Pre-Faculty Research Training in Pediatric Endocrinology

描述(由申请者提供)：儿科内分泌学奖学金计划的总体目标是教育和培训儿科医生，使其成为获得董事会认证的儿科内分泌科医生。这一培训计划的一个关键组成部分是为与糖尿病相关的领域的临床或实验室研究人员的职业生涯做好准备。被选为这项培训补助金的研究员将被要求提出研究计划，使他们能够进入儿科学术学院的行列。他们可能会遵循基础科学或临床/翻译的道路，并且必须表现出对未来学术生涯的兴趣。研究员将与导师匹配，这些导师可以支持他们的研究培训目标，并为他们的学术生涯下一阶段的发展提供指导。教师导师将根据他们促进这一转变的能力和传授负责任、严谨和强大的科学文化的能力而被挑选出来，这是明尼苏达大学儿科的传统。将同时使用多种培训模式：(1)由教师导师在研究中明确的个人培训，(2)临床或基础科学应用技术的正式培训，以及(3)准备摘要、口头报告和研究补助金以及从被辅导者向独立研究人员过渡的有组织的培训课程。负责任地进行研究和提供研究生课程的正式培训将完成教学阶段的学习。临床研究领域的实习生将获得临床研究的正式硕士学位。该机构及其项目的历史优势为学员提供了异常多样化和高质量的教育体验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):The overall goal of the Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program is to educate and train pediatricians for academic careers as board-certified pediatric endocrinologists. A critical component of this training program is to prepare fellows for a career in clinical or laboratory-based research in a field relevant to diabetes. Fellows selected for this training grant will be asked to propose research plans that will allow their progression into the ranks of academic pediatric faculties. They may follow either a basic science or clinical/translational track and must demonstrate an interest in a future academic career. Fellows will be matched with mentors that can support their goals for research training and provide guidance for advancement to the next phase of their academic careers. Faculty mentors will be selected for their ability to facilitate this transition and to impart a culture of responsible, rigorous, and robust science as is the tradition of the Pediatric Department at University of Minnesota. Multiple modes of training will be simultaneously used: (1) defined individual training in research by a faculty mentor, (2) formal training in the techniques of either clinical or basic science application, and (3) structured training sessions in the preparation of abstracts, oral presentation, and research grants and in the transition from mentee to independent investigator. Formal training in the responsible conduct of research and availability of graduate courses will complete the didactic phase of learning. Trainees on the clinical research track will obtain a formal Master's Degree in Clinical Research. The historic strengths of this institution and its programs afford trainees an exceptionally diverse and high quality educational experience