Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的NRSA短期培训补助金在密歇根大学（UM）建立在一个强大的基础和长期的承诺，以支持医学生在老龄化研究。自1989年以来，UM一直是90名参加哈特福德基金会支持计划的医学生的培训场所。它的研究和培训环境提供了一个理想的机构设置，以支持医学生在老龄化方面的研究。与韦恩州立大学医学院和老年学研究所的合作将扩大医学生和教师参与的机会。55名具有活跃的衰老相关研究项目的合格教师导师已被确定为医学生实习生的潜在导师。 该计划的总体目标是每年为多达18名医学生提供与衰老相关的研究方面的优质经验。该方案的具体目标是： 1.让医学生接触和参与与衰老有关的研究; 2.让学生有机会从经验丰富的研究人员那里学习研究概念和方法，并评估他们是否希望从事与衰老相关的研究; 3.扩大医学生的学术和研究经验，作为总体职业发展战略的一部分，旨在增加选择基础科学、卫生服务或临床研究中与老龄化有关的研究职业的人数; 4.增加少数族裔医学生参与研究经验的人数，并最终选择作为医生科学家的职业; 5.促进研究经验，可以发展成为长期的学生-教师指导关系; 6.向受训人员提供科学介绍和发表研究成果的经验; 7.为学生提供高质量的研究教学计划，重点是与衰老相关的研究的独特方面以及研究的道德和负责任的行为;以及， 8.透过有系统的临床“见习”机会，为医学生提供临床老年医学的入门知识及在老年医学方面的职业选择。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed NRSA Short-Term Training Grant at the University of Michigan (UM) builds upon a strong foundation and its long-standing commitment to support medical student research in aging. The UM has served as a training site for 90 medical students who participated in its Hartford Foundation supported program since 1989. Its research and training environment provides an ideal institutional setting to support medical student research in aging. A partnership with Wayne State University Medical School and Institute of Gerontology will expand opportunities for medical student and faculty participation. Fifty-five qualified faculty mentors with active aging-related research programs have been identified as potential mentors for medical student trainees. The overall goal of the proposed program is to provide quality experiences in aging-related research for up to 18 medical students each year. The program's specific objectives are: 1. To provide medical students exposure to and participation in aging-related research; 2. To give students the opportunity to learn research concepts and methodology from experienced investigators, and assess whether they wish to pursue careers in aging-related research; 3. To expand the scholarly and research experiences of medical students as part of an overall career development strategy aimed to increase the number choosing aging-related research careers in basic science, health services or clinical research; 4. To increase the number of underrepresented minority medical students who participate in a research experience, and ultimately choose careers as physician scientists; 5. To promote research experiences that can develop into longer-term student-faculty mentoring relationships; 6. To provide trainees with experience in scientific presentation and publication of research; 7. To provide students with a high quality didactic program in research with an emphasis on unique aspects of aging-related research and on the ethical and responsible conduct of research; and, 8. To provide medical students with an introduction to clinical geriatric medicine and career options in geriatrics through structured clinical "shadowing" opportunities.