Training of Academic Surgical Oncologists

描述(申请人提供)：为了解决全国外科肿瘤学临床医生和研究人员短缺的问题，德克萨斯大学安德森癌症中心外科肿瘤学系致力于培养学术外科肿瘤学家。这一目标正在通过在我们的T32受训人员中发展成为一名多产的外科调查员所必需的研究背景技能来实现。此外，我们致力于为学术外科肿瘤学中代表性不足的群体提供T32培训，包括少数族裔个人和妇女。我们的T32项目提供广泛的基础肿瘤学学科的研究机会，包括肿瘤生物学、癌基因和肿瘤抑制基因生物学、信号转导、细胞和分子肿瘤免疫学、基因转移、血管生成、实验治疗学和其他与癌症相关的研究领域。此外，我们最近重新合并了T32研究员在获得基础科学研究教学培训的同时获得“临床有效性”培训的选项。这一培训通过我们的会议结构扩大了对所有受训人员的教育。这种学术培训的多面性增加了完成培训后获得学术职位的可能性。生物统计学方面的培训和负责任的研究，以及丰富的研讨会和研究生课程是这个T32项目不可或缺的部分。 对博士后医学博士研究生的培训是在普通外科住院医师24个月的间歇期间进行的，或者是在普通外科住院医师之后开始的两到三年外科肿瘤学研究员期间提供的。在完成培训后，几乎所有的T32受训人员都进入了外科肿瘤学奖学金或地理全职外科肿瘤学学术职位。T32项目的教职员工包括外科研究人员和全职基础科学研究人员，他们中的绝大多数人都得到了同行评议的拨款支持。德克萨斯大学安德森癌症中心大力宣扬在研究、教育和病人护理方面卓越的核心使命。因此，这是一个高度刺激的环境，有抱负的学术外科肿瘤学家可以在T32计划的支持下接受研究培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To address the national shortage of surgical oncology clinician-investigators, the Department of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has dedicated its T32 training program to producing academic surgical oncologists. This goal is being met by developing in our T32 trainees the research background skills necessary to be a productive surgical investigator. Moreover, we are committed to providing T32 training to groups that are underrepresented in academic surgical oncology, including minority individuals and women. Our T32 program provides research opportunities in a broad range of basic oncologic disciplines, including tumor biology, oncogene and tumor suppressor gene biology, signal transduction, cellular and molecular tumor immunology, gene transfer, angiogenesis, experimental therapeutics and other cancer-related research areas. In addition, we recently reincorporated the option for T32 fellows to obtain training in "clinical effectiveness" while still obtaining didactic training in basic science research. This training broadens the education of all trainees through our conference structure. This versatility in academic training increases the likelihood of obtaining an academic position upon completion of training. Training in biostatistics and the responsible conduct of research, and a rich array of seminars and graduate courses are integral to this T32 program. Training is offered to postdoctoral M.D. fellows either during a 24-month hiatus from General Surgery residency or during a two to three-year fellowship in Surgical Oncology that begins after General Surgery residency. Upon completion of training almost all T32 trainees have either entered Surgical Oncology fellowships or geographic full-time academic Surgical Oncology positions. The T32 program faculty includes surgical investigators and full-time basic science researchers, the vast majority of whom have peer-reviewed grant support. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center vigorously promulgates a core mission of excellence in research, education, and patient care. As a result, this is a highly stimulating environment in which aspiring academic surgical oncologists can receive research training under the aegis of the T32 program.