Integrated Training For Physician-Scientists

 描述(由申请人提供)：我们请求继续支持威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校(UW-Madison)的医学培训计划(MSTP)。我们计划的总体目标是培养一批多元化的内科科学家，他们将对生物医学研究和医学实践产生重大影响，并将成为未来的学术和研究领导者。该计划的指导原则是：(1)医学博士和博士培养的严格性和水平应与单一学位候选人相当；(2)学生相互学习；(3)毕业生将接受科学和医学的综合培训，所有学生都将接触到翻译研究。医学与公共卫生学院的四名内科科学家领导着MSTP，他们每个人都活跃在研究、研究生培训和临床活动中。一个学生组织与董事们密切合作。董事由MSTP指导委员会提供建议，该委员会包括来自多个学科的教师，并确保MSTP利用威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的学生可获得的广泛培训机会。通常的学生进行临床前阶段的医学培训，同时在为期三个学期的研讨会课程中熟悉研究方法，并参与研究轮换。研究导师和研究生项目是在第二年选出的。2016年，随着医学院课程的转变，我们将进一步整合临床和研究培训，将临床前培训从2年浓缩到1.5年。学生们将参加为期一年的临床见习。 在开始博士论文之前。临床衔接课程促进了医学和研究生研究之间的过渡，并提供来自内科科学家的指导。学生通过一个新的M4翻译研究轮换向学生介绍临床研究，该轮换提供来自校园医生科学家的进一步指导。新课程将允许我们的学生在7-8年内完成双学位培训。虽然大多数学生的论文是生物和化学科学，但也有相当数量的学生从事工程、临床调查或基于人口的问题的研究，并接受了我们CTSA的综合培训。学生撰写大量的学位论文，这些论文会成为重要的出版物。培养项目凝聚力的活动包括强大的学生组织、每周研讨会、年度静修、年度研讨会和定期社交聚会。为了有一个互动和充满活力的学生小组，我们的目标是每班10人，整个项目的规模为80人。相关：学员接受临床医学和研究方面的综合培训，并被授予医学博士和博士学位。我们项目的毕业生准备好提供出色的临床护理，建立以改善人类健康为目标的以研究为重点的职业生涯。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting continued support for the Medical Sciences Training Program (MSTP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison). The overall goal of our program is to train a diverse group of physician-scientists who will have a major impact on biomedical research and the practice of medicine and who will be future academic and research leaders. The guiding principles that have shaped the program are (1) the rigor and caliber of both MD and PhD training should be equivalent to those of single degree candidates; (2) students learn from one another; and (3) graduates will receive integrated training in science and medicine and all students will be exposed to translational research. Four physician scientists of the School of Medicine and Public Health, each of whom is active in research, graduate training, and clinical activities, direct the MSTP. A student organization works closely with the Directors. Directors are advised by the MSTP Steering Committee, which includes faculty from multiple disciplines and ensures that the MSTP exploits the breadth of training opportunities available to students at UW-Madison. The usual student does the preclinical phase of medical training while becoming acquainted with research methodologies in a three-semester seminar course and participating in research rotations. Research mentors and graduate programs are chosen in the second year. With the transformation of the medical school curriculum in 2016, we will further integrate clinical and research training and condense preclinical training from 2 to 1.5 years. The students will engage in a year of clinical clerkships before beginning the Ph.D. thesis. A clinical bridging curriculum facilitates the transitions between medical and graduate studies and provides mentorship from physician scientists. Students are introduced to clinical research through a new M4 translational research rotation that provides further mentorship from campus physician scientists. The new curriculum will allow our students to complete dual degree training in 7-8 years. Although the majority of student theses are in the biological and chemical sciences, a significant number of students are doing research in engineering, clinical investigation, or on population-based problems, with integrated training from our CTSA. Students produce substantial dissertations that result in important publications. Activities that foster program cohesiveness include the strong student organization, a weekly seminar, yearly retreat, yearly symposium, and regular social gatherings. To have an interactive and dynamic group of students, we are aiming for a class size of ten students for an overall program size of 80 students. RELEVANCE: Trainees receive integrated training in both clinical medicine and research and are awarded both an M.D. and a Ph.D. degree. Graduates of our program are well prepared to provide outstanding clinical care and establish research-focused careers in which the goal is to improve human health.