TRAINING IN CLINICAL INVESTIGATION FOR PHYSICIANS

该提案概述了在耶鲁医学院建立一个培训临床研究的内科科学家的新项目的计划。该计划的核心是一项新举措，即实验医学计划，该计划将通过医学系向来自众多临床部门的临床研究员授予高级学位。该项目旨在通过提供一个有利于临床研究长期培训的保护和支持环境，认可临床研究员的高级培训地位和特殊的职业方向。该项目中的两条培训路径——临床策略路径和疾病导向路径——都将包括严格的课程设置，在临床教师的指导下进行指导研究，以及在资格和论文委员会的仔细监督下，经过四年的时间，最终获得博士或博士学位。其他将从课程和课程作业中受益的学员包括耶鲁医学院T32机构培训补助金支持的其他研究员，K-08， K23或CAP奖的获得者，以及耶鲁大学护理学院护理科学博士课程的选定学生。目前的应用程序响应RFA OD-98-007，通过设计严格的课程，通过新的和现有的课程提供尖端的临床研究培训。该课程最大限度地利用了医学院现有的强大培训环境。

This proposal outlines plans to establish a new program for training physician scientists in clinical investigation at the Yale School of Medicine. The centerpiece of the program is a new initiative, the Experimental Medicine Program, which will award advanced degrees through the Department of Medicine to clinical fellows from a multitude of clinical departments. This program was designed to recognize the advanced training status and the special career orientation of clinical fellows, by providing a protected and supportive environment conducive to prolonged training in clinical investigation. The two training pathways within the program- the Clinical Strategies Pathway and the Disease-Oriented Pathway - will both consist of a rigorous curriculum of coursework, of mentored research under the tutelage of a clinical faculty member, and of careful supervision by qualifying and thesis committees leading to the Ph.D. or D.Sc. degree after a period of four years. Additional trainees who will benefit from the curriculum and coursework include other fellows supported by T32 Institutional Training Grants at the Yale School of Medicine, recipients of K-08, K23, or CAP awards, and selected students from the Yale School of Nursing's Doctoral of Nursing Science Program. The current application is responsive to RFA OD-98-007 by designing a rigorous curriculum which provides cutting edge training in clinical investigation through new and existing coursework. The curriculum takes maximum advantage of the strong training environment already in place in the Medical School.