支持。总体而言，我们承诺的团队将提供正式的培训、指导和评估计划，并在支持研究员为科学文献做出重大贡献和开始成功的学术研究事业方面取得高度成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This T32 application for a postdoctoral fellowship program in cardiovascular outcomes research is designed to meet a regional and national need for more scholars in cardiovascular outcomes and quality of care research by extending and improving an existing AHA-funded outcomes research training program that is unique in the Midwest. This Mid America Heart Institute / University of Missouri-Kansas City research program provides a robust foundation with which young investigators can acquire the techniques of cardiovascular outcomes and quality of care research. As such, it has grown to be the central unifying research program in our region of 2 medical schools and 4 hospital systems and serves as a specialized training experience for more distant programs, including Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Iowa. Our objective is to recruit and mentor outstanding potential researchers who are motivated to learn and apply outcomes research principles and techniques in performing comparative effectiveness research and translating existing knowledge to clinical practice. The 2-year training program is comprised of 3 synergistic components: 1) a basic foundation of general skills for clinical research (including a Masters degree in clinical research), 2) specialized skills for outcomes research and academic 'survival skills' (our outcomes-based core curriculum), and 3) hands-on research. Courses are highly interactive and provide fellows opportunities to actively work with the concepts being studied. Hallmarks of the research experiences include multi- disciplinary group mentorship, individualized to meet the needs of each trainee, access to numerous existing data sources, and highly experienced statistical support. Enhancements planned for the existing program include adding training opportunities within Kansas City; creating new opportunities to do external research rotations at Yale University to support exposure to the use of CMS data; enhancing the current strength of the training program's use of secondary data to include a greater emphasis on primary data collection for small pilot projects; and extending mentorship support beyond the 2-year, focused training program. Administering the program will be a qualified program director, supported by an experienced associate and assistant director. Leaders in 7 methodological cores (large database analysis, economics and decision analysis, qualitative and implementation research, study design methodology and statistics and community-based participatory research) are committed to supporting the training program. The program will be supported by internal and external advisory committees. Collectively, our committed team will provide a formal training, mentorship and evaluation program with highly proven success in supporting the ability of fellows to make significant contributions to the scientific literature and to embark on successful academic research careers.