TRAINING IN CLINICAL INVESTIGATION FOR PHYSICIANS

该提案概述了在耶鲁医学院建立一个新的临床研究医生科学家培训计划的计划。 该计划的核心是一项新的举措，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。 该计划旨在通过提供一个有利于临床研究长期培训的保护性和支持性环境，承认临床研究员的高级培训地位和特殊职业方向。 该计划中的两个培训途径-临床策略途径和疾病导向途径-都将包括严格的课程，在临床教师的指导下进行指导研究，以及由资格和论文委员会进行仔细监督，最终获得博士学位。或D.Sc.学位后四年。 其他学员谁将受益于课程和课程包括T32机构培训赠款在耶鲁大学医学院，K-08，K23或CAP奖的收件人支持的其他研究员，并从护理的护理科学计划的博士耶鲁大学护理学院选定的学生。 当前应用程序通过设计严格的课程来响应RFA OD-98-007，该课程通过新的和现有的课程提供临床研究的前沿培训。 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.