Boston Medical Student Training in Aging Research

波士顿MSTAR计划旨在为职业生涯早期的医学生提供短期的老龄化研究和指导经验。学生将成为受过教育和热情的学术，临床和研究老年医学的职业机会。该计划自1989年以来一直持续运作，并为192多名医学生提供短期研究培训经验。该计划的行政结构基本上保持不变，计划主任向导师咨询理事会报告，以进行计划监督，增加高质量导师的人数，并继续努力从哈佛、杰克逊心脏研究和波士顿大学医学中心招募少数民族学者。 波士顿MSTAR计划的核心将是10名学者的8 - 12周指导老化研究项目经验：5名来自AFAR申请库，2名来自杰克逊心脏，2名来自波士顿大学医学中心。此外，教学计划将开放给代表性不足的少数民族候选人从NHLBI资助的培训奖。所有学生将接受培训，在保护人类受试者，老化研究方法，和临床老年医学。学生将在口头报告中介绍他们的研究，在10页的书面报告，并将被强烈鼓励出席美国老年医学会的年会。该计划将跟踪学生通过他们的医疗培训和职业决策。通过在项目期间与学生建立牢固的关系，学者跟踪将是指导经验的延续，也是一个提高学者对老龄化研究兴趣的论坛。 该计划过去的成功为其未来的潜力埋下了伏笔。在过去的5年中，40名学者接受了培训; 80%的人在科学会议上介绍了他们的工作，81%的入学学生进入了具有额外老年医学培训潜力的住院医师，17%的人通过NIH奖学金或延迟医学院入学寻求额外的研究培训。

The Boston MSTAR Program aims to provide a short-term aging research and mentoring experience to medical students early in their career. Students will become educated and enthusiastic about the career opportunities in academic, clinical, and research geriatric medicine. The Program has operated continuously since 1989 and provided short term research training experiences to over 192 medical students. The administrative structure of the program remains largely intact with a Program Director reporting to the Mentor Advisory Council for program oversight, increasing the pool of high-quality mentors, and continued efforts on recruiting minority Scholars from Harvard, the Jackson Heart Study, and Boston University Medical Center. The heart of the Boston MSTAR Program will be the 8-12 week mentored aging research project experience for 10 Scholars: 5 from the AFAR application pool, 2 from Jackson Heart, and 2 from Boston University Medical Center. Additionally the didactic program will be open to under-represented minority candidates from a NHLBI funded training award. All students will receive training in protection of human subjects, aging research methodology, and clinical geriatrics. Students will present their research in an oral presentation, in a 10 page written report, and will be strongly encouraged to present at the annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society. The Program will track students through their medical training and career decisions. By developing a strong relationship with the students during the program, the Scholar tracking will be a continuation of the mentoring experience and a forum to increase Scholar interest in aging research. The program's past successes are a foreshadowing of its future potential. For the past 5 years, 40 scholars have been trained; 80% have presented their work at a scientific meeting, 8 1% of matriculated students have entered a residency with potential for additional geriatric training, and 17% have sought additional research training via NIH fellowships or delaying medical school matriculation.