Boston Medical Student Training in Aging Research

波士顿MSTAR项目旨在为处于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。学生将对学术、临床和研究老年医学的职业机会充满热情。该方案自1989年以来一直持续运作，为192多名医科学生提供了短期研究培训经验。该项目的行政管理结构基本保持不变，项目主管向导师咨询委员会报告，监督项目，增加高质量导师的数量，并继续努力从哈佛大学、杰克逊心脏研究中心和波士顿大学医学中心招募少数民族学者。

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.