Cardiology and Pulmonary Clinical Research Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：宾夕法尼亚大学佩雷尔曼医学院儿科的临床流行病学和生物统计中心(CCEB)与医学系的心血管医学部和肺、过敏和重症监护科以及心内科和肺医学部一起，提议继续并加强为成人和儿科心脏病和肺部临床研究的临床医生提供的创新、严格和成功的两到三年研究培训计划。培训计划包括流行病学、临床研究方法学、生物统计学和心肺流行病学的必修课程；与受训人员的方法学兴趣相关的选修课程；由cceb、成人和儿科心脏病和肺科的参与教师举办的期刊俱乐部和临床研究会议；广泛的独立阅读材料；负责任的研究指导；职业发展系列；与有经验的研究员一起的学徒经历；以及完成心脏病学或肺部临床研究的独立研究项目。该计划将：1)培训临床医生成为严格和独立的学术调查人员，能够使用流行病学中的一系列方法来解决心血管和肺部疾病中与病因、预后、预防和早期发现、治疗、临床经济学、技术评估、医疗决策和患者护理质量相关的研究问题；2)提供与临床流行病学和心血管和肺部医学的教授者密切指导的研究经验；以及3)加强传统流行病学与心血管和肺部医学之间的联系。学员攻读临床流行病学理学硕士(MSCE)课程。拟议计划的优势是：1)在CCEB以及成人和儿科心脏病和肺科成功的研究和培训计划的悠久历史，包括这一培训计划；2)对心血管和肺部疾病的临床研究感兴趣的教职员工之间建立的合作联系；3)为学员提供的全面课程和研究计划；以及4)具有成功培训记录的广泛的经验丰富和多学科的教职员工。此外，许多现有的大型数据库可用于研究项目和培训，广泛的专业分析能力可用于采用方法的临床研究 临床流行病学(例如，临床试验、病例对照、队列研究等)以及教职员工对合作研究和培训的承诺，共同为此提供了一个理想的环境 培训计划。最后，宾夕法尼亚大学和佩雷尔曼医学院促进了一种学术环境，在这种环境中，基础和临床研究受到鼓励，并被视为对医生有吸引力的职业道路。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), together with the Cardiovascular Medicine Division and Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division, both of the Department of Medicine, and the Division of Cardiology and Division of Pulmonary Medicine, both within the Department of Pediatrics, all of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), propose to continue and enhance an innovative, rigorous, and successful two- to three-year research training program for clinicians in both adult and pediatric cardiology and pulmonary clinical research. The training program consists of required courses in epidemiology, clinical research methodology, biostatistics, and cardiopulmonary epidemiology; elective courses relevant to the trainees' methodologic interests; journal clubs and clinical research conferences conducted by participating faculty in the CCEB and adult and pediatric cardiology and pulmonary divisions; extensive independent readings; instruction in the responsible conduct of research; a professional development series; an apprenticeship experience with an experienced investigator; and the completion of an independent research project in cardiology or pulmonary clinical research. The program will: 1) train clinicians to be rigorous and independent academic investigators able to use the range of approaches available in epidemiology to address research issues in cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases related to the etiology, prognosis, prevention and early detection, treatment, clinical economics, technology assessment, medical decision making, and quality of patient care; 2) provide closely mentored research experiences with faculty preceptors in clinical epidemiology and cardiovascular and pulmonary medicine; and 3) strengthen the links between traditional epidemiology and cardiovascular and pulmonary medicine. Trainees matriculate in the Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) program. Strengths of the proposed program are: 1) the long history of successful research and training programs in the CCEB and adult and pediatric cardiology and pulmonary divisions, including this training program; 2) the collaborative links that have been forged among faculty with interests in clinical research in cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases; 3) the comprehensive course offerings and research programs that are available to trainees; and 4) an extensive set of experienced and multidisciplinary faculty with successful training records. In addition, numerous existing large databases that can be used for research projects and training, a broad array of specialized analytic capabilities available for clinical studies employing methods of clinical epidemiology (e.g., clinical trials, case-control, cohort research, etc.), and commitmet of faculty to collaborative research and training, combine to provide an ideal environment for this training program. Finally, Penn and the Perelman School of Medicine promote an academic environment in which basic and clinical research are encouraged and viewed as attractive career paths for physicians. (End of Abstract)