PROMOTING TRANSLATIONAL DENTAL RESEARCH ACADEMIC CAREERS

促进转化牙科研究学术生涯

• 批准号: 7344850
• 负责人: EDWARD F ROSSOMANDO
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-01 至 2009-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7344850
• 关键词: Academic Training; Address; Area; Award; Basic Science; Behavioral Sciences; Biotechnology; Businesses; Career Choice; Caring; Case Study; Class; Clinical; Clinical Protocols; Clinical Research; Complement; Connecticut; Dental; Dental Research; Dental Schools; Dental Students; Dentistry; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Entrepreneurship; Faculty; Funding; Grant; Human; Industry; Laboratories; Link; Medicine; Minority; Monitor; Numbers; Patient Care; Process; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Training; Schools; Science; Students; Surveys; Technology Transfer; Testing; Therapeutic; Time; Training; Translational Research; Translations; Universities; Woman; Work; base; career; clinically relevant; concept; day; design; experience; interest; lectures; peer; programs; success

DESCRIPTION: (provided by the applicant) The present proposal is designed to a) infuse in undergraduate dental students an appreciation of science and the results of scientific research, and b) provide students with an appreciation for research so they may be more likely to pursue advanced degrees, research training and academic careers. Currently, undergraduate students at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine (SDM) are provided basic science research experiences through training), and clinical research experiences through the UConn Dental Clinical Research Center (DCRC) component of a General Clinical Research center award. Despite these opportunities in basic and clinical research, training experiences in translational research are only partially offered through these awards, and education in entrepreneurship, management and technology transfer are not specifically provided. To address this deficiency, we have developed a curriculum to provide courses and research experiences in these areas. This curriculum emerged from combining and expanding upon 1) a Workshop funded by the NIDCR (R25 DE014686) on entrepreneurship and 2) a new course designed to integrate biotechnology with clinical dentistry. The results of both efforts support the conclusion that there is a need to develop and implement courses to accelerate the transfer, translation and integration of basic and clinical research findings into the dental curriculum such that "clinically relevant education" is provided in the basic sciences and "scientifically based education" is offered in clinical care. Accordingly, our proposal aims to include developing educational experiences distinct from those offered in the current T-32 and DCRC awards. Current SDM awards provide students with traditional biologic laboratory experiences. To complement these activities, our curriculum includes a course with lectures, practicum and case studies in the entrepreneurial sciences, in the integration of biotechnology with clinical dentistry, and in integrating the behavioral sciences with translational research. In addition, our program includes an externship with "real-world" dental companies, federal agencies, or professional associations and a formal presentation of the externship experience to an audience of peers, University of Connecticut faculty and industry representatives. Our proposed dental student curriculum will be distributed over the 4 years of undergraduate dental school. Students will self-select and the program for recruitment of women and minority students previously used for our Workshop program will be used to recruit for the present program as well. Students will be recruited during their first academic year and offered an opportunity to participate in additional courses presented throughout their remaining 3 years. We propose to enroll interested students as each new class enters the dental school. To evaluate the efficacy of the curriculum in promoting an interest in academic careers, pre- and post-graduation surveys were developed. Additionally, we intend to track attitudinal changes as the student's progress through the 4-year program, and monitor the student's career choices and progress after graduation from dental school.

描述：（由申请人提供）本提案旨在 a) 向本科牙科学生灌输对科学和科学研究结果的欣赏，以及 b) 为学生提供对研究的欣赏，以便他们更有可能从事研究高级学位、研究培训和学术生涯。目前，康涅狄格大学牙科医学院 (SDM) 的本科生通过培训获得基础科学研究经验，并通过一般临床研究中心奖的康涅狄格大学牙科临床研究中心 (DCRC) 部分获得临床研究经验。尽管有这些基础和临床研究的机会，但这些奖项仅提供部分转化研究的培训经验，并且没有专门提供创业、管理和技术转让方面的教育。 为了解决这一缺陷，我们开发了课程来提供这些领域的课程和研究经验。该课程结合并扩展了 1) 由 NIDCR (R25 DE014686) 资助的创业研讨会和 2) 旨在将生物技术与临床牙科相结合的新课程。两项努力的结果都支持以下结论：需要开发和实施课程，以加速基础和临床研究成果在牙科课程中的转移、转化和整合，从而在基础科学和牙科课程中提供“临床相关教育”。临床护理提供“基于科学的教育”。 因此，我们的提案旨在包括开发与当前 T-32 和 DCRC 奖项中提供的教育体验不同的教育体验。目前的 SDM 奖项为学生提供传统的生物实验室体验。为了补充这些活动，我们的课程包括创业科学、生物技术与临床牙科的整合以及行为科学与转化研究的整合等方面的讲座、实习和案例研究。此外，我们的计划还包括与“现实世界”牙科公司、联邦机构或专业协会的实习，以及向同行观众、康涅狄格大学教师和行业代表正式介绍实习经验。我们提议的牙科学生课程将分布在本科牙科学校的 4 年中。学生将自行选择，之前用于我们研讨会项目的女性和少数民族学生招生计划也将用于本项目的招生。学生将在第一学年被招收，并有机会在剩余的三年内参加额外的课程。我们建议在每个新班级进入牙科学校时招收感兴趣的学生。为了评估课程在促进学术职业兴趣方面的效果，开展了毕业前和毕业后调查。此外，我们打算跟踪学生在四年课程中的态度变化，并监控学生从牙科学校毕业后的职业选择和进步。