CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING CURRICULUM

该提案的目标是改善范德比尔特大学医学中心临床研究者培训的教育和培训。这一目标将通过在范德比尔特大学医学中心创建临床研究多学科培训的课程和学习环境来实现，为训练有素、独立的临床研究人员提供必要的基本技能、方法、理论和概念化，使他们在学术医学上取得成功，成功地竞争研究资金，并为医学和医学科学的进步做出重要贡献。临床研究以患者为基础，包括：(1)以患者为导向的研究——包括人类疾病的机制、治疗干预、临床试验和新技术的开发；(2)流行病学和行为学研究；(3)结果与卫生服务研究。具体目标和实施策略是：(1)创建和实施一个新的学位课程-临床研究硕士学位（M.C.I.）-面向患者的临床研究培训生；(2)扩大现有的公共卫生硕士（M.P.H.）项目，面向临床研究学员，重点是流行病学/行为研究或结果/卫生服务研究，以便学员每年入学，而不是每两年入学一次；(3)实施综合核心课程，将M.C.I.和M.P.H.项目的学员聚集在一起；(4)在临床研究课程和临床研究学位课程中招收临床研究人才；(5)执行一项战略，鼓励和支持妇女和少数民族申请人和受训人员；(6)通过过程评价和结果评价方法，对每门课程的设计和实施进行评价；(7)实施持续的质量改进程序，以改进课程组成部分、整个课程和整个项目的过程和结果。建议的课程设计是教学和体验并重，并遵循成人学习理论的概念模型。项目参与者将从目前联邦政府资助的27个临床研究金培训项目和医学院毕业。该项目成立了一个咨询委员会，由在临床研究和临床研究培训方面有杰出成就的教师组成，该委员会将为项目改进提供监测、评估和建议。将在竞争的基础上颁发有限数量的奖学金，以支付实习生的学费。

The goal of this proposal is to improve the education and training of clinical investigator trainees at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. This goal will be accomplished by creating a curriculum and learning environment at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center for multidisciplinary training in clinical research that provides the fundamental skills, methodology, theories, and conceptualizations necessary for a well-trained, independent, clinical researcher to be successful in academic medicine, successfully compete for research funding and to make important contributions to the advancement of medicine and medical science. Clinical research is patient-based and includes (1) patient-oriented research - including mechanisms of human disease, therapeutic interventions, clinical trials, and the development of new technologies; (2) epidemiologic and behavioral studies; and (3) outcomes and health services research. The specific objectives and implementation strategies are: (1) Create and implement a new degree program - Masters Degree in Clinical Investigation (M.C.I.) - for clinical research trainees focusing on patient-oriented research; (2) Expand the existing Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.) program for clinical research trainees focusing on epidemiologic/behavioral research or outcomes/health services research so that trainees can matriculate into the program annually instead of biannually; (3) Implement an integrated core curriculum that brings together trainees from both the M.C.I. and M.P.H. programs; (4) Recruit talented clinical research trainees into our clinical research curriculum and clinical research degree programs; (5) Implement a strategy to encourage and support women and minority applicants and trainees; (6) Evaluate the design and implementation of the each of the curricula through both process and outcomes evaluation methods; and (7) Implement continuous quality improvement procedures that will improve the process and outcomes of the curricular components, overall curriculum, and overall program. The proposed curriculum is designed to be both didactic and experiential and follows the conceptual model of adult learning theory. Program participants will matriculate from the 27 currently federally funded clinical fellowship training programs and from the medical school. The program has established an Advisory Committee of faculty with distinguished accomplishments in clinical research and clinical research training which will provide monitoring, evaluation, and recommendations for program improvement. A limited number of scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis to cover a trainee's tuition costs.