Short-Term Research Experiences Advancing Medical Students (STREAMS)

项目总结 不断减少的内科科学家队伍是一个众所周知的问题，美国国家科学院 卫生部已经证实，没有攻读双学位的医学生更有可能选择 由于在医学院期间接触过研究而导致的研究生涯。因此，通过提供被指导的 为医学生提供短期研究经验，并使学生与内科医生/外科科学家保持一致 榜样，有机会影响医学生的职业选择，解决医学生在 进入劳动大军的内科医生/外科医生-科学家人数。短期研究心得 阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(UAB)的高级医学生(STREAM)提供暑期课程 研究奖学金的目的是鼓励医学生从事研究事业，特别是在 与NIDDK任务相关的研究领域。这项提议寻求支持，以提供一个正式的计划， 为有前途的医学生提供8-12周的津贴支持，指导他们的研究经验 目标是鼓励学生认真考虑学术医学的职业，并加强渠道 有潜力从事与NIDDK相关研究兴趣的学术职业的内科医生和外科医生。 UAB非常适合这个项目；该项目拥有出色的领导力，环境 促进医学生参与研究，这是一个资金充足的培训者小组，拥有广泛的 致力于医科学生的指导，多样化的潜在实习生，广泛的研究 机会包括健康差距研究和配套的机构支持。UAB也是5个人的家园 NIDDK资助的研究中心。此外，虽然有13所AAMC认证的医学院在 在南方腹地，只有三个针对医科学生短期体验的T35被授予 这些机构。阿拉巴马州或邻近各州的机构没有NIDDK资助的T35 密西西比州和佐治亚州。通过让医学生与成功的内科/外科科学家合作 将作为研究的榜样，我们的目标是增加未来的内科/外科科学家队伍 东南方向。

PROJECT SUMMARY The diminishing pipeline of physician scientists is a well-established concern and the National Institutes of Health has established that medical students not pursuing a dual degree were more likely to choose a research career as a result of exposure to research during medical school. Therefore, by providing mentored short-term research experiences for medical students, and aligning students with a physician/surgeon-scientist role model, opportunity exists to influence the career choices of medical students and address the deficit in the number of physician/surgeon-scientists entering the workforce. The Short-Term Research Experiences Advancing Medical Students (STREAMS) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) offers summer research fellowships with the goal of encouraging medical students to pursue research careers, particularly in research areas related to the mission of NIDDK. This proposal seeks support to provide a formal program with stipend support to promising medical students engaged in an 8-12 week, mentored research experience with the goal of encouraging students to seriously consider careers in academic medicine and enhance the pipeline of physicians and surgeons with potential to pursue academic careers with NIDDK-related research interests. UAB is ideally suited for this program; the program boasts outstanding leadership, an environment that promotes engagement of medical students in research, a well-funded group of trainers with extensive commitment to medical student mentorship, a diverse pool of potential trainees, a wide breadth of research opportunities including health disparities research, and matching institutional support. UAB is also home to 5 NIDDK funded research centers. Furthermore, while there are thirteen AAMC accredited medical schools in the Deep South, only three T35s targeting short-term experiences for medical students have been awarded to these institutions. There are no NIDDK-funded T35s held by institutions in Alabama or the neighboring states of Mississippi and Georgia. By partnering medical students with successful physician/surgeon scientists who will serve as research role models, we aim to increase the future pool of physician/surgeon scientists in the southeast.