Summer research experiences for medical students supervised by faculty mentors

项目总结/摘要 纪念斯隆凯特琳癌症中心（MSK）夏季研究奖学金计划是 一个癌症教育计划，使30名一年级和二年级的美国医学生， 在MSK临床教师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名医学生为 一家大型学术医疗中心的研究企业。项目参与者可以工作 与导师和实验室集中参与基础和临床研究;参加 广泛的会议和教学法;并学习如何将科学和 临床实践，并向一系列观众展示他们的工作。 对于一些学生来说，该计划提供了他们的第一次生物医学研究经验;对许多人来说，这是一个很好的机会。 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， 细胞生物学、细胞生物化学和生物物理学、免疫学、分子药理学和 治疗学、临床研究以及癌症控制和预防。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 信息推广。该计划的一个关键目标是提高学生对职业的兴趣， 学术医学和肿瘤学另一个关键目标是通过以下方式提高参与度： 代表性不足的少数民族。夏季研究奖学金计划与MSK的合作伙伴 临床护理，研究和培训多样性计划办公室，以增加 少数民族代表人数不足。 本赠款周期的具体目标是： 1.为了让学生参与解决这一问题的创新科学研究项目， 癌症的诊断、预防和治疗 2.为了保持该计划的高素质学生的参与记录， 在科学领域代表性不足的群体 3.为学生提供额外的师友机会， 学术医学中的专业发展 4.培养学生的科学流利性和核心能力素养， 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