Mentored Clinical Scientist Program in Vascular Medicine

描述(由申请人提供)： 血管疾病被定义为动脉、静脉、淋巴管和微循环的障碍，是我们社会最常见的致病和死亡原因。由于其范围和复杂性，对血管疾病患者的护理一直是零散的，而且往往是不完整的。相比之下，血管医学建议为所有血管疾病提供综合评估和协调综合治疗。不幸的是，满足这一保健需求所需的血管医学专家的数量目前不足。需要一个学术血管医学专家的基础设施来弥补这一不足。为了向血管医学专家提供研究技能和临床知识，以在该领域取得学术领先地位，申请人建议：1.创建一个有效和可持续的研究生课程，通过开发：a.血管疾病多学科研究核心课程，提供研究方法和统计方法的教学培训，以设计和进行独立的临床血管研究；b.多学科临床核心课程，提供血管疾病的综合评估、协调管理和纵向护理。为了确保研究和临床培训的成功结合，课程将在一个指导团队的名下构建，该团队将结合每个核心的一名教员。这个项目的重要性在于它将作为血管医学的培训原型。这一计划的实施和复制将为血管医学提供未来的学术领袖，他们将把该领域定义为一门独特的学科。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Vascular disease defined as disorders of the arteries, veins, lymphatics and microcirculation is the most common cause of morbidity and mortalitiy in our society. By virtue of its scope and complexity, the care of patients with vascular disease has been fragmentary and often incomplete. In contrast, Vascular Medicine proposes to provide comprehensive evaluation and coordinate comprehensive treatment for all vascular disease. Unfortunately, the number of Vascular Medicine specialists required to meet this healthcare imperative is currently inadequate. An infrastructure of academic Vascular Medicine specialists is required to meet this deficiency. In order to provide specialists in Vascular Medicine with research skills and clinical knowledge to assume academic leadership in the field the applicant proposes: 1. To create an effective and sustainable post-graduate program that will provide didactic clinical research training and provide comprehensive clinical training in vascular disease through development of: a. A multidisciplinary research core curriculum in vascular disease providing didactic training in research methodologies and statistical methods to design and conduct independent clinical vascular research; b. A multidisciplinary clinical core curriculum providing comprehensive evaluation, coordinated management, and longitudinal care of vascular disease. To ensure the successful synthesis of research and clinical training, the curriculum will be constructed within the famework of a mentoring team that will combine a faculty member from each core. The importance of this program is that it will serve as the training prototype for Vascular Medicine. Implementation and replication of this program will provide the future academic leaders in Vascular Medicine who will define the field as a distinct discipline. (End of Abstract)