Summer Environmental Health Sciences Training Program

描述(由申请人提供) 这项建议描述了一项针对医学生的短期暑期培训计划，重点是让学生接触到与环境健康科学相关的基础和临床研究的职业机会。该应用程序针对2个具体目标：目标1：在结构化的指导环境中为医学生提供基础和临床环境健康科学研究方面的实践培训。目标2：提供一种互动的教育体验，向医学生介绍基础、翻译和临床环境健康科学研究所需的基本技能。培训计划将包括教学指导以及在经验丰富的基础和临床研究科学家团队的指导下进行的动手研究体验，该团队以NIEHS资助的研究人员和合作教师为核心。这些教员在指导医学和研究生以及博士后研究员方面取得了长期的成功。完成至少一年医学院课程的学生将有资格申请参加这个为期10周的培训计划。受训者将根据他们的学业成绩、推荐信以及与他们的研究兴趣和职业目标相匹配的合适导师进行挑选。调查人员已经成功地招收了来自少数民族、农村和经济困难背景的学生。学生们将参加一个为期10周的暑期教学项目：从长凳到床边：临床研究导论，其中包括生物伦理学，以及基础和临床研究中的环境健康科学专题研讨会和期刊俱乐部。学生们将在项目结束时展示他们的研究海报。培训计划将从6名学员开始，随着项目的成熟，学员人数将增加到10名。在过去的6年里，路易斯维尔大学加大了对健康科学研究和基础设施、研究生教育和少数族裔招生的承诺，使这一针对医学生的短期培训计划显得尤为及时。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) This proposal describes a short-term, summer training program for medical students focused on exposing students to career opportunities in basic and clinical research related to environmental health sciences. This application addresses 2 specific aims: Aim 1: To provide hands-on training in basic and clinical environmental health sciences-based research to medical students in a structured mentored environment. Aim 2: To provide an interactive, educational experience that introduces medical students the fundamental skills necessary for basic, translational, and clinical environmental health sciences-based research. The training program will include didactic instruction as well as a hands-on-research experience under the direction of a team of experienced basic and clinical research scientists centered on a core of NIEHS-funded investigators and collaborating faculty. These faculty members have long-standing success in mentoring medical and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Students who have completed at least one year of medical school will be eligible to apply for this 10-week training program. Trainees will be selected based upon their academic performance, letters of recommendation, and matching their research interests and career goals with suitable mentors. The investigators have been successful in recruiting students from minority, rural, and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The students will participate in an established 10-week didactic summer program: "From Bench to Bedside: Introduction to Clinical Research", which included bioethics, as well as Environmental Health Sciences-specific seminars and journal clubs in basic and clinical research. Students will present posters of their research at the end of the program. The training program will begin with six trainees and increase to ten trainees as the program matures. Over the past 6 years, the University of Louisville has increased its commitment to health science research and infrastructure, graduate education, and minority recruitment, making this short-term training program for medical students particularly timely.