A Research Mentoring Program in the Rehabilitative Care of Older Adults

描述（由申请人提供）：在康复科学领域，特别是在老年人护理方面，非常需要有经验的研究导师。候选人是哈佛医学院物理医学和康复系（PM&R）的理疗师，申请K24职业中期发展奖。他目前的项目旨在为老年人制定护理模式，以预防与行动有关的残疾。他工作的另一个目标是指导和培训老年康复患者导向研究（POR）的新研究人员。在过去的12年里，他在POR指导了16名学员，并在过去的4年里担任PM&R部门的研究培训和教育主任。此外，他还担任斯波尔丁剑桥门诊中心的医学主任。目前，候选人只能投入5%的精力来指导POR的学员。根据该奖项，他将被免除足够的临床和行政职责，将40%的精力用于指导。两个最近资助的赠款将作为该赠款提案的平台：NIH资助的纵向队列研究（1R01AG032052）和被称为波士顿康复结果中心（BROC）网络的R24奖（1R24 HD065688）。这两个为期5年的赠款正处于资助的初始阶段，将为4个新提议的项目提供平台，这些项目将由学员进行。支持培训和发展的资源包括哈佛临床和转化科学中心、BROC、马萨诸塞州总医院临床研究项目和PM&R部门。培训内容将包括与PI的直接指导，负责任地开展研究的培训，研究项目管理培训，数据分析培训和支持，生物统计咨询，以及K24咨询委员会，该委员会由之前与候选人共同指导过学员的高级科学家组成。在研究培训、职业发展资助和补充资助方面，已经建立了冗余机制，以便提供各种选择，成功地满足所有受训人员的个人需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a great need for the development of experienced research mentors in the field of rehabilitation science and especially in the care of older adults. The candidate is a Physiatrist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Harvard Medical School applying for a K24 mid-career development award. His current projects are directed towards the goal of developing care paradigms for older adults addressing the prevention of mobility related disability. Another goal of his work has been the mentoring and training of new investigators in geriatric rehabilitative Patient Oriented Research (POR). He has mentored 16 trainees over the last 12 years in POR and has served as Director of Research Training and Education for the Department of PM&R for the last 4 years. Additionally, he serves as Medical Director of the Spaulding Cambridge Outpatient Center. Currently, the candidate is only able to dedicate 5% effort towards mentoring of trainees in POR. Under this award, he will be relieved of sufficient clinical and administrative duties to dedicate 40% effort towards mentoring. Two recently funded grants will serve as the platform for this grant proposal: a NIH funded longitudinal cohort study (1R01AG032052) and a R24 award known as the Boston Rehabilitation Outcomes Center (BROC) Network (1R24 HD065688). These two 5-year grants are in their initial stages of funding and will provide the platform for 4 newly proposed projects that will be conducted by mentees. Resources supporting the training and development include the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, the BROC, the Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Program and the Department of PM&R. Elements of the training will include direct mentoring with the PI, training in the responsible conduct of research, training in research project management, data analysis training and support, biostatistical consultation, and a K24 advisory board consisting of senior scientists who have all previously co-mentored trainees with the candidate. Redundancies have been built into the offerings for research training, career development funding and supplemental funding in order to provide varying options that successfully serve the individual needs of all trainees.