Training Program for Medical Scientists

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求继续支持南卡罗来纳医科大学的医学科学家培训计划。主要目标是培养下一代的内科科学家，他们将选择一种职业，进行整合基础科学和临床科学的研究，以改善人类健康和治疗疾病。该项目最初成立于1980年，并稳步发展到目前的56名学生，其中37%是女性。100名毕业生中，教授3人，均为特聘教授，副教授7人，助理教授15人，从事工业研究6人，临床教授/讲师10人，私人执业14人，培训43人，2人去世。过去10年的流失率是5%。申请人数量持续强劲，在过去五年中增长了58%。我们的实习生候选人数量的增加反映了MUSC卓越的研究环境，我们的MSTP学生的杰出成就，以及该计划在全国范围内的招聘努力，其中包括个人联系和向参加MCAT考试并获得bbb32或更高分数的学生发送招聘信和小册子。申请人的质量和数量的增长为我们要求的职位从每年8个增加到9个提供了基础。我们的课程是按照经典的2、4、2年的模式设计的，但是，它有相当大的灵活性。除了严格的基础科学研究培训和医学院学习外，学员还通过转化科学诊所、临床和转化研究中心的一个月学习以及转化医学系列研讨会获得转化研究经验。下一阶段的目标是：1)继续在生物医学研究领域严格的研究训练，由具有卓越训练和研究记录的合作和高度成就的教师进行，2)提供一个挑战学生独立和批判性思考的训练计划，3)在一个具有挑战性的、互动的环境中进行训练，包括基础科学、临床科学和转化科学，4)利用个性化的发展计划来提高训练经验，5)继续对项目进行严格和正式的评估，使用定量和定性数据，以确保最严格、最有效、最高效的培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests continued support of the Medical Scientist Training Program at the Medical University of South Carolina. The major goal is to train the next generation of physician-scientists who will choose a career that will conduct research that integrates both the basic and clinical sciences to improve human health and treat diseases. The program was originally founded in 1980 and has steadily grown to its current size of 56 students, with 37% females. Career outcomes of our 100 graduates to date are: 3 professors, all holding endowed chairs, 7 associate professors, 15 assistant professors, 6 conducting research in industry, 10 clinical professors/instructors, 14 in private practice, 43 in training and 2 deceased. For the last 10 years the attrition rate was 5%. The applicant pool continues to be strong with a 58% increase over the past five years. This increase in our trainee candidate pool reflects a combination of MUSC's exceptional research environment, our MSTP students' outstanding accomplishments, and the program's national recruitment efforts, which includes personal contacts and a recruitment letter with brochure sent to students who took the MCAT and received a score of > 32 or better. The growth in the quality and quantity of our applicants provides the basis for the requested increase in positions from 8 to 9 per year. Our program is designed along the classical 2,4,2 year paradigm, however, there is considerable flexibility built into it. In addition to rigorous basic science research training and medical schol, trainees gain experiences in translational research via the Translational Sciences Clinic, a month in the Clinical and Translational Research Center and the Translational Medicine Seminar series. The objectives for the next phase are to: 1) continue the rigorous research training in areas of biomedical research by collaborative and highly accomplished faculty with exceptional records of training and research, 2) offer a training program that challenges students to think independently and critically, 3) conduct the training in a challenging, interactie environment that embraces basic, clinical and translational sciences, 4) utilize individualized development plans to enhance the training experience, and 5) continue the rigorous and formal evaluation of the program that uses both quantitative and qualitative data to ensure the most rigorous, effective and efficient training.