Burns Kevin D, Wolfs Wim, Bélanger Paul, McLaughlin Kevin, Levin Adeera
Division of Nephrology, Dept. of Medicine, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, 1967 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario.
Clin Invest Med. 2010 Dec 1;33(6):E356-67. doi: 10.25011/cim.v33i6.14586.
The prevalence of kidney disease is rising in Canada, and new approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are required. A kidney research training strategy, which enhances capacity while fostering collaboration and knowledge translation, may help to address this health care problem.
This manuscript describes the Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training (KRESCENT) Program that was launched in 2004 with a major goal to enhance kidney research capacity in Canada.
KRESCENT is an innovative training program, which recruits from a variety of research disciplines, and emphasizes multi-disciplinary research approaches, team-based collaboration and knowledge translation. The program provides salary support for post-doctoral fellows, new investigators and allied health doctoral trainees, and also offers core curriculum and mentorship support. The curriculum involves knowledge acquisition, application and integration and uses workshops and web-based problem modules to enhance research skills. Training in methodological approaches and career development is also included. Initial evaluation of KRESCENT suggests that kidney research capacity in Canada has increased, and trainees have a high success rate in obtaining academic positions (88%) and peer-review grant support (50%).
KRESCENT represents a novel collaborative approach to kidney research training in Canada that may serve as a suitable model for training in other countries, or in other medical disciplines.
加拿大肾病的患病率正在上升，需要预防、诊断和治疗的新方法。肾脏研究培训策略在提高能力的同时促进合作和知识转化，可能有助于解决这一医疗保健问题。
本手稿描述了2004年启动的肾脏研究科学家核心教育与国家培训（KRESCENT）计划，其主要目标是提高加拿大的肾脏研究能力。
KRESCENT是一个创新的培训项目，从各种研究学科中招募人员，强调多学科研究方法、基于团队的合作和知识转化。该项目为博士后研究员、新研究人员和联合健康博士研究生提供薪资支持，还提供核心课程和导师指导支持。课程包括知识获取、应用和整合，并使用研讨会和基于网络的问题模块来提高研究技能。还包括方法学方法和职业发展方面的培训。对KRESCENT的初步评估表明，加拿大的肾脏研究能力有所提高，学员在获得学术职位（约88%）和同行评审资助支持（约50%）方面成功率很高。
KRESCENT代表了加拿大肾脏研究培训的一种新型合作方法，可能成为其他国家或其他医学学科培训的合适模式。
