UM Graduate Training Program in Translational and Clinical Investigation

描述（由申请人提供）：迈阿密大学临床和转化研究研究生培训计划（UM-GTPTCI）将吸引合格的医疗保健专业人员参加一个高度整合的跨学科计划，该计划将通过为未来学术研究人员和领导者的发展奠定基础，进一步发展转化科学学科。本课程发展奖的总体目标是吸引在转化科学学科中有前途的新研究者和早期研究者（ESIs），使他们将学术转化科学的追求作为自己的职业目标。这将通过三个具体目标来实现：[1)：暴露：我们的目标是使大量的技术培训生接触临床研究，特别是转化科学。(2)培训：那些接触过转化科学并具有必要证书的人将成为我们新开设的转化和临床研究硕士课程的候选人。我们在这个K30应用程序支持下的课程开发工作将导致这个新的科学硕士学位。(3)职业发展：在培训期间和培训结束后，我们将建立新的职业发展机制和保留初级教师。这些机制包括机构性的K12项目和新兴的迈阿密学者项目。该基金支持的课程发展奖励结构的一个重要功能是评估UM- GTPTCl的有效性，并根据结果对项目进行适应性调整。正式的评估过程将包括一个结构化的过程，旨在实现以下目标：(a)评估参与者的历史，(b)评估硕士课程，(c)确定最终的相关结果，这反映在满足毕业标准上，以及(d)评估干预后的结果。该计划的创新部分将包括旨在解决适用于不同种族社区的转化研究培训的培训结构，以及专注于招募和培训这些代表性不足的社区的成员，以便他们能够成为能够以最佳方式参与自己社区的学术领袖。该计划还包括发展和提高指导技能的结构化程序。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Miami Graduate Training Program in clinical and Translational Investigation (UM-GTPTCI) will engage qualified healthcare professionals in a highly integrated and cross-disciplinary program which will further the discipline of translational science by providing a foundation for the development of future academic researchers and leaders. The overall goal of this curriculum development award is to engage promising new investigators and early stage investigators (ESIs) in the discipline of translational science, so that they make the pursuit of academic translational science their own professional goal. This will be achieved through three specific aims: [1): Exposure: We aim at exposing vast numbers of chnical trainees to clinical research and specifically to translational science. (2) Training: Those who have been exposed to translational science and have the necessary credentials will be candidates to enter our new Masters Program in Translational and Clinical Investigation. Our curriculum development efforts supported by this K30 application will lead to this new Masters of Science Degree. (3) Career development: During and after successful completion of training we will develop new mechanisms for career development and retention of junior faculty. Such mechanisms include the institutional K12 program and the emerging Miami Scholars Program. An important function of the curriculum development award structure to be supported by this grant will be to evaluate the effectiveness of the UM- GTPTCl and to make adaptive changes in the Program based upon the results. The formal evaluation process will include a structured process aimed at the following goals: (a) assessing the history of the participants, (b) assessing the Masters Program, (c) determining terminal cognate outcomes, which are reflected in meeting criteria for graduation, and (d) evaluating the outcomes that follow the intervention. Innovative components of the program will include training structures aimed at addressing translational research training applied to diverse ethnic communities and a focus on recruiting and training members of those same under represented communities so that they can become academic leaders able to optimally engage their own communities. The program also includes structured procedure to develop and improve mentorship skills. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by the applicant): South Florida has a population base of over 6 million people of the most diverse backgrounds. There is currently here no advanced degree in Translational and Clinical Science. We propose a curriculum development effort aimed at creating an innovative program of career development and a Masters Program in Translational and Clinical Investigation focused on engaging minority populations in translational medicine.