Pitt Clinical Research Training Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology

描述（由申请人提供）：这是皮特老年病学和老年学临床研究培训计划的第二次竞争性更新。我们的首要长期目标是培养具有卫生专业背景的新一代研究人员，他们具有热情的承诺，知识和技能，可以在临床和转化衰老研究中取得成功。我们的项目是全国仅有的几个专门针对卫生专业人士的项目之一。匹兹堡大学为这一培训提供了一个出色的环境，具有卓越的深度和广度，资金充足，多学科老龄化研究；经验丰富、积极参与的导师；临床和转化研究培训的广泛资源；以及在老龄化研究方法方面建立了良好的集中。全面的培训计划建立在一个明确的结构上，包括六个主要的能力领域；1)临床和转化研究方法，2)老龄化和老年病学原则，3)老龄化研究方法，4)专业技能，5)专题专业知识，6)负责任的研究行为。为了在这些领域获得能力，我们采用以下培训策略：1)个人职业规划，2)正式教学，3)研讨会和讲习班，4)个性化指导团队，5)体验式学习，6)定期监督和相互反馈。培训计划侧重于三个层次的学员；1)为医生、药剂师、物理治疗师和护士提供两到三年的博士后项目；2)为医学院学生提供为期一年的博士前培训项目，该项目已纳入皮特医学院5年的医学博士/研究课程；3)为医学、物理治疗和药学博士生提供短期的暑期培训项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the second competing renewal of the Pitt Clinical Research Training Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Our overarching long term goal is to produce a new generation of investigators with a background in the health professions who have the enthusiastic commitment, knowledge and skills to succeed in a career in clinical and translational aging research. Our program is one of only a few in the nation that focuses exclusively on individuals from the health professions. The University of Pittsburgh offers an outstanding milieu for this training, with exceptional depth and breadth of well- funded, multidisciplinary aging research; experienced and involved mentors; extensive resources for training in clinical and translational research; and a well established Concentration in Aging Research Methods. The comprehensive training program is built on a well defined structure with six main areas of competency; 1) clinical and translational research methods, 2) principals of aging and geriatrics, 3) aging research methods, 4) professional skills, 5) topical expertise and 6) responsible conduct of research. To achieve competency in these areas we employ the following training strategies: 1) an individual career plan, 2) formal didactics, 3) seminars and workshops, 4) an individualized mentoring team, 5) experiential learning and 6) scheduled oversight and mutual feedback. The training program focuses on three levels of trainees; 1) a two to three year postdoctoral program for physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists and (new to this renewal) nurses, 2) a one year predoctoral training program for medical students that is integrated into the Pitt School of Medicine 5 year MD/ Research track and 3) a short term summer training program for medical, physical therapy and pharmacy doctoral students.