Boston Medical Student Training in Aging Research

波士顿MStar计划旨在为医学生在职业生涯早期提供短期老龄化研究和指导经验。学生将接受教育，并对学术、临床和老年医学研究的职业机会充满热情。该项目自1989年以来一直在运作，为192多名医学生提供了短期研究培训经验。该计划的管理结构基本保持不变，由一名计划主任向导师咨询委员会报告计划监督，增加高质量的导师池，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疗中心招募少数族裔学者。 波士顿MStar计划的核心是为10名学者提供8-12周的有指导的老龄化研究项目体验：5名来自远方申请池，2名来自杰克逊心脏，2名来自波士顿大学医学中心。此外，该教学计划将向来自NHLBI资助的培训奖的代表不足的少数族裔候选人开放。所有学生都将接受保护人类受试者、老龄化研究方法学和临床老年学的培训。学生将在10页的书面报告中口头陈述他们的研究，并将被强烈鼓励在美国老年医学学会的年度会议上陈述。该计划将跟踪学生的医疗培训和职业决定。通过在项目期间与学生建立牢固的关系，学者跟踪将成为指导经验的延续，并成为增加学者对老龄化研究兴趣的论坛。 该项目过去的成功为其未来潜力埋下了伏笔。在过去的5年里，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%的被录取的学生进入了有潜力进行额外老年培训的住院医生，17%的人通过NIH奖学金或推迟医学院的入学来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.