Recruitment of Medical Students to Careers in Mental Health Research

为了响应国家招募新的内科科学家研究人员进入精神健康领域的需要 研究，此续订申请请求支持5R25MH054318-14，“招收医学生 进入精神健康研究的职业“--精神病学系和 加州大学神经科学、神经病学、神经生物学、医学和心理学系 匹兹堡和卡内基梅隆大学。该项目以一整年的指导研究为特色 对与心理健康相关的临床和/或心理健康有能力和兴趣的高积极性医学生 基础研究。其目的是增加全国有才华的医学院毕业生队伍，他们将继续 寻求进一步的培训，为从事心理健康研究工作做准备。在这项拟议的更新计划中， 我们的基础是：1)我们目前的医学生试点计划取得了成功(在过去4年里，我们的 当前资金)，2)拥有广泛研究和培训的领导团队的知识和专长 经验，3)我们在实施当前R25研究方面取得了14年的成功 教育计划，以及4)由教育部提供的优秀研究环境 精神病学/西方精神病学研究所和临床，匹兹堡大学和卡内基梅隆大学 大学。这一不同寻常的医学生研究教育项目包括：a)为期12个月的兼职， 丰富的研究经验，对直接相关的科学问题进行监督研究 心理健康或精神障碍；b)针对特定研究目标的说教教育方案 和学生的兴趣，c)在西部大学提供可选临床轮换的暑期部分 精神病学研究所和诊所(WPIC)为那些进行基础研究的人提供临床补充 神经科学研究或对从事以患者为中心的研究的人有更多的临床接触，以及d)a 一系列晚间研讨会，学生与全国知名资深科学家互动讨论 他们自己目前的研究成果。这项计划是NIMH继续进行的一个及时的例子 努力促进临床和基础科学研究人员之间的积极合作--促进早期 引导才华横溢、积极进取的医学生进入转化性心理健康领域 研究-可以选择专注于基础或临床神经科学研究，或以患者为中心的研究- 让所有学生接触T1(长凳到床边)和T2(临床到社区)类型的方面 翻译研究的成果。该计划充分利用了相关机构的非凡优势， 以及他们过去和将来在卫生科学教育和卫生科学领域的跨学科合作中取得的成功 研究训练。

In response to the nation's need to recruit new physician-scientist investigators into the field of mental health research, this renewal application requests support for 5R25MH054318-14, "Recruitment of Medical Students into Careers in Mental Health Research" -a collaboration between the Department of Psychiatry and the Departments of Neuroscience, Neurology, Neurobiology, Medicine, and Psychology of the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Mellon University. The program features a full year of mentored research for highly motivated medical students with an aptitude for and interest in mental health-relevant clinical and/or basic research. The aim is to increase the national pool of talented medical school graduates who go on to seek further training in preparation for careers in mental health research. In this proposed renewal program, we build on: 1) the success of our current medical student pilot program (active during the past 4 years of our current funding), 2) the knowledge and expertise of a leadership team with extensive research and training experience, 3) our demonstrated 14-year success in the implementation of the current R25 research education program, and 4) the outstanding research environment provided by the Department of Psychiatry/Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. This unusual medical student research education program consists of: a) a 12-month part-time, intensive research experience, conducting supervised research on a scientific question with direct relevance to mental health or mental disorders; b) a didactic educational program tailored to the specific research aims and interests of the student, c) a summer component that offers optional clinical rotations at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) providing a clinical complement to those conducting basic neuroscience research or additional clinical exposure to those engaged in patient-oriented research, and d) a series of evening seminars in which students interact with nationally-renowned senior scientists in discussion of their own current research findings. The program represents a timely example of the NIMH's continuing effort to promote active collaboration between clinical and basic science researchers--promoting early induction of highly talented and motivated medical students into the field of translational mental health research-with the option to focus on basic or clinical neuroscience research, or patient-oriented research- and exposing all students to aspects of both the T1 (bench to bedside) and T2 (clinical to community) types of translational research. The program capitalizes on the extraordinary strengths of the institutions involved, and their past and continuing success in inter-disciplinary collaboration in health science education and research training.