Multidisciplinary Heart and Vascular Diseases

描述(由申请人提供)： 杜克大学医学中心从事心血管疾病领域的临床医生和科学家培训已有超过45年的历史。其理念一直是通过创造一个环境，促进整个大学各项目和部门之间的自然联系，从而将培训和研究结合起来。无论以什么标准衡量，该项目都成功地培养了一代杰出的研究人员，他们现在是学术医学领域的杰出教师和领导者。这一成功在很大程度上要归功于30年来对心血管培训计划赠款的资助。我们的目标是通过创造一个环境，确保杜克大学继续为培养能够在心血管领域追求成功研究事业的年轻研究人员做出贡献，从而保持这一生产力的历史。这项申请是对我们长期的心血管培训计划补助金的一次竞争性续签。在过去的5年里，PI对我们的计划进行了许多实质性的改变，以努力显著提高我们学员的教育和研究经验。我们计划的一些变化包括：1)创建医学遗传学培训计划-在研究奖学金期间进行为期两年的教学课程工作，最终获得医学院的硕士学位；2)创建每周一次的研讨会系列，讨论每年夏天的拨款撰写和指导；3)建立学员对导师的定期书面评估，并由导师对学员进行定期书面评估；以及4)在临床研究员计划的第一年为所有研究员创建为期两个月的基础科学选修课，作为基础科学入门。该计划的目标是通过创造一个环境，确保我们的年轻受训人员发展成为非常成功和创新的独立调查人员，从而继续我们对有才华的内科科学家的培训。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Duke University Medical Center has been engaged in the training of clinicians and scientists in the area of cardiovascular diseases for over 45 years. The philosophy has been to integrate training and research by creating an environment that facilitates the natural linkages among programs and departments throughout the University. By any measure, the program has succeeded in training a generation of outstanding investigators who are now prominent teachers and leaders in academic medicine. Much of this success can be attributed to 30 years of funding of the Cardiovascular Training Program Grant. Our goal is to maintain this history of productivity by creating an environment that will ensure that Duke will continue to contribute to the development of young investigators capable of pursuing successful research careers in cardiovascular fields. This application is a competitive renewal for our long-standing Cardiovascular Training Program Grant. In the last 5 years, the PI has implemented a number of substantial changes to our program in an effort to significantly enhance the educational and research experience of our trainees. Some examples of changes that have been made to our program include: 1) Creation of the Medical Genetics Training Program - 2-year didactic course work during research fellowship culminating in a Masters Degree from the School of Medicine, 2) Creation of a weekly seminar series on grant writing and mentoring in the summer of each year, 3) Institution of regular written evaluations of mentors by trainees and of trainees by mentors, and 4) Creation of a two-month basic science elective during the first year of the clinical fellowship program for all fellows as an introduction to the basic sciences. The goal of this program is to continue our training of talented Physician-Scientists by creating an environment that will ensure the development of our young trainees into highly successful and innovative independent investigators. (End of Abstract)