From Bench to Bedside: Introduction to Clinical Research

“从实验室到床边：临床研究入门”是一个为期10周的暑期项目，旨在向即将升学的二年级和四年级医学生介绍以患者为导向、以人群为基础的研究的挑战和回报。可以预见的是，在医学院教育早期将医学生引入临床研究领域将是激发他们追求临床研究事业兴趣的最有效途径。该计划包括由K30赞助的临床研究，流行病学和统计培训（CREST）计划的核心教师成员和UofL健康科学中心的其他主要研究人员提供的一系列讲座和教学课程。除了流行病学、生物统计学和负责任的研究行为方面的正式指导外，学员还在导师团队的指导下参加一个研究项目。受训者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何种后果（即成本和效益）。暑期项目的最终目标是招募医学生参加CREST的医学博士和公共卫生学院的联合学位课程，或参加临床研究科学的博士后硕士和博士培训。

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.