UC Davis DVM/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program

项目总结/摘要 几个国家研究理事会概述了培训和留住兽医科学家的明确需要 2004年、2005年和2013年的报告以及美国国立卫生研究院医生-科学家劳动力报告 2014年招聘和留住高素质的生物医学科学家，特别是临床科学家， DVM学位仍然是最具挑战性的问题之一，不仅面临着更广泛的研究 社区，但特别是全国各地的学术兽医计划。加州大学戴维斯分校（UC Davis School） 兽医学院于2000年启动了兽医科学家培训计划（VSTP）， VSTP学生于2001年8月入学，这已成为全国第二个继续教育方案。 到目前为止，30名毕业生已经完成了VSTP计划与双DVM/博士。目前，VSTP计划 有17名学生，并录取3名学生进入2019年。我们的14名毕业生已经离开了 在学术界，政府机构和工业界的领导职业生涯。12名应届毕业生仍在 他们的博士后居住和/或博士后培训的早期阶段。只有4名毕业生（13.3%）选择了 成为小动物从业者，但其中一人表示要重返学术界。因此 我们的VSTP毕业生谁正在使用他们的研究培训的百分比是超过80%。我们的使命是 准备我们的学生双DVM-PhD学位，成为富有同情心和卓越的兽医- 从事基础和转化研究的科学家，以促进人类，动物和 环境我们的VSTP计划的目标是提供一个出色的环境，为临床和 生物医学研究培训在全国排名第一的兽医学院和大学 农业和环境科学沿着大学的国际公认的强大的计划 在生物科学，生物医学工程和人类医学。我们的大多数培训教师都参加了 在已建立的中心和研究所，促进合作，并采用各种循证医学， 通过个人实验室和校园中最先进的设备解决科学问题的方法 共享设施。我们的VSTP计划举办了一些以学生为中心的活动，其中一些是联合 组织与我们的医学院MD/博士课程，创造一个独特的学习环境，比较 药我们的学生是这个充满活力的环境中不可或缺的一部分，并促进卓越的 通过他们的研究，推广和学生辅导计划。我们的目标和预期成果 这T32培训补助金是：1）准备我们所有的学员成为未来的领导者在学术界，政府 服务和公共卫生，2）提供更多的接触学术界以外的职业道路，3）保持 平均时间（8年）学位，4）吸引和培养双学位学生的多样化群体，和5）增加 在加州大学戴维斯分校接受培训的双学位学员人数从17人增加到24人。

Project Summary/Abstract A clear need to train and retain veterinary physician scientists is outlined by several National Research Council reports in 2004, 2005 and 2013 and by the National Institutes of Health Physician-Scientist Workforce Report in 2014. Recruitment and retention of highly qualified biomedical scientists, especially clinician-scientists with the DVM degree continues to be one of the most challenging issues facing not only the broader research community, but specifically academic veterinary programs around the country. In response, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine initiated the Veterinary Scientist Training Program (VSTP) in 2000 with the first class of VSTP students matriculated in August 2001, which has become the second continuing program in the nation. To date, 30 graduates have completed the VSTP program with dual DVM/PhD. Currently, the VSTP program has 17 students and admitted 3 students to the class entering in 2019. Fourteen of our graduates have gone on to leadership careers in academia, government agencies, and industry. 12 recent graduates are still at the early stage of their post-DVM residency and/or postdoctoral training. Only four graduates (13.3%) have chosen to become small animal practitioners, but one of them has indicated to return to academia. Thus, the percentage of our VSTP graduates who are using their research training is more than 80%. Our mission is to prepare our students with dual DVM-PhD degrees to become compassionate and exceptional veterinarian- scientists engaged in basic and translational research to advance the health of people, animals, and environment. The goal of our VSTP program is to provide an outstanding environment for both clinical and biomedical research training at the nation's top-ranked School of Veterinary Medicine and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences along with the University's internationally-recognized strong programs in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Human Medicine. Most of our training faculty participate in established Centers and Institutes that promote collaborations and employ diverse evidence-based approaches to solving scientific problems through state-of-the-art equipment in individual labs and campus shared facilities. Our VSTP program hosts a number of student-centered activities, some of which are jointly organized with our medical school MD/PhD program, to create a unique learning environment in comparative medicine. Our students are an integral part of this dynamic environment and promote the excellence of the program through their research, outreach and student mentoring. Our objectives and intended outcomes for this T32 training grant are to: 1) prepare all of our trainees to become future leaders in academia, government service and public health, 2) provide greater exposure to career paths outside academia, 3) maintain the average time (8 years) to degree, 4) attract and train a diverse group of dual degree students, and 5) increase the number of dual degree trainees in training at UC Davis from 17 to 24.