Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) in Eye Health and Disease

为了应对NEI所关注的医疗挑战，我们必须培养和建立 医生，科学家的劳动力，准备从美国各地区的医学生成为明天的 研究人员在过去的三十年里，犹他州医学院（UUSOM），其中包括 眼科和视觉科学系和莫兰眼科中心，已经建立了一个动态的 研究社区，解决全方位的眼睛相关的健康问题。教员赠款资助 研究跨越T1-T4转化科学的连续体，并得到许多机构的支持。 程序.我们有大量的医学生对眼睛健康感兴趣，29%的人经常 参加医学生运营的眼科兴趣小组的月度会议。此外，教师 成员在成功指导学员，帮助建立医生-科学家， 有科学头脑的医生和劳动力。因此，UUSOM是一个理想的位置，提供优秀的短期- 医学生的长期研究经验。医学生研究的目的和目标 计划在眼睛健康和疾病（MSRP-EHD）是：目标：培养医学生的终身兴趣 在视觉研究的翻译领域进行或合作，同时也建立他们的技能， 创造性和批判性思维。目标1：每年让5名医学生接触EHD相关研究 机会跨越翻译研究频谱（T0至T4）。学员将参加一个指导， 10-在医学院第一年和第二年之间的一周夏季研究经验， 创造性和批判性思维能力，通过创新的暑期课程。目标2：参与令人兴奋的活动 基础的临床的以及发生在犹他州大学的转化科学发现。十六 教师导师已同意参加该计划。PI/PD将由内部指导委员会提供建议 由NEI资助的研究人员、SOM课程委员会成员和外部T35项目组成的委员会 领导人的人选信号多种评估策略将用于为项目改进提供形成性反馈， 以及追踪学生的职业轨迹。

To meet the healthcare challenges on which the NEI focuses, it is essential that we nurture and build the physician-scientist workforce, preparing medical students from all areas of the US to become tomorrow’s researchers. Over the past three decades the University of Utah School of Medicine (UUSOM), which includes the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the Moran Eye Center, has built a dynamic research community that addresses the full range of eye-related health issues. Faculty members’ grant-funded research spans the continuum of T1-T4 translational science and is supported by numerous institutional programs. A large number of our medical students are interested in eye health, as evidenced by 29% regularly participating in monthly meetings of the medical student-run Ophthalmology Interest Group. In addition, faculty members have extensive experience in successfully mentoring trainees, helping to build the physician-scientist, and scientifically minded physician, workforce. Thus, the UUSOM is an ideal location to offer outstanding short- term research experiences for medical students. The goal and objectives of the Medical Student Research Program in Eye Health and Disease (MSRP-EHD) are to: GOAL: Ignite in medical students a life-long interest in conducting or collaborating in the translational field of vision research, while also building their skills in creative and critical thinking. Objective 1: Expose 5 medical students/year to EHD-associated research opportunities spanning the translational research spectrum (T0 to T4). Trainees will participate in a mentored, 10-week summer research experience between their first and second years of medical school and develop creative and critical thinking skills through an innovative summer course. Objective 2: Engage in the exciting foundational, clinical. and translational science discoveries taking place at the University of Utah. Sixteen faculty mentors have agreed to participate in the program. The PI/PD will be advised by an internal Steering Committee of NEI-funded investigators, SOM Curriculum Committee members, and external T35 program leaders. Multiple evaluation strategies will be used to provide formative feedback for program improvement as well as tracking students’ career trajectories.