Research Enrichment and Preparation (REAP) Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项关于实施研究充实和准备培训计划(REAP-TP)的建议旨在促进优秀医学生进入生物医学研究职业生涯。这一创新的研究丰富计划代表了一种创造性的方法，提供了对生物医学概念、现代生物医学研究领域的深入接触，以及密集的、动手操作的、结构良好的12周研究体验。REAP-TP将为有才华的医学生与全额资助的NIH研究教师导师牵线搭桥，该计划将日常研究经验与持续的一系列课程、夏季研究研讨会、同行圆桌研究讨论、口头演示和来自UTMB优秀教师的指导相结合。此外，医学生将有机会选择基础、临床、翻译或行为研究项目。具体目标是：1)使医学生在其职业发展早期接触到研究职业的兴奋和挑战，并鼓励他们的调查和分析技能2)鼓励医学生在糖尿病、肥胖症、内分泌和营养失调、代谢疾病、消化、肝和肾脏疾病、泌尿外科和血液疾病等领域从事基础或临床研究。3)为希望在未来寻求更多研究培训和资金的学生提供宝贵的经验和参考，4)增加从事生物医学或行为研究的内科科学家库，这些领域是NIDDK继续执行使命所必需的，以及5)通过增加在糖尿病、终末期肾病和肥胖症等少数群体特别容易受到伤害的领域进行研究的内科科学家库来解决健康和医疗保健差距问题。REAP-TP将丰富医学生的研究背景，并让他们在实验室亲身体验研究，在那里，优秀的教师将科学研究的兴奋带入生活。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal for the implementation of the Research Enrichment and Preparation Training Program (REAP -TP) is designed to promote the entry of outstanding medical students into biomedical research careers. This innovative research enrichment program represents a creative approach that provides an in-depth exposure to biomedical concepts, modern biomedical research areas, and an intensive, "hands-on," well-structured 12 week research experience. The REAP-TP will match talented medical students with fully funded NIH research faculty mentors, and the program couples the daily research experience with an ongoing series of courses, summer research seminars, peer round table research discussions, oral presentations, and mentoring from outstanding UTMB faculty. Additionally, medical students will have to opportunity to choose basic, clinical, translational or behavioral research projects. The specific objectives are: 1) To expose medical students early in their career development to the excitement and challenges of a research career and to encourage their investigative and analytical skills 2) To encourage medical students to pursue a career in basic or clinical research in the areas of diabetes, obesity, endocrine and nutritional disorders, metabolic diseases, digestive, liver and kidney diseases, urologic and hematological disorders. 3) To provide valuable experiences and references for students who hope to seek additional research training and funding in the future, 4) To increase the pool of physician scientists engaged in biomedical or behavioral research in those areas necessary to continue the mission of the NIDDK, and 5) To address the issues of health and health care disparities by increasing the pool of physician scientists performing research in those areas where minority populations are particularly vulnerable, such as diabetes, end-stage renal disease, and obesity. The REAP-TP will enrich the research background of medical students and will allow them to experience research first-hand in laboratories where outstanding faculty brings the excitement of scientific inquiry to life.