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的使命是促进杰出的医生科学家的教育。为了实现这一使命，我们目前的目标是1）招募非常聪明和有成就的学生谁表现出对科学知识的热情和终身致力于研究和领导的不寻常的程度，2）帮助引导录取的学生走向优秀的培训环境，鼓励个人思考，并为学生提供发展成为有成就的医生科学家所需的工具，3）提供全面的支持系统，以满足学员的需求，以及4）在指导来自代表性不足的族裔群体和弱势背景的本科生的职业发展方面发挥日益突出的作用。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行政团队管理，他们都致力于该计划。该计划的结构平均为八年的学习。综合的、基于问题的医学院课程特别适合MSTP学生，因为独立探索的时间增加，并且更加重视有助于当前疾病病因、诊断和治疗知识的研究进展。为了他们的博士学位研究，学生选择导师从广泛的科学和工程博士。程序. MSTP对卓越的承诺可能在15年前UCLA和Caltech达成联盟协议时最为明显。这种关系，它提供了一个机会，每年有两名学生在加州理工学院进行论文研究，不仅增加了优秀的导师提供给学生的数量，而且似乎也增加了该计划的知名度和招聘成功。来自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量机构支持允许增加MSTP的规模，目前有97名学生参加了该计划。MSTP从最近加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院的物理设施的巨大改善中受益匪浅，从大学的财务健康中受益匪浅，并从加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院招聘了大量优秀的新教师。

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.