Boston Medical Student Training in Aging Research

 描述（由申请人提供）：波士顿医学生老化研究培训（MSTAR）波士顿MSTAR计划旨在为职业生涯早期的医学生提供短期老化研究和指导经验。学生将成为受过教育和热情的学术，临床和研究老年医学的职业机会。该计划自1989年以来一直持续运作，并为232多名医学生提供短期研究培训经验。该计划的行政结构结合了经验丰富的项目主任与新的研究和教学课程的人才共同主任。项目主任将向导师咨询理事会报告项目的外部情况，增加高质量导师的储备，并继续努力招募少数族裔 来自哈佛、密西西比大学/杰克逊心脏研究、波士顿大学医学中心和马萨诸塞州大学医学院的学者。 波士顿MSTAR计划的核心将是11名学者的8-12周指导老化研究项目经验：7名来自AFAR申请池，1名来自密西西比大学，1名来自马萨诸塞州大学，2名来自波士顿大学医学中心。所有学生将接受培训，在保护人类受试者，老化研究方法，和临床老年医学。学生将在口头报告中介绍他们的研究，在10页的书面报告，并将被强烈鼓励出席美国老年医学会的年会。该计划将跟踪学生通过他们的医疗培训和职业决策。通过在项目期间与学生建立牢固的关系，学者跟踪将是指导经验的延续，也是一个提高学者对老龄化研究兴趣的论坛。 该计划过去的成功为其未来的潜力埋下了伏笔。在短期内，67%的学生出席了科学会议，20%的学生发表了8-12周指导研究经验的科学论文。长期而言，在T35机制下，24%的被录取学生从事了额外的研究培训或老年医学职业。因此，波士顿MSTAR寻求继续在老龄化研究中培养医学生的传统。

 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.