Oncology Research Training for Surgeon-Scientists

摘要 我们在肯塔基州（英国）大学的培训计划的主要重点是提供密集和 跨学科的基础科学研究培训，以合格的个人在各种外科学科， 培养他们成为独立的科学家，并将他们在学习期间学到的最先进的技术融入其中。 他们的训练期变成了成功的学术生涯。此外，这些受训人员将准备积极参与 多学科团队的参与者，这是复杂癌症的最佳治疗所需的 病人我们为期两年的培训计划代表了Markey癌症中心（MCC） 和学术临床部门在英国和受益匪浅的经验和合议的 项目和副主任谁已经合作多年，并已导致其他成功的 临床科学家和基础研究人员的培训方案。初级培训学院由以下人员组成： 基础和临床科学家谁是协作和多学科;每个初级教师导师是一个 在他或她的领域公认的专家，并有长期的研究成果，在年轻的培训记录 来自美国和国外的调查人员。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谁将提供额外的临床和生物统计专业知识。 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 进一步提升他们的辅导技巧，使他们日后能成为有效的小学导师。 除了密集的研究经验，学员参加正式课程（如赠款写作技巧，道德 和生物统计学），并在编写摘要，科学论文和 演讲，并撰写成功的赠款申请。此外，受训人员定期参加 计划的MCC、部门和临床与转化科学中心（CCTS）研讨会， 讲座我们所有的学员都必须完成临床硕士学位的课程， 翻译科学（CTS）。此外，获得博士学位的选择是可用的，并鼓励（注意， 两名前学员成功完成了博士学位的要求，一名现任学员是 参加该计划）。成功完成硕士或博士学位的要求进一步增加了深度 和广度的计划，并增加与校园内的其他科学家通过所需的互动 监督或论文委员会。我们关注的是临床医生数量的惊人减少- 科学家的人数减少;这种减少在各种外科专业的人数减少中最为明显。 我们充满激情，积极主动，致力于培养未来的学术外科医生。

ABSTRACT The primary focus of our training program at the University of Kentucky (UK) is to provide intensive and interdisciplinary basic science research training to qualified individuals in the various surgical disciplines to prepare them to become independent scientists and incorporate state-of-the-art techniques learned during their training period into a successful academic career. Moreover, these trainees will be prepared to be active participants in multidisciplinary teams which are required for the optimal treatment of the complex cancer patient. Our two-year training program represents a collaboration between the Markey Cancer Center (MCC) and the academic clinical departments at UK 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 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. 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. In addition to an intensive research experience, the trainees take formal courses (eg, grant writing skills, ethics and biostatistics) and are mentored in the fine points of preparing abstracts, scientific papers and presentations, and writing successful grant applications. Furthermore, the trainees participate in regularly scheduled MCC, departmental and Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) seminars and lectures. All of our trainees are required to complete coursework for a Master's degree in Clinical and Translational Science (CTS). In addition, the option of obtaining a PhD is available and encouraged (of note, two former trainees have successfully completed requirements for their PhD degrees and one current trainee is enrolled in the program). The requirement to successfully complete either a Master's or PhD further adds depth and breadth to the program and increase interactions with other scientists on campus through the required supervisory or thesis committees. We are concerned with the alarming decrease in the number of clinician- scientists; this decrease is most apparent in the diminishing number of those in the various surgical specialties. We are passionate, motivated and committed to the training of future academic surgeons.