Boston Medical Student Training in Aging Research

 波士顿医科学生老龄化研究培训(MStar)波士顿MStar项目旨在为医学生在职业生涯早期提供短期的老龄化研究和指导经验。学生将接受教育，并对学术、临床和老年医学研究的职业机会充满热情。该项目自1989年以来一直在运作，为超过232名医学生提供短期研究培训经验。该计划的管理结构结合了一位经验丰富的计划主任和新的才华横溢的研究和教学课程联合主任。项目主任将向导师咨询委员会报告项目现场外，增加高质量导师的池，并继续努力招聘少数族裔 来自哈佛大学、密西西比大学/杰克逊心脏研究中心、波士顿大学医学中心和马萨诸塞大学医学院的学者。波士顿MStar计划的核心是为11名学者提供8-12周的有指导的老龄化研究项目体验：7名来自远方申请池，1名来自密西西比大学，1名来自马萨诸塞大学，2名来自波士顿大学医学中心。所有学生都将接受保护人类受试者、老龄化研究方法学和临床老年学的培训。学生将在10页的书面报告中口头陈述他们的研究，并将被强烈鼓励在美国老年医学学会的年度会议上陈述。该计划将跟踪学生的医疗培训和职业决定。通过在项目期间与学生建立牢固的关系，学者跟踪将成为指导经验的延续，并成为增加学者对老龄化研究兴趣的论坛。该项目过去的成功为其未来潜力埋下了伏笔。在短期内，67%的学生出席科学会议，20%的学生在8-12周的指导研究经验中发表科学论文。长期而言，在T35机制下，24%的被录取学生接受了额外的研究培训或从事老年医学方面的职业。因此，波士顿MStar寻求延续对医学生进行衰老研究培训的传统。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Boston Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) The Boston MSTAR Program aims to provide a short-term aging research and mentoring experience to medical students early in their career. Students will become educated and enthusiastic about the career opportunities in academic, clinical, and research geriatric medicine. The Program has operated continuously since 1989 and provided short term research training experiences to over 232 medical students. The administrative structure of the program combines an experienced Program Director with new talented co-directors of research and the didactic curriculum. The Program Director will report to the Mentor Advisory Council for program oversite, increasing the pool of high-quality mentors, and continued efforts on recruiting minority Scholars from Harvard, the University of Mississippi/Jackson Heart Study, Boston University Medical Center, and University of Massachusetts Medical School. The heart of the Boston MSTAR Program will be the 8-12 week mentored aging research project experience for 11 Scholars: 7 from the AFAR application pool, 1 from the University of Mississippi, 1 from the University of Massachusetts, and 2 from Boston University Medical Center. All students will receive training in protection of human subjects, aging research methodology, and clinical geriatrics. Students will present their research in an oral presentation, in a 10 page written report, and will be strongly encouraged to present at the annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society. The Program will track students through their medical training and career decisions. By developing a strong relationship with the students during the program, the Scholar tracking will be a continuation of the mentoring experience and a forum to increase Scholar interest in aging research. The program's past successes are a foreshadowing of its future potential. In the short term, 67% of students present at a scientific meeting and 20% publish a scientific paper from an 8-12 week mentored research experience. Long term, under the T35 mechanism; 24% of matriculated students have pursued additional research training or a career in geriatrics. As a result, the Boston MSTAR seeks to continue the tradition of training medical students in aging research.