CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING CURRICULUM

这项提案的目标是改善范德比尔特大学医学中心临床研究实习生的教育和培训。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，该环境提供受过良好培训的独立临床研究人员在学术医学领域取得成功、成功竞争研究资金并为医学和医学进步做出重要贡献所必需的基本技能、方法论、理论和概念化。临床研究是以患者为基础的，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)流行病学和行为研究；以及(3)结果和卫生服务研究。具体目标和实施策略是：(1)为临床研究实习生创建和实施一个新的学位计划-临床调查硕士学位(M.C.I.)-专注于以患者为中心的研究；(2)扩大现有的公共卫生硕士(M.P.H.)面向临床研究实习生的计划，侧重于流行病学/行为研究或结果/健康服务研究，使受训人员可以每年参加该计划，而不是每两年参加一次；(3)实施综合核心课程，汇集来自M.C.I.和M.P.H.计划的受训人员；(4)招募有才华的临床研究受训人员进入我们的临床研究课程和临床研究学位计划；(5)实施鼓励和支持妇女和少数族裔申请者和受训人员的战略；(6)通过过程和结果评估方法评估每个课程的设计和实施；以及(7)实施持续质量改进程序，以改进课程组成部分、整体课程和整体计划的过程和结果。拟议的课程设计既讲授又体验式，遵循成人学习理论的概念模式。计划参与者将从目前由联邦政府资助的27个临床奖学金培训计划和医学院入学。该计划已经建立了一个在临床研究和临床研究培训方面取得突出成就的教师咨询委员会，该委员会将为计划的改进提供监测、评估和建议。将在竞争的基础上授予有限数量的奖学金，以支付学员的学费。

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.