DDS Master's in Clinical Research (DDS-MCR)

描述（由申请人提供）：这个DDS-MCR临床研究硕士项目的提案利用了丰富的临床和转化研究资源和专业知识，这些资源和专业知识仍然是加州大学旧金山分校（UCSF）的标志。在我们在牙科学院和其他3个专业学院（医学、药学和护理）内成功发展领先教育项目的基础上，我们将培养牙科临床科学家（学者），他们将成为临床和转化研究的未来领导者。我们将实施一个全面的、有组织的、严格的教育计划，为牙科学校的学生在5年内获得DDS和MCR学位提供丰富的培训。我们与加州大学旧金山分校医学院（UCSF School of Medicine）的临床研究培训项目（training in clinical research， TICR）合作，创造了独特的跨学科、综合临床和转化研究培训体验。该DDS-MCR计划将满足学者和口腔健康研究界的需求，提供培训，确保继续获得尖端科学，最先进的研究工具，以及当今复杂科学问题所需的创新，跨学科，基于团队的观点。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal for a DDS-Master's in Clinical Research (DDS-MCR) program draws on the rich clinical & translational research resources and expertise that continue to be the hallmark of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Building on the foundation of our successes developing leading education programs within the School of Dentistry and within our other 3 Professional Schools (Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing), we will train dental clinician-scientists (Scholars) who will be future leaders in clinical and translational research. We will implement a comprehensive, structured and rigorous education program that will provide rich training for dental school scholars leading to the DDS and MCR degrees in 5 years. We have partnered with a nationally recognized and highly successful clinical research training program based in the UCSF School of Medicine (Training in Clinical Research, TICR) to create a unique cross-disciplinary, integrated clinical and translational research training experience. This DDS-MCR program will meet the needs of both the scholars and the oral health research community, providing training that assures continuing access to cutting-edge science, state-of-the-art research tools, and the innovative, cross disciplinary, team-based perspectives required by today's complex scientific problems. Scholar selection will be based on records, credentials, and judgment of which candidates will be most likely to benefit from the program and potential for future contributions and scientific leadership. Scholars will be guided through the program by outstanding mentors with whom they will be linked to form a partnership that will meet their educational needs through the entire program. Specific Aim 1: To provide multidisciplinary clinical and translational research training to dental students leading to the combined DDS-MCR degrees in 5 years Specific Aim 2: To provide mentoring and guide career development for dental school Scholars Specific Aim 3: To implement a performance evaluation tool designed to assess, monitor, and enhance the program's performance and effectiveness. Specific Aim 4: To play a leadership role at the local and national level through dissemination of education and research method tools. Project Narrative: This proposal is important to public service since it will create a training program for future dental clinician scientist who will become leaders in clinical and translational sciences research.