CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING CURRICULUM

本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人员的教育和培训。 这一目标将通过在范德比尔特大学医学中心创建一个课程和学习环境来实现，用于临床研究的多学科培训，为训练有素，独立的临床研究人员提供必要的基本技能，方法论，理论和概念化。成功争取科研经费，为医学和医学科学的进步作出重要贡献。 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）流行病学和行为研究;（3）结果和卫生服务研究。 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.）- （2）扩大现有的公共卫生硕士学位（M.P.H.）临床研究培训生计划，重点是流行病学/行为研究或结果/卫生服务研究，使学员可以每年而不是每两年入学一次;（3）实施综合核心课程，将来自M.C.I.和MPH程序;（4）招募有才华的临床研究实习生进入我们的临床研究课程和临床研究学位课程;（5）实施鼓励和支持妇女和少数民族申请人和实习生的战略;（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。 拟议的课程设计是教学和体验，并遵循成人学习理论的概念模型。 计划参与者将从目前联邦资助的27个临床奖学金培训计划和医学院录取。 该计划已经建立了一个教师咨询委员会，在临床研究和临床研究培训方面取得了杰出的成就，将为计划改进提供监测，评估和建议。 将在竞争的基础上颁发数量有限的奖学金，以支付受训人员的学费。

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.