Research Career Development Support Core (RCDSC)

研究职业发展支助核心 有大量证据表明，患有严重疾病的老年人生活质量差， 个人需要改进。改善护理系统的一个方法是增加证据基础 姑息治疗和老年病学实现这一目标的主要障碍是缺乏科学的 investigators.有两个时期，初级研究人员是脆弱的，需要额外的支持， 确保他们能够独立。第一个是在他们职业生涯的早期，当他们接近尾声时， 奖学金或开始他们的教师任命，太初级，以获得即使是小的职业生涯 发展奖。第二种是在他们的职业生涯后期，当他们已经完成或即将完成他们的工作时， 外部职业发展奖（如K奖），并需要额外的支持，因为他们的工作，以获得他们的 第一个R 01或同等补助金。我们提出了一个新的和创新的研究职业发展支持核心 （RCDSC）为我们的老年美国人独立中心（OAIC）。RCDSC的目标是建立一个 正式的指导计划，教学课程和原创研究项目，以培养研究员/初级 教师，使他们有竞争力的职业发展奖或更大的研究赠款。本中心 特别是独特的是，我们有一个高素质和积极的初级教师和研究员强大的管道 在职业发展的不同阶段。结合我们的研究职业发展核心（RCDC）， 我们已经建立了一个连续的支持，将有前途的初级调查员转变为独立的调查员， 研究人员我们已经确定了适当的教学课程，每月一次的学术生存研讨会， 领导能力、期刊俱乐部和两周一次的研究进展研讨会，为刚果民盟中央的学者提供 对研究活动的反馈。培训和每周指导将在各种场所进行，包括 为刚果民盟和刚果民盟的学者和导师明确角色和责任。我们已将使用 学习合同和个性化的项目跟踪网格，注入了问责制的精神，并提供了一个 监测进展的结构。定期和严格的评估学者以及该计划有 已被纳入计划。定量和定性的课程和辅导评估将 提供过程和结果数据，以便为每位学者进行实时调整。我们的提议很好 与更大的OAIC集成，并利用西奈山健康的密集研究环境 系统和目前现有的临床和转化科学奖（CTSA）计划。监督 刚果民主共和国民防和民防委员会确保核心的共同领导人定期与我们的独立调查办公室的领导人互动， 行政核心，研究咨询委员会和执行委员会，以确保 刚果民主共和国民事和治安委员会顺利有效地开展工作，建立了一个得到良好支助的初级调查员小组， 改善对患有严重疾病的老年人及其家人的护理。

Research Career Development Support Core (RCDSC) There is abundant evidence that older adults with serious illness have poor quality of life and the care of these individuals is in need of improvement. One way to improve the system of care is to increase the evidence base in palliative medicine and geriatrics. A major barrier to accomplishing this goal is the lack of scientific investigators. There are two periods when junior researchers are vulnerable and need additional support to assure they can obtain independence. The first is early in their careers when they are nearing the end of fellowship or are beginning their faculty appointments and are too junior to obtain even small career development awards. The second is later in their career when they have completed or will soon complete their external career development award (e.g. K awards) and need additional support as they work to obtain their first R01 or equivalent grant. We propose a new and innovative Research Career Development Support Core (RCDSC) for our Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC). The goal of the RCDSC is to create a program of formal mentorship, didactic coursework, and original research projects to develop fellows/junior faculty such that they are competitive for career development awards or larger research grants. Our center is particularly unique in that we have a strong pipeline of highly qualified and motivated junior faculty and fellows at various stages of career development. In conjunction with our Research Career Development Core (RCDC), we have created a continuum of support to transform promising junior investigators into independent researchers. We have identified appropriate didactic coursework, a monthly seminar in Academic Survival and Leadership, Journal Club, and a biweekly Research-In-Progress Seminar to provide RCDSC scholars with feedback on research activities. Training and weekly mentoring will occur in a variety of venues and will include clear roles and responsibilities for RCDSC scholars and mentors alike. We have incorporated the use of learning contracts and individualized project tracking grids that infuse a spirit of accountability and provide a structure for monitoring progress. Regular and rigorous evaluation of the scholars as well as the program has been integrated into the program. Quantitative and qualitative curricular and mentoring assessments will provide both process and outcomes data allowing real-time adjustments for each scholar. Our proposal is well integrated with the larger OAIC and taps into the intensive research environment of the Mount Sinai Health System and the currently existing Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program. Oversight of the RCDSC assures that the core's co-leaders interact on a regular basis with our OAIC's Leadership and Administrative Core, the Research Advisory Committee, and the Executive Committee to assure that the RCDSC operates smoothly and efficiently to create a group of well-supported junior investigators who will improve the care of older adults with serious illness and their families.