UCLA Neurosurgery Research Training and Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：《新英格兰医学杂志》发表了一篇题为“神经外科可能会死”的煽动性文章，讨论了由于研究活动的时间和动力减少，神经外科的增长和创新可能会下降。尽管这种担忧没有立即实现，但鉴于目前学术医学的需求，神经外科医生的学术活动变得越来越脆弱——临床工作对时间的要求越来越高，而牺牲了学术追求。因此，拟议的加州大学洛杉矶分校神经外科研究教育计划的目标是通过直接调查研究，口头/书面科学报告和强化指导的职业发展，培养神经外科住院医生的基础或临床科学研究。培训计划的结构包括两个层次的指导，并在每个受训人员实习的最后一年完成职业发展补助金申请（k奖）。该培训项目由加州大学洛杉矶分校神经外科、神经病理学和神经放射学系为神经科学研究和教育提供了良好的制度环境，并与神经病学研究教育项目的教职员工进行了强有力的合作。加州大学洛杉矶分校神经外科是美国国立卫生研究院资助的全国前五大神经外科之一，拥有深度和广度显著的临床和基础研究师资，拥有多样化和资金充足的亚专业项目。在过去的20年里，住院医师项目在培训许多学术神经外科医生方面有着良好的记录。拟议的神经外科研究教育项目利用我们过去的教育经验和加州大学洛杉矶分校强大的神经科学社区，专门为那些倾向于作为独立研究人员追求学术生涯的神经外科医生开发一个新的、独特的研究培训轨道。总的长期目标是确保训练有素的神经外科科学家能够在未来取得进展，从而减少神经系统疾病的负担。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A provocative article entitled "Neurosurgery May Die" appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, discussing the potential fall in growth and innovation within neurosurgery due to a decrease in time and motivation for research activities. Although this fear was not immediately realized, scholarly activities by neurosurgeons have become increasingly vulnerable given the current demands of academic medicine - the increasing time requirements for clinical work at the expense of academic pursuits. Thus, the goal of the proposed UCLA Neurosurgery Research Education Program is to train neurosurgery residents in either basic or clinical science research through direct investigative study, oral/written scientific presentation, and intensive mentored career development. The structure of the training program incorporates two tiers of mentoring, with a culmination in the production of career development grant application (K-award) in the final year of the residency for each trainee. This training program is supported by an excellent institutional environment for neuroscience research and education in the UCLA Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, and Neuroradiology, as well as strong collaborations with faculty members within the Department of Neurology's research education program. The UCLA Department of Neurosurgery is within the top five NIH-funded neurosurgery departments in the nation, and has a significant depth and breadth of clinical and basic research faculty with diverse and well-funded subspecialty programs. The residency program has a strong track record of training many academic neurosurgeons over the past 20 years. The proposed Neurosurgery Research Education Program leverages our past educational experiences and the strong neuroscience community at UCLA in order to develop a new and distinct research training track specifically for neurosurgeons who are inclined to pursue academic careers as independent researchers, with the overall long-term goal to ensure that highly-trained neurosurgeon-scientists will be available to make future advances that will lead to a reduction in the burden of neurological diseases.