Planning Grant for Clinical Research Training

这项规划拨款将使夏威夷大学医学院和护理与牙科卫生学院能够制定临床研究的正式培训计划，以便为致力于发展临床研究职业生涯的有前途的研究人员提供知识，专业知识和指导。临床研究硕士是一个致力于培养未来几代临床研究者的计划的发展的必要刺激。主要目的：正式计划，包括课程，学生选拔过程和其他必要的行政事项，以提供在夏威夷大学的临床研究硕士为医学博士。博士和博士后候选人和初级教师在医学院和护理学院。次要目的：制定一项计划，以巩固到一个组织结构，必要的资源，以发展夏威夷大学在马诺阿，在临床研究硕士（UHMCR），其组成部分目前分散在医学，公共卫生和护理学院的众多部门，以及大学的其他部门，并利用加州大学弗朗西斯科分校（UCSF）的合作潜力，正式制定UHMCR。UCSF计划最近获得了NIH K30奖，被全国公认为临床研究培训的领先计划。规划补助金的具体目标是制定一个新的临床研究教学课程，以获得临床研究硕士学位（MCR）。本课程将仿照加州大学旧金山分校弗朗西斯科的硕士课程。规划补助金还将在临床研究中心建立一个行政结构，以：确定和/或招聘夏威夷大学医学院和护理与牙科卫生学院的适当教师;确定潜在的计划参与者并制定招聘，选择和资助机制;确定具有临床研究专业知识的调查人员作为该计划的导师;制定一个可行的实施计划，考虑到分散在社区医院和远离夏威夷大学主校区的临床教师的后勤和调度挑战;与加州大学弗朗西斯科分校流行病学和生物统计学系和Stephen Hulley博士建立合作关系。

This planning grant will enable the University of Hawaii Schools of Medicine, and Nursing & Dental Hygiene to develop a formal training program in clinical research in order to provide the knowledge, expertise and mentoring of promising investigators committed to developing careers in clinical research. A Master in Clinical Research is a necessary stimulus for the development of a program dedicated to fostering future generations of clinical investigators. Primary Objectives: Formalize the plan, including curriculum, student selection process and other administrative matters necessary to provide for a Master in Clinical Research at the University of Hawai'i for M.D.'s and fellows, doctoral and post-doctoral Ph.D. candidates, and junior faculty in both Schools of Medicine and Nursing. Secondary Objectives: To develop a plan to consolidate into one organizational structure, the resources necessary to develop for the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, a Master in Clinical Research (UHMCR), whose components are presently scattered throughout the numerous departments of the Schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, as well as other departments of the University and to capitalize on the collaborative potential of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) in formalizing the UHMCR. The UCSF program, a recent recipient of a NIH K30 award, has been nationally recognized as a leading program in clinical research training. The Specific Aims of the planning grant is to formulate a new teaching curriculum in clinical research leading to a Master in Clinical Research (MCR). This curriculum will be modeled after the University of California at San Francisco's Master program. The planning grant will also develop an administrative structure based at the Clinical Research Center to: identify and/or recruit for appropriate faculty at the University of Hawaii Schools of Medicine, and Nursing & Dental Hygiene; identify prospective program participants and develop the mechanism for recruitment, selection and funding; identify investigators with expertise in clinical research to serve as the mentors for the program; develop a feasible implementation plan that takes into consideration the logistical and scheduling challenges of clinical faculty who are dispersed throughout the community hospitals and distanced from the main University of Hawai'i campus; establish collaboration with Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California at San Francisco and Dr. Stephen Hulley.