From Bench to Bedside: Introduction to Clinical Research

描述(由申请者提供)“从工作台到床边：临床研究导论”是一个为期10周的暑期课程，旨在向正在崛起的二年级和四年级医学生介绍以患者为导向的、以人群为基础的研究的挑战和回报。预计在医学院教育的早期就向医学生介绍临床研究领域将是激发他们从事临床研究事业的兴趣的最有效方式。该计划包括由K30赞助的临床研究、流行病学和统计培训(CREST)计划的核心教员以及UofL健康科学中心的其他领先研究人员进行的一系列讲座和授课。除了在流行病学、生物统计学和负责任的研究方面的正式指导外，受训人员还在导师团队的指导下参与研究项目。学员的指导团队由一名基础科学家、一名临床科学家和一名CREST核心教员组成。受训人员将在基础科学研究人员的实验室和临床科学家一起工作，了解基础科学如何转化为临床实践，以及对人口健康产生什么后果(即成本和收益)。暑期计划的最终目标是在CREST内招收医学生参加MD-MSPH联合学位计划，或参加临床调查科学方面的医学硕士和博士后培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)The "From Bench to Bedside: Introduction to Clinical Research" is a 10-week summer program designed to introduce rising second and rising fourth year medical students to the challenges and rewards of patient-oriented, population-based research. It is anticipated that introducing medial students to the field of clinical research early in their medical school education will be the most effective way of stimulating their interest in pursuing a career in clinical research. The program involves a series of lectures and didactic sessions given by members of the core faculty of the K30 sponsored Clinical Research, Epidemiology and Statistics Training (CREST) Program and by other leading researchers at the UofL Health Science Center. In addition to formal instruction in epidemiology, Biostatistics and the responsible conduct of research, trainees participate in a research project under the direction of a team of mentors. The trainee's mentoring team is composed of a basic scientist, a clinician scientist, and a member of the CREST core faculty. Trainees will work in the laboratory of the basic science researcher and with the clinician scientist to see how basic science translates into clinical practice and with what consequences (i.e., costs and benefits) for the health of the population. The ultimate objective of the summer program is to recruit medical students into the joint MD-MSPH degree program within CREST or into the post MD masters and PhD training in the clinical investigation sciences.