The overall goal of this Clinical Research Curriculum Award is to provide high-quality, multi-disciplinarytraining in clinical research at Washington University School of Medicine to enhance the career developmentof clinical investigators. This goal will be achieved through two specific aims, which complement the existingstrengths of our institution in clinical research and basic biomedical research.
These aims are: 1: To developand offer a Core Curriculum for Clinical Investigation. This core curriculum will provide the basic frameworkof knowledge required by a clinical researcher, including coursework in clinical research design,epidemiology, biostatistics, legal and ethical aspects of clinical research, and scientific writing. This CoreCurriculum will provide a valuable resource for training programs and junior faculty with career developmentawards in all departments within Washington University School of Medicine. 2: To offer a Mentored TrainingProgram in Clinical Investigation. This program will train a select group of young physicians and scientists(6-10 per year) to become the next generation of outstanding clinical investigators. This Mentored TrainingProgram will be a two-year interdisciplinary clinical research training program including both didacticinstruction and mentored research. Didactic instruction will be provided through the Core Curriculum inClinical Investigation, as well as through other course offerings tailored to the individual needs of eachtrainee. Each trainee will complete a research project under the tutelage of faculty mentor who is asuccessful clinical researcher, with additional formal mentorship provided by the core faculty of the MentoredTraining Program. Expansion of high quality clinical research is one of the highest priorities for theWashington University School of Medicine, and the enhancement of clinical research training is central to ourefforts to expand clinical research. Enhancement of clinical research training will allow us to take advantageof our large number of talented trainees in multiple departments committed to research careers, and toexploit the many potential synergies between a large and outstanding program of basic biomedical researchand growing opportunities for clinical research built upon existing institutional strengths.
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