SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR VETERINARY STUDENTS (T35)

 描述(申请人提供)：这是卫生专业学校学生短期培训的续签申请。这项提议的总体目标是刺激 对有才华的兽医学生的研究兴趣，并使他们接触到研究生涯中固有的机会。该项目将为兽医学生提供以下生物医学研究领域的研究培训机会：消化系统疾病、传染病、营养/心血管疾病、生殖生物学/神经科学、呼吸系统疾病、整形外科、营养与肥胖、国际/野生生命医学、急诊和危重护理以及肿瘤学。该项目是根据过去25年培训489名兽医学生的经验而专门设计的，旨在向学生介绍活跃的生物医学研究环境，并在以下特定领域对他们进行培训：对已发表数据的批判性评估、假设的发展、研究建议的准备、实验设计、研究伦理、数据分析和组织以及结果的口头和书面陈述。拟议的项目每年将招收20名学生，学生将在竞争的基础上进行挑选。所有一年级和二年级兽医学生(目前为192人)将 有资格使用标准格式提交研究建议书，并由他/她选择的项目教员提供意见。提交的提案将由教员委员会使用预定义的标准进行评估和排名。除了这项建议的科学价值外，还将优先考虑代表人数较少的少数族裔学生，以及在此训练期后愿意继续进行研究的学生。6月、7月和8月期间的培训将在现有实验室进行，正在进行的项目将得到适当数额的资金支持。每个实习生都将被要求参加杂志 以“负责任的研究行为”为主题的俱乐部、研讨会和互动工作坊，在一年一度的兽医学生研究日上提交书面报告和口头陈述。受训者将接受调查，以确定该计划在这一短期培训期之后在激发研究兴趣和参与生物医学研究方面的短期和长期影响。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a renewal application for short-term training for students in health professional schools. The overall objective of this proposal is to stimulate research interests in talented veterinary students and to expose them to opportunities inherent in a research career. The program will provide research training opportunities for veterinary students in the following biomedical research areas: digestive diseases, infectious diseases, nutrition/cardiovascular diseases, reproductive biology/neuroscience, respiratory diseases, orthopedics, nutrition and obesity, international/wild life medicine, emergency and critical care and oncology. This program is specifically designed, based on experiences gained from training 489 veterinary students over the last 25 years, to introduce students to active biomedical research environments and to train them in following specific areas: critical evaluation of published data, development of hypothesis, preparation of research proposals, experimental designs, research ethics, analysis and organization of data, and oral and written presentations of results. The proposed program will accept 20 students per year, and the students will be selected on a competitive basis. All first and second year veterinary students (currently 192) will be eligible to submit a research proposal using a standard format with input from a program faculty of his/her choice. The submitted proposals will be evaluated and ranked in order of merit by a faculty committee using predefined criteria. Apart from the scientific merit of the proposal, preference will be given to underrepresented minority students, and students who exhibit willingness to continue to conduct research beyond this training period. Training during the months of June, July and August will take place in established laboratories with ongoing projects supported by appropriate level of funding. Each trainee will be required to attend journal clubs, seminars and interactive workshops on "responsible conduct in Research", submit a written report and make an oral presentation at the annual veterinary student research day. Trainees will be surveys to determine the short-term and the long-term impacts of the program in stimulating research interests and engagement in biomedical research following this short-term training period.