Summer research experiences for medical students supervised by faculty mentors

项目摘要/摘要 纪念斯隆·凯特琳癌症中心(MSK)夏季研究奖学金项目是 一项癌症教育计划，使30名一年级和二年级的美国医学生能够 在MSK临床教员的指导下参与实验室和临床研究。 该计划于1977年启动，已允许约1,250名医科学生为 一家大型学术医学中心的研究企业。计划参与者能够工作 与导师和实验室一起集中参与基础和临床研究；参加 广泛的会议和教学；并学习如何将科学和 临床实践，并将他们的工作介绍给不同的观众。 对于一些学生来说，该项目提供了他们第一次生物医学研究经验；对许多学生来说，它是 他们第一次接触肿瘤学。实验室研究项目集中在分子生物学上， 细胞生物学、细胞生化和生物物理学、免疫学、分子药理学和 治疗学、临床研究和癌症控制与预防。临床研究项目 专注于癌症的诊断和治疗，癌症流行病学，癌症控制和 预防、心理社会研究、支持性护理和生活质量问题，以及癌症 信息外展。该计划的一个主要目标是增加学生对职业的兴趣 学术医学和肿瘤学。另一个关键目标是通过以下方式增加参与度 代表不足的少数族裔。夏季研究奖学金计划与MSK的合作伙伴 临床护理、研究和培训多样化计划办公室，以增加 代表不足的少数族裔参与者。 本赠款周期的具体目标是： 1.让学生参与针对这一事业的创新科学研究项目， 癌症的诊断、预防和治疗 2.保持来自以下地区的高素质学生参加该计划的记录 在科学界代表性不足的群体 3.为学生提供更多的指导机会，以促进他们的 学术医学中的专业发展 4.培养学生的科学能力和核心能力素养 研究

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Summer Research Fellowship Program is a cancer education program that enables 30 first- and second-year U.S. medical students to participate in laboratory and clinical research under the mentorship of MSK’s clinical faculty. Launched in 1977, this program has allowed some 1,250 medical students to contribute to the research enterprise of a major academic medical center. Program participants are able to work with mentors and in laboratories centrally involved in both basic and clinical research; attend a wide range of conferences and didactics; and learn how to blend lessons from science and clinical practice and present their work to a range of audiences. For some students, the program offers their first biomedical research experience; for many, it is their first exposure to oncology. Laboratory research projects concentrate on molecular biology, cell biology, cellular biochemistry and biophysics, immunology, molecular pharmacology and therapeutics, clinical research, and cancer control and prevention. Clinical research projects focus on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, cancer epidemiology, cancer control and prevention, psychosocial studies, supportive care and quality of life issues, and cancer information outreach. A key goal of the program is to increase students’ interest in careers in academic medicine and oncology. Another key goal is to increase participation by underrepresented minorities. The Summer Research Fellowship Program partners with MSK’s Office of Diversity Programs in Clinical Care, Research and Training to increase the number of underrepresented minority participants. The Specific Aims for this grant cycle are: 1. To engage students in innovative scientific research projects that address the cause, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer 2. To maintain the program’s record of participation by highly qualified students from groups underrepresented in the sciences 3. To provide students with additional mentorship opportunities to promote their professional development within academic medicine 4. To foster students’ development of scientific fluency and literacy in core competencies of research