Harvard-Longwood Research Training in Vascular Surgery

描述(由申请者提供)：该培训计划为学术临床医生提供为期两年的血管外科基础研究培训。它解决了血管外科医生缺乏足够的研究培训的问题，因为它适用于临床疾病的特定领域。提供分子和细胞生物学、生物力学、凝血血栓形成和血管生成方面的研究培训，重点关注临床相关问题，如动脉粥样硬化、内膜增生、假体/宿主相互作用和血栓形成。一个新的组成部分是提供有指导的高级成果研究培训受训人员参加一项密集的研究活动计划，并辅以研究设计、统计和对已发表研究的评估方面的课程工作。该计划由计划主任、联合主任和导师实施并密切监督，他们拥有良好的同行评议研究记录，并被选中参与当前的研究活动，并被证明致力于培训研究人员。个人导师是根据学员的背景和研究兴趣从项目的教职员工中挑选出来的，学员在导师的密切指导下开展自己的项目。实验室培训可以通过哈佛医学院、卫生保健政策与研究部和哈佛大学文理学院的研究生水平培训来补充，课程选择与实验室工作是相辅相成的。完成该计划后，受训者能够进行独立研究，并拥有获得竞争性同行评审拨款所需的科学和研究背景；他们拥有在加入医学院教职时提供翻译专业知识所需的能力和知识。选拔学员的标准是考生在学术实践中表现出的能力和职业选择。申请者是完成两年、三年或五年(即符合董事会资格)的研究生外科培训的住院医生。受训者承诺接受两年的培训；希望受训期较短的受训者不被考虑。只有那些有学术外科的职业目标，对血管外科的基础研究或结果研究有浓厚兴趣的申请者才是合适的。在临床培训计划期间申请奖学金的候选人必须提供证据，证明他们在完成研究培训后将被重新纳入该计划。受训人员不参与任何临床活动，除非与研究有关。相关性(见说明书)：血管外科医生为相关设备和血管干预问题提供了实用的“动手”视角。这一计划培养了一支拥有研究基础知识的外科医生干部队伍，这些基础知识对于血管疾病治疗中的从板凳到床边到公共政策的一线计划至关重要。

Description (provided by applicant): This training program provides two years of basic research training in vascular surgery for academic clinicians. It addresses the absence of adequate research training for vascular surgeons as it applies to specific areas of clinical disease. Research training in molecular and cell biology, biomechanics, coagulation thrombosis, and angiogenesis is provided with a focus on clinically relevant problems such as atherogenesis, intimal hyperplasia, prosthetic/host interactions and thrombosis. A new component is the availability of mentored advanced outcomes research training Trainees pursue a program of intense research activity supplemented with course work in research design, statistics, and evaluation of published research. The program is conducted and closely supervised by the program director, co-director and mentors who have well-established records of peer-reviewed research, and who were selected both for the current research activities and their proven commitment to train research fellows. Individual mentors are chosen from the program's faculty on the basis of the background and research interest of the individual trainee, and the trainees carry out their own projects under the close guidance of their mentor. Laboratory training can be supplemented by graduate level training at Harvard Medical School the Department of Health Care Policy and Research and Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, with course selection complementing laboratory endeavors. Upon completion of the program, trainees are capable of independent research and possess the scientific and research background needed to obtain competitive peer-reviewed grants; they have the abilities and knowledge necessary to provide translational expertise as they join medical school faculties. Selection of the trainees is based on candidates' demonstrated ability and career choice of academic practice. Applicants are resident physicians who have completed two, three or five years (i.e. is board eligible) of post-graduate surgical training. Trainees commit to two years of training; trainees desiring a shorter training period are not considered. Only those applicants with career goals in academic surgery, with a keen interest in basic resarch or outcomes research in vascular surgery, are compatible. Candidates pursuing a fellowship during a program of clinical traning must provide evidence that they will be accepted back into that program upon completion of their research training. Trainees are not involved in any clinical activities unless research related. RELEVANCE (See instructions): Vascular Surgeons provide a practical "hands on" perspective on the relevant problems of devices and interventions on blood vessels. This program creates a cadre of surgeons with expertise in research fundamentals essential to frontline 'bench to bedside to public policy' programs in treatment of vascular disease.