STRATEGIC CURRICULUM FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

本申请是为了响应RFA OD-98-007，申请新的K30临床研究课程奖（CRCA）。该计划的主要目的是开发一个核心课程，为临床研究原则奠定坚实的基础，为杰出的、具有调查意识的内科科学家提供帮助。利用西奈山医学院的独特优势，学员将在以下三个领域接受教育和指导：1)流行病学和行为研究；2)结果和卫生政策研究；和/或3)以病人为导向的研究。被选中加入该计划的参与者将获得设计和开展新兴医学治疗临床调查的技能，并分析和应用新的诊断技术和疾病病理生理学研究的新方法。还将为代表性不足的少数民族学生制定独特的教育计划。该计划将通过教学和互动课程以及积极的指导来实现其具体目标：1)提供适用于临床研究的临床研究方法，生物统计学，生物伦理学和基础科学技术的深入培训；3)促进临床研究的环境和课程，突出妇女健康、少数民族人口和特定种族和文化群体的临床调查工作；4)使受训者能够分析、批评和解释自己和他人的研究结果；5)整合现有的临床研究课程，目前由GCRC和医学与社区医学系主持，与这里提出的更全面的方案，以便为临床研究博士学位的后期发展提供框架；6)通过利用双导师（实习生/学生）计划，提高西奈山医学院青年教育卓越中心中未被充分代表的少数民族青年参与者对临床研究的欣赏。该奖项将使该机构在培养和培养未来临床科学家和临床研究领导者的教育视野方面发展和扩大其声誉。该奖项将通过培养一种环境，使未被充分代表的少数民族学生尽早接触到临床研究职业的可能性，从而提供附加价值。通过卓越青年教育中心，该项目将提高教师和其他受训者对临床研究和正在进行的新颖教育活动的认识，并将有助于实现该机构在指导和促进卓越临床研究方面的专业知识而享誉全国的目标。

This application is for a new K30 Clinical Research Curriculum Award (CRCA), in response to RFA OD-98-007. The principal aim of the program described here is to develop a core curriculum which will provide outstanding and investigatively minded physician scientists with a strong foundation in the principles of clinical research. Drawing upon the unique strengths of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine faculty trainees will be educated about and mentored in three areas 1) epidemiological and behavioral studies; 2) outcomes and health policy research; and/or 3) patient oriented research. Participants who are selected to join this program will acquire the skills to design and conduct clinical investigations of emerging medical treatments and to analyze and apply new diagnostic techniques and new approaches to the study of disease pathophysiology. A unique educational program for underrepresented minority students will also be developed. The specific objectives of this program, which will be achieved through a didactic and interactive curriculum and through active mentoring are: 1) To provide in depth training in clinical research methodologies, biostatistics, bioethics and basic science techniques that are applicable to clinical research; 3) To foster an environment and curriculum in clinical research which highlights clinical investigative efforts in Women's Health, minority populations and specific ethnic and cultural groups; 4) To enable trainees to analyze, critique and interpret the results of their own research and that of others; 5) to integrate our existing clinical research curriculum, currently presented under the auspices of the GCRC and the Department of Medicine and Community Medicine, with the more comprehensive program proposed here, in order to provide a framework for the later development of a Ph.D. in clinical research; and 6) To enhance appreciation for clinical research among underrepresented minority youth participants in the Center for Excellence in Youth Education, at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, by utilizing a dyad mentorship (trainee/student) program. This award will enable this institution to grow and extend its reputation in fostering and cultivating the educational horizons of future clinical scientists and leaders in clinical investigation. This award will provide added value by fostering an environment that allows for underrepresented minority students to be exposed early on to the possibilities of careers in clinical investigation. In so doing the program will enhance awareness among faculty and other trainees regarding the clinical research and novel educational initiatives ongoing, through the Center for Excellence in Youth Education and will contribute to the Institutional goal of becoming nationally renowned for its expertise in mentoring and promoting excellence in clinical investigation.