Integrated Oral Health Research Education and Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：牙科和口腔健康研究的一个主要弱点是缺乏训练有素的临床和基础科学家。该提案的总体目标是通过全面的综合研究培训计划培养口腔健康研究人员，该计划为学生-特别是代表性不足的少数民族学生-提供连续的研究培训经验，涵盖他们从牙科预科到博士后水平的整个专业教育范围。拟议的计划将建立在华盛顿大学牙科学院的研究和强大的现有研究培训计划的优势上，并将确保从本科到DDS后几年的研究培训的连续性，包括临床牙科教师的计划。该计划的具体目标是：1。在华盛顿大学牙科学院研究办公室设立研究培训和教育部。该部门的目标是：a）收集和传播有关特定研究培训机会以及该计划中整个连续性机会的信息; B）开发一个数据库，用于跟踪感兴趣的候选人，并帮助招聘口腔健康研究各级培训的学员; c）通过新的课程倡议增加现有的机会;以及d）评估综合计划。2.建立在现有管道计划的基础上，在牙科和医学的华盛顿学校的大学，准备代表性不足的少数民族和弱势本科生在卫生专业的职业生涯，提供结构化的研究培训经验在口腔健康领域。3.在进入和第一年牙科学生的初步研究培训的基础上，在牙科课程的第二，第三和第四年提供持续和扩大研究参与和研究培训的结构化机会。这些结构化的机会将包括临床和基础研究。4.为教师提供支持，以协调和加强研究课程。具体而言，支持将提供教师开发和教新的研究选修课程，牙科学生在牙科学校的晚年，教师提供咨询，支持研究生的研究和研究教师教生物统计学和数据分析的临床教师在临床牙科研究方法的暑期研究所。该计划将使用现有的仪器以及专门为此计划开发的工具进行评估。通过该计划开发的所有评估材料和教育材料将提供给科学界。拟议中的计划将大大提高研究文化在华盛顿大学，牙科学院，转化为一个协调的培训和教育计划，最终将增加学生选择口腔健康研究职业的数量一些脱节的活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A major weakness in dentistry and oral health research is the paucity of well trained clinical and basic scientists. The overall goal of this proposal is to develop oral health researchers through a comprehensive, integrated research training program that provides students - especially underrepresented minority students - a continuum of research training experiences spanning the entire spectrum of their professional education from the pre-dental to the postdoctoral levels. The proposed program will build on the strengths of the University of Washington, School of Dentistry in research and strong existing research training programs and will insure continuity of research training from the undergraduate through the post-DDS years, including programs for clinical dental faculty. The specific aims of this program are: 1. Establish a Division of Research Training and Education in the Office of Research at the University of Washington, School of Dentistry. The goals of this division will be to: a) collect and disseminate information about specific research training opportunities and about the entire continuum of opportunities in the program; b) develop a database for tracking interested candidates and aid in the recruitment of trainees for all levels of training in oral health research; c) enhance existing opportunities with new curricular initiatives; and d) evaluate the integrated program. 2. Building on the foundation of existing pipeline programs in the University of Washington Schools of Dentistry and Medicine that prepare underrepresented minority and disadvantaged undergraduate students for careers in the health professions, provide structured research training experiences in the area of oral health. 3. Building on the initial research training of entering and 1st year dental students, provide structured opportunities for continued and expanded research participation and research training during the 2nd, 3rd and 4th years of the dental curriculum. These structured opportunities will encompass both clinical and basic research. 4. Provide support for faculty to coordinate and enhance the research curriculum. Specifically, support will be provided for faculty to develop and teach new research elective courses to dental students in the later years of dental school, for faculty to provide consultation in support of graduate student research and for research faculty to teach biostatistics and data analysis to clinical faculty in the Summer Institute in Clinical Dental Research Methods. The program will be evaluated using existing instruments as well as tools developed specifically for this program. All evaluation materials and educational materials developed through the program will be made available to the scientific community. The proposed program will greatly enhance the culture of research at the University of Washington, School of Dentistry, transforming a number of disjointed activities into a coordinated training and education program that will ultimately increase the number of students choosing oral health research careers.