Vanderbilt Health Services Research Training Program

描述(申请人提供)：此申请的目标是发展一个机构职业发展计划，范德比尔特卫生服务研究培训(VHSRT)计划，将支持四名博士后，DO，或DDS/DMDS，他们完成了他们的住院医师培训或健康科学博士学位，每个人一到三年，在卫生服务研究领域从事职业。该计划的设计反映了范德比尔特大学临床研究人员培训的三个核心原则，这些原则基于40多年的成功经验：1)个性化指导培训的重要性；2)研究保护时间的重要性；3)临床和基础科学家之间合作的重要性。VHSRT将由两个主要部分组成：1)参与公共卫生硕士计划，其中包括有指导的研究学徒；2)参与正式的职业发展和指导活动。 这项申请的具体目标是：1)制定机构职业发展计划，将个性化的指导研究经验与通过公共卫生硕士计划提供的授课课程相结合，面向已完成住院医师培训的博士后、DO或DDS/DMD或其他健康科学博士；2)招募计划中计划从事医疗服务研究的合格实习生；3)实施鼓励和支持更多妇女和少数族裔申请者和实习生的战略；4)通过过程和结果评估评估职业发展计划的成功；5)实施持续质量改进程序，以加强职业发展组成部分、课程和整体计划的过程和结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this application is to develop an institutional career development program, Vanderbilt Health Services Research Training (VHSRT) Program that will support four post-doctoral MDs, DOs, or DDS/DMDs who have completed their residency training or PhDs in the health sciences, for one to three years each, to pursue a career in health services research. The design of the program reflects three central tenets of the training of clinical investigators at Vanderbilt, based on over four decades of successful experience: 1) the importance of individualized mentored training; 2) the importance of protected time for research; and 3) the importance of collaboration between clinical and basic scientists. The VHSRT will be comprised of two major components: 1) participation in the MPH program which includes a mentored research apprenticeship; and 2) participation in formal career development and mentoring activities. The specific objectives for this application are to: 1) Develop an institutional career development program, integrating an individualized mentored research experience with didactic coursework offered through the MPH program, for post-doctoral MDs, DOs, or DDS/DMDs who have completed their residency training or for PhDs in other health sciences; 2) Recruit well-qualified trainees into the program who are planning a career in health services research; 3) Implement a strategy to encourage and support further women and minority applicants and trainees; 4) Evaluate the success of the career development program through both process and outcomes evaluation; 5) Implement continuous quality improvement procedures that will enhance the process and outcomes of the career development components, curriculum, and overall program.