Research Training in Anesthesia/Perioperative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）： 麻醉/围手术期医学研究培训补助金的目的是为学术麻醉师提供两年的全职研究培训。我们的目标是识别，选择和教育高度积极的个人渴望一个调查的职业生涯，作为临床医生/科学家。该补助金的特殊重要性在于，它将为初露头角的临床医生/科学家提供机会和支持，以全职进行研究。许多人不追求研究训练由于实践的要求，即使在学术界，是如此之大。它还提供了接受基础，流行病学或生物统计科学正式教学培训的机会，包括获得和高级学位。研究机会围绕四个轨道组织;神经科学/疼痛管理，血管生物学/生物工程，炎症生物学/重症监护医学和结果/医疗保健服务研究。在每个领域都有一位经验丰富的主任提供全球监督，以及一系列参与教师谁将直接监督研究培训。这些潜在的导师大多是宾夕法尼亚大学的高级教师，尽管许多人主要不是在麻醉系任命的。学员选择感兴趣的领域，确定一个潜在的导师和两个一起开发一个调查项目。执行委员会由四名跟踪主任组成，根据项目的原创性、可行性和长期潜力的可行性、受训者的承诺以及受训者和导师之间的“适合性”，从这些个人及其项目中进行选择。轨道结构允许包括相对初级教师作为导师，因为轨道主任可以“指导导师”。执行委员会每年对学员和导师进行多次评估，以确保取得适当的进展。我们预计每年提供三个职位，每个职位为期两年。因此，在大多数情况下，我们应该在程序中有六个人。这些职位可能会由我们的临床培训计划的毕业生填补，其中许多人被吸引到该部门，因为它的长期和认真的研究承诺。我们将广泛宣传职位，以寻找最好的和最聪明的，以扩大由麻醉师/围手术期医生进行的研究的视野。 该计划已经重组，现在包括四个重点领域或轨道，神经科学/疼痛医学，血管生物学/生物工程，炎症生物学/重症监护和结果/医疗保健提供系统。 每个区域都由麻醉学院的高级成员指导，他们在该领域具有特殊的专业知识。 每个赛道总监直接负责学员，而不是整个项目总监。 该计划的目标仍然是培训和发展麻醉学的学术研究人员。 该计划有一个优秀的培训教师，并在招募优秀的学员谁去追求学术麻醉事业的成功历史悠久。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the Anesthesia/Perioperative Medicine Research Training Grant is to provide academic anesthesiologists with two years of full-time research training. We aim to identify, select and educate highly motivated individuals desiring an investigative career to function as clinician/scientists. The special importance of this grant is that it will provide an opportunity and support for a budding clinician/ scientist to pursue research on a full time basis. Many individuals are not pursuing research training due to the demands of practice, even in academics, are so great. It further provides the opportunity to receive formal didactic training in basic, epidemiologic or biostatistical science, including obtaining and advanced degree. Research opportunities are organized around four Tracks; Neuroscience/Pain Management, Vascular Biology/Bioengineering, Inflammatory Biology/Critical care medicine and Outcomes/Health Care Services Research. In each of these areas there is a highly experienced Director to provide global oversight, and a series of Participating Faculty members who will directly supervise research training. Most of these potential mentors are senior faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, although many are not primarily appointed in the Department of Anesthesia. Trainees select an area of interest, identify a potential mentor and the two together develop an investigative project. The Executive Committee, consisting of the four Track Directors, selects from among these individuals and their projects based on the originality, viability and feasibility for long-term potential of the project, the promise of the trainee and the "fit" between trainee and mentor. The Track structure permits inclusion of relatively junior faculty as mentors, since the Track Director can "mentor the mentor". Trainees and mentors are evaluated by the Executive Committee several times each year to assure that appropriate progress is being made. We anticipate offering three positions each year, with each position of two years duration. Thus, at most times we should have six individuals in the program. These positions will likely be filled by graduates of our clinical training program, many of whom are attracted to the department because of its long-standing and serious commitment to research. We will advertise positions widely to seek out the best and the brightest to expand the horizons of research being performed by anesthesiologist/perioperative physicians. This program has been reorganized and now consists of four areas of emphasis or tracks, Neuroscience/Pain Medicine, Vascular Biology/Bioengineering, Inflammatory Biology/Critical Care and Outcomes/Health Care Delivery Systems. Each area is directed by a senior member of the Anesthesia Faculty with special expertise in the field. Each track director has direct responsibility for trainees, rather than the overall program director. The goal of the program continues to be to train and develop academic investigators in anesthesiology. The program has an excellent training faculty, and a strong history of success in recruiting excellent trainees who go on to pursue careers in academic anesthesia.