Pitt Clinical Research Training Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology

描述(申请人提供)：这是PITT老年医学和老年学临床研究培训计划的第二次竞争性更新。我们最重要的长期目标是培养具有卫生专业背景的新一代研究人员，他们拥有热情的承诺、知识和技能，能够在临床和转化性衰老研究领域取得成功。我们的计划是全国仅有的几个专门针对健康专业人员的计划之一。匹兹堡大学为这种培训提供了一个出色的环境，拥有资金充足的多学科老龄化研究的非凡深度和广度；经验丰富和参与其中的导师；广泛的临床和转化性研究培训资源；以及成熟的老龄研究方法专攻。综合培训计划建立在一个明确的结构之上，包括六个主要能力领域：1)临床和翻译研究方法，2)老龄和老年医学校长，3)老龄研究方法，4)专业技能，5)专题专业知识和6)负责任的研究行为。为了在这些领域获得能力，我们采用了以下培训策略：1)个人职业规划，2)正式教学，3)研讨会和工作坊，4)个性化指导团队，5)体验式学习和6)预定的监督和相互反馈。培训计划侧重于三个层次的实习生：1)面向医生、药剂师、物理治疗师和(新手)护士的两至三年博士后培训计划；2)纳入皮特医学院5年制医学博士/研究轨道的针对医学生的一年博士后培训计划；3)面向医学、物理治疗和药剂学博士生的短期暑期培训计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the second competing renewal of the Pitt Clinical Research Training Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Our overarching long term goal is to produce a new generation of investigators with a background in the health professions who have the enthusiastic commitment, knowledge and skills to succeed in a career in clinical and translational aging research. Our program is one of only a few in the nation that focuses exclusively on individuals from the health professions. The University of Pittsburgh offers an outstanding milieu for this training, with exceptional depth and breadth of well- funded, multidisciplinary aging research; experienced and involved mentors; extensive resources for training in clinical and translational research; and a well established Concentration in Aging Research Methods. The comprehensive training program is built on a well defined structure with six main areas of competency; 1) clinical and translational research methods, 2) principals of aging and geriatrics, 3) aging research methods, 4) professional skills, 5) topical expertise and 6) responsible conduct of research. To achieve competency in these areas we employ the following training strategies: 1) an individual career plan, 2) formal didactics, 3) seminars and workshops, 4) an individualized mentoring team, 5) experiential learning and 6) scheduled oversight and mutual feedback. The training program focuses on three levels of trainees; 1) a two to three year postdoctoral program for physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists and (new to this renewal) nurses, 2) a one year predoctoral training program for medical students that is integrated into the Pitt School of Medicine 5 year MD/ Research track and 3) a short term summer training program for medical, physical therapy and pharmacy doctoral students.