Training Future Leaders in Aging Research

培训衰老研究的未来领导者

基本信息

批准号：
10686917
负责人：
MELISSA Diane ALDRIDGE
金额：
$ 12.84万
依托单位：
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-05-01 至 2025-08-31
项目状态：
未结题

项目摘要

One resounding success of modern public health and medicine is the fact that most of us can now expect to live a long life and die in old age. There is a growing consensus that the medical education system is unable to meet the health care needs of the population in an appropriate way; this reform is overdue. One of the ways to prepare the future generation is by developing their interests in aging research early on. Research is a valuable part of medical education. Even at a rudimentary level, engaging in research implicates medical students in the creation of knowledge. They need to understand that knowledge is not an inert substance they passively receive, but is continually created, debated, and reformulated—and they have a role to play in that process. The proposed training program in aging research builds upon the strong and successful existing foundation of clinical, education and research training at the Mount Sinai Health System and the highly successful Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The overall aim of the proposed 8- to 12-week training program called Training Future Leaders in Aging Research is to provide 15 promising medical student trainees per summer with the basic knowledge and skills in aging and palliative medicine research and to stimulate and nurture their beginning interest in geriatrics and palliative medicine. We propose to accomplish these goals by developing a highly structured program in aging and palliative medicine research for medical student trainees that will include: 1) Participation in aging and palliative medicine research initiatives with established and successful research investigators with proven track records in student mentoring; 2) Development of formal mentoring relationships with these leading research faculty and partnering with prior student trainees who will serve as near-peer mentors for additional support; 3) Development of individual learning and research contracts for goal settings; 4) Participation in structured activities on basic research methodology and leadership topics; 5) Clinical exposures in geriatric and palliative medicine nested and aligned with their research project goals and; 6) Guided mentorship for research presentation and dissemination. We expect that these mentee-mentor relationships will endure beyond the training period or even the research project and develop into a lifelong mentorship. We hypothesize that a positive introduction to aging and palliative medicine research and to clinical care of older adults will lead many program trainees to pursue careers in geriatrics and/or palliative medicine, assume academic leadership roles, and become relentless advocates of older adult health.

现代公共卫生和医学的一项巨大成功是，我们大多数人现在都可以长寿并在老年时死亡。越来越多的人认为，医学教育系统无法满足人们的医疗保健需求。为下一代做好准备的方法之一是尽早培养他们对老龄化研究的兴趣，即使在初级水平，参与研究也意味着这一点。医学生创造知识。他们需要明白，知识并不是他们被动接受的惰性物质，而是不断创造、辩论和重新表述的——他们可以在这个过程中发挥作用。拟议的衰老研究培训计划建立在强大而成功的现有基础之上。西奈山卫生系统临床、教育和研究培训的基础以及西奈山伊坎医学院非常成功的医学生老龄化研究培训 (MSTAR) 计划拟议的 8 至 12 周的总体目标。培训计划称为培训老龄化研究的未来领导者计划每年夏天为 15 名有前途的医学生学员提供老龄化和姑息医学研究的基本知识和技能，并激发和培养他们对老年病学和姑息医学的兴趣。我们建议通过制定一个项目来实现这些目标。为医学生实习生提供的高度结构化的老龄化和姑息医学研究计划，其中包括： 1) 与在学生指导方面拥有良好记录的成熟且成功的研究人员一起参与老龄化和姑息医学研究计划 2) 开展指导；与这些领先的教师研究建立正式关系，并与以前的学生学员合作，他们将作为近同伴导师获得额外支持； 3) 制定个人学习和研究合同以设定目标； 4) 参与有关基础研究方法和研究的结构化导师活动；领导主题；5) 与他们的研究项目目标相嵌套和一致的老年医学和姑息医学临床接触；6) 我们期望这些导师与导师的关系能够持续下去。我们认为，积极介绍老龄化和姑息医学研究以及老年人的临床护理将引导许多项目学员从事老年病学和/或姑息医学职业。学术领导角色，并成为老年人健康的不懈倡导者。