Medical Scientist Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学洛杉矶分校-加州理工学院MSTP的使命是促进优秀的医学科学家的教育。为了完成这一使命，我们目前的目标是：1)招收非常聪明和有成就的学生，他们对科学知识表现出不同寻常的热情，并终身致力于研究和领导；2)帮助引导被录取的学生进入优秀的培训环境，鼓励个人思考，并为学生提供发展成为有成就的医生和科学家所需的工具；3)提供全面的支持体系，以满足学员的需求；4)在指导少数民族和弱势背景本科生的职业发展方面发挥越来越突出的作用。为了尽可能有效地实现这些目标，加州大学洛杉矶分校-加州理工学院MSTP由两名平等的联合主任，三名副主任和一个强大的管理团队管理，他们都深深致力于该计划。该计划的结构平均为8年的学习。综合的、以问题为基础的医学院课程特别适合MSTP学生，因为他们有更多的时间进行独立探索，并且更加强调有助于当前疾病病因、诊断和治疗知识的研究进展。对于他们的博士研究，学生们从一系列科学和工程博士项目中选择导师。当加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院在15年前达成合作协议时，MSTP对卓越的承诺可能是最明显的。这种合作关系每年为两名学生提供在加州理工学院进行论文研究的机会，不仅增加了学生可以获得的优秀导师的数量，而且似乎也提高了项目的知名度和招聘成功率。在加州大学洛杉矶分校大卫·格芬医学院和加州理工学院的大力支持下，MSTP的规模得以扩大，目前有97名学生参加了该项目。加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院最近在物理设施方面的巨大改善，大学的财务健康，以及加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院招募了大量优秀的新教师，使MSTP受益匪浅。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the UCLA-Caltech MSTP is to promote the education of outstanding physician-scientists. To fulfill this mission, our current goals are to 1) recruit exceptionally bright and accomplished students who exhibit an unusual degree of passion for scientific knowledge and a life-long commitment to research and leadership, 2) help guide admitted students toward outstanding training environments that encourage individual thinking and provide students with the tools needed to develop into accomplished physician-scientists, 3) provide a comprehensive support system to meet the trainees' needs and 4) play an increasingly prominent role in guiding the career development of undergraduate students from under-represented ethnic groups and disadvantaged backgrounds. To accomplish these goals as effectively as possible, the UCLA-Caltech MSTP is run by two equal Co-Directors, three Associate Directors, and a strong administrative team, all of whom are deeply committed to the Program. The Program is structured for an average of eight years of study. An integrated, problem-based medical school curriculum is particularly well suited for MSTP students, due to increased time for independent exploration and increased emphasis on research advances that contributed to current knowledge of disease etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. For their Ph.D. research, students choose mentors from a wide array of science and engineering Ph.D. Programs. The MSTP's commitment to excellence was perhaps most apparent when UCLA and Caltech entered into an affiliation agreement fifteen years ago. This affiliation, which provides an opportunity for two students per year to perform their thesis research at Caltech, not only has increased the number of outstanding mentors available to students, but also appears to have increased the Program's visibility and recruitment success. Substantial institutional support from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and from Caltech has permitted an increase in the size of the MSTP, with 97 students currently enrolled in the program. The MSTP derives great benefit from recent dramatic improvements in physical facilities at both UCLA and Caltech, from the financial health of the universities, and from the recruitment of a large number of outstanding new faculty members to UCLA and Caltech.