Strengthening the Quantitative Pipeline for Multidisciplinary Trauma Research in Cameroon

加强喀麦隆多学科创伤研究的定量渠道

• 批准号: 10673814
• 负责人: Alain Mefire Chichom
• 金额: $ 26.99万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-16 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10673814
• 关键词: Address; Africa South of the Sahara; California; Cameroon; Cause of Death; Clinical Sciences; Community of Practice; Country; Data; Data Collection; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Faculty; Foundations; Healthcare; Income; Infrastructure; Injury; International; Machine Learning; Mentors; Mentorship; Methods; Nature; Pathway interactions; Persons; Play; Policies; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Prevention; Reporting; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Methodology; Role; San Francisco; Scientist; Stream; Students; Time; Training; Translational Research; Trauma; Trauma Research; Universities; Vulnerable Populations; disability; doctoral student; evidence base; implementation science; improved; injury burden; injury prevention; innovation; multidisciplinary; next generation; novel; online course; programs; skills; tool; training opportunity; trauma care

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly in Cameroon, where a higher burden of injury is reported compared to similar settings in the region. Injury research focused on prevention and improvements in trauma care, such as trauma Quality improvement (QI), have led to significant reductions in the burden of injury in high-income countries. Yet, there remain critical gaps in the current trauma research infrastructure in SSA due to limited training opportunities. The Sustainable Trauma Research, Education, and Mentorship Program (STREaM) will seek to fill this gap, building on an existing long-term partnership between the University of California and the University of Buea (Buea) to provide innovative training to Cameroonian post-graduate candidates with a focus on novel, cutting edge quantitative tools. STREaM Cameroon program will aspire to establish a cadre of graduate trainees with multidisciplinary expertise in Injury prevention and control, quality improvement, and quantitative methods that can address limitations posed by the time-dependent, dynamic, and incomplete nature of trauma-related data. The program will leverage recent advances in research methodologies, such as machine learning and implementation science, that are particularly suited to trauma research. STREaM Cameroon aims to accomplish the following objectives:1) Train a critical mass of multidisciplinary scientists in trauma research through MPH, PhD, and post-doctoral pathways who will form the foundation for an Injury Center at the Buea; 2) Develop and implement a combination of short, medium, and long-term quantitative and trauma research curricula co-taught by U.S. and Cameroonian faculty to sustainably strengthen existing offerings at the Buea; 3) Provide mentored research opportunities for trainees to apply quantitative skills to trauma QI projects utilizing the partnership’s existing research and data collection infrastructure in Cameroon; and 4) Integrate trainee scholars into a robust scientific network through existing international organizations and the creation of a Cameroonian Trauma Network to serve as an ongoing community of practice. During the five-year program, a total of 2 post docs, and eight PhD and Master’s level students per year will be trained using a team mentoring approach. Master’s and PhD students will take part in online courses throughout their training, administered through the University of California Berkeley and University of California San Francisco’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. All students will participate in mentored research. Additionally, post-docs will spend one semester at Berkeley receiving in-person training to prepare them for faculty positions at Buea. Upon completion of the STReaM program, graduates will successfully engage in innovative, evidence-based research to improve the quality of trauma care and reduce the burden of injury among vulnerable populations in SSA. STReaM Cameroon graduates will thus be trained and equipped to mentor the next generation of scientists in trauma research, playing a critical role in influencing healthcare practices and policy locally and internationally.

项目摘要/摘要 创伤是撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA）的死亡和残疾的主要原因，特别是在喀麦隆，那里 据报道，与该地区的类似情况相比，受伤负担更高。伤害研究的重点 预防和创伤护理的改善，例如创伤质量改善（QI），导致了重大 高收入国家的伯恩受伤减少。然而，当前创伤仍然存在关键的差距 由于培训机会有限，SSA的研究基础设施。可持续创伤研究， 教育和指导计划（Stream）将寻求填补这一空白，建立在现有的长期上 加利福尼亚大学和BUEA大学（BUEA）之间的合作伙伴关系，以提供创新的培训 致力于喀麦隆的研究生候选人，重点是新颖的尖端定量工具。溪流 喀麦隆计划将渴望建立具有多学科伤害专业知识的研究生培训干部 预防和控制，质量改进和定量方法，可以解决由 与创伤相关数据的时间有关，动态和不完整的性质。该计划将利用最近的 研究方法的进步，例如机器学习和实施科学，特别是 适合创伤研究。喀麦隆溪流旨在实现以下目标：1）训练A 通过MPH，博士和博士后途径的创伤研究中多学科科学家的临界质量 谁将为Buea的伤害中心构成基础； 2）开发和实施简短的组合， 美国和喀麦隆教职员工共同教授的媒介和长期定量和创伤研究课程 可持续加强Buea的现有产品； 3）为学员提供了研究机会 使用伙伴关系现有的研究和数据收集来应用定量技能 喀麦隆的基础设施； 4）通过现有 国际组织和建立喀麦隆创伤网络，以作为一个持续的 实践社区。在五年计划期间，共有2个文档，八个博士学位和硕士学位 学生每年将使用团队心理方法进行培训。硕士和博士生将参加 通过加州大学伯克利分校和大学进行的整个培训中的在线课程 旧金山加利福尼亚州的临床和转化科学研究所的工作。所有学生都将参加事务 研究。此外，毕业后将在伯克利度过一个学期接受面对面培训以准备 他们担任Buea的教师职位。流程计划完成后，毕业生将成功参与 在创新的，基于证据的研究中，以提高创伤护理的质量并减少伤害的燃烧 在SSA中的脆弱人群中。因此，喀麦隆毕业生将接受培训并配备 指导下一代创伤研究的科学家，在影响医疗保健方面发挥着关键作用 在本地和国际上实践和政策。