Cardiology and Pulmonary Clinical Research Training Program

描述（申请人提供）：临床流行病学和生物统计学中心（CCEB），以及医学系的心血管医学部和肺、过敏和重症监护部，以及儿科系内的心脏病学部和肺医学部，都是宾夕法尼亚大学佩雷尔曼医学院（Penn）的，建议继续和加强一个创新的，严格的，成功的两到三年的研究培训计划，为临床医生在成人和儿科心脏病和肺临床研究。 培训计划包括流行病学，临床研究方法，生物统计学和心肺流行病学的必修课程;与学员方法学兴趣相关的选修课程;由CCEB和成人和儿科心脏病学和肺科参与教师进行的期刊俱乐部和临床研究会议;广泛的独立阅读;负责任地进行研究的指导;专业发展系列;与经验丰富的研究者的学徒经验;以及完成心脏病学或肺部临床研究的独立研究项目。该方案将：1）培训临床医生成为严谨和独立的学术研究者，能够使用流行病学中可用的一系列方法来解决心血管和肺部疾病中与病因学，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）提供临床流行病学和心血管和肺部医学方面的教师指导的研究经验;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。受训人员在临床流行病学硕士（MSCE）计划录取。 拟议计划的优势是：1）CCEB和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，包括本培训计划; 2）在心血管和肺疾病临床研究中感兴趣的教师之间形成的合作联系; 3）可供学员使用的全面课程和研究计划;以及4）拥有一批经验丰富、多学科的教师，并有成功的培训记录。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），和教师的合作研究和培训的承诺，联合收割机，以提供一个理想的环境， 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个学术环境，鼓励基础和临床研究，并将其视为医生有吸引力的职业道路。(End摘要）

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)