Traning Clinical Scientists in Radiological Imaging

描述（由申请人提供）： 加州大学圣地亚哥分校放射学系提出了一项创新的培训计划，旨在培养成像临床科学家。成像在临床护理和生物医学研究中的作用越来越大，导致了对基于成像的临床科学家的迫切需求。有一个人才库的居民申请学术放射住院医师计划在美国各地，只有一小部分追求学术生涯。即使是一小部分受训者也会发展成为临床科学家。本提案中描述的培训计划建立在优秀的临床培训计划和住院医师开始时的研究基础上，然后在剩余的4年内建立。三个1年的插槽将提供给申请人的5年计划。我们的目标是根据申请人的需求量身定制该计划，并最大限度地提高他们在UCSD的研究经验。除了满足委员会认证的要求外，临床培训将侧重于受训者特别感兴趣的领域。临床年将是连续的，以最大限度地提高他们的学习，但是，他们将在UCSD逗留期间与他们的研究保持联系。他们的实验室领导人在他们的研究年和临床科学家在整个5年的指导将结合他们的研究和临床经验，并为他们提供一个模型，为未来的职业生涯作为临床科学家。除了研究指导和职业指导外，该计划还包括教学课程以及根据学员需求量身定制的专业讲座。在UCSD的许多每周研究研讨会，数据会议，临床和专业会议和密切的指导也代表了学习经验的重要组成部分。通过Match计划提供的专注于临床科学家职业生涯的综合培训计划确保了所有申请人的平等机会，并使我们能够在培训初期吸引居民，从而培养出训练有素的成像临床科学家。UCSD非常适合培养下一代成像科学家，他们将能够获得UCSD的所有资源以及放射科的成像和实验室资源。通过本提案中包含的具有丰富培训博士后候选人经验的导师，学员将获得70多项资助的主动赠款，提供超过3000万美元的研究支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Department of Radiology at the University of California, San Diego proposes an innovative training program with the aim of developing imaging clinician scientists. The growing role of imaging in clinical care and biomedical research has resulted in an acute need for imaging-based clinician scientists. There is a talented pool of resident applicants to academic radiology residency programs across the US, with only a small fraction pursuing academic careers. Even a smaller fraction of trainees are developed into clinician scientists. The training program described in this proposal builds on the excellent clinical training programs and the research at the beginning of residency that is then built upon during the remaining 4 years. Three 1- year slot will be made available to applicants to the 5-year program. The goal is to tailor the program to the needs of the applicant and to maximize their research experience at UCSD. Clnical training will focus on areas of specific interest to the trainee in addition to meeting the requirement for board certification. The clinical years will be consecutive to maximize their learning, however, they will maintian contact with their research throughout their stay at UCSD. The mentorship by their laboratory leader during their research year and by the clinical scientist throughout the 5 years will tie their research and clinical experiences and provide them a model for future careeers as clinical scientist. In addition to the research precepterships and career mentorships, the program includes didactic courses as well as specialized lectures tailored to the need of the trainee. The many weekly research seminars at UCSD, data meetings, clinical and specialty conferences and close mentoring also represent significant components of the learning experience. An intergrated training program focusing on the career of clinical scientist that is offered through the Match program ensures equal access to all applicants and allows us to engage residents early in their training resulting in committed well-trained imaging clinical scientists. UCSD is well suited to train the next generation of Imaging scientist who will have access to all of UCSD resources and the imaging and laboratory resources of the Department of Radiology. Through the mentors included in this proposal who have extensive experience training postdoctoral candidates, trainees will have access to over 70 funded active grants providing over $30M of research support.