Baylor Research Education Program in Neurosurgery

描述（由申请人提供）：贝勒神经外科住院医师计划已经存在了五十多年，长期以来一直是全国最大和最受尊敬的神经外科培训计划之一。该计划一直有着坚实的学术传统，毕业生曾在许多领先的医学院担任教师。从2006年开始，该计划进行了重组，以大幅提高其培训下一代学术神经外科医生的能力。除了发展一种强调循证实践，临床和基础研究以及神经外科实践基础神经科学教学培训的文化外，该计划还扩展了整整一年，以便为居民提供更深入，更有意义的研究经验，这将有助于他们为学术生涯做好准备。贝勒神经外科研究教育计划将仔细制定和监督一整年致力于研究，并将研究教育纳入完整的七年计划。住院医师研究经验的标志将是在住院医师的第四年为期12个月的研究块。为了最大限度地提高研究生产力，居民也将有一个为期四个月的研究块在前一年计划一个项目，写一个研究建议，并开始数据收集。居民还将有一个额外的四个月的研究块在一年内，以下的专门研究年，以结束他们的项目，完成任何剩余的数据分析，并完成撰写手稿出版。这是对研究的实质性承诺，总共有20个月的受保护研究时间。该研究教育计划的主要目标是为神经外科住院医师提供在住院医师培训期间完成有凝聚力的重大研究项目的机会。该计划将通过整个研究过程指导居民，从项目概念到实验设计，数据分析和解释，最后到结果的发布。这种实践方法是让年轻的临床科学家为富有成效的研究生涯做好准备的最有效方法，允许他们独立进行研究，但有足够的支持来避免年轻研究人员所经历的常见陷阱。该指导项目还将为居民提供数据和专业知识的基础，以建立独立的研究计划并申请研究资金。因此，该计划旨在提供实质性的监督，同时仍然确保每个居民设计自己的研究项目的灵活性。该计划包括参与者的研究和教育计划以及正式的指导程序，并将跨越所有七年的住院医师培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Baylor Neurosurgery Residency Program has been in place for over fifty years, and has long been one of the nation's largest and most well respected neurosurgical training programs. The program has always had a solid academic tradition, and graduates have served as faculty at many leading medical schools. Beginning in 2006, the program was retooled to substantially enhance its ability to train the next generation of academic neurosurgeons. In addition to developing a culture that emphasizes evidence-based practice, clinical and basic research, and didactic training in basic neuroscience underlying neurosurgical practice, the program was expanded by a full year in order to provide residents with a deeper and more meaningful research experience that will help prepare them for an academic career. The Baylor Research Education Program in Neurosurgery will carefully develop and oversee a full year dedicated to research, and will also integrate research education into the full seven year program. The hallmark of the resident research experience will be the twelve-month research block during the fourth year of the residency. To maximize research productivity, residents will also have a four-month research block in the preceding year to plan a project, write a research proposal, and begin data collection. Residents will also have an additional four- month research block during the year that follows the dedicated research year, in order to wrap up their projects, complete any remaining data analysis, and finish writing up manuscripts for publication. This presents a substantial commitment to research with a total of 20 months of protected research time. The primary goal of this research education program is to provide Neurosurgery residents with the opportunity to complete a cohesive, significant research project during their residency training. The program will mentor residents through the entire research process, from project conception to experimental design, data analysis and interpretation, and finally, to publication of results. This hands-on approach is the most effective way to prepare young clinician scientists for a productive research career by allowing them to conduct research independently, but with enough support to avoid the common pitfalls experienced by young researchers. This mentored project will also provide the resident with a foundation of data and expertise from which to build an independent research program and apply for research funding. This Program is therefore designed to provide a substantial level of oversight, while still ensuring flexibility for each resident to design his or her own research project. The Program is comprised of both research and educational plans for participants as well as formalized mentorship procedures and will span all seven years of residency training.