Medical Scientist Training Program

马里兰大学 (UM) 医学院的 MD/PhD 项目于 1982 年，并于 2010 年由 NIH 资助。我们的医学科学家培训计划 (MSTP) 的使命 是培养一支多元化、富有创造力的医师科学家骨干队伍，他们将成为他们所选择的领域的领导者 研究领域，寻求新知识并应用这些知识来增强健康。我们的目标 是： 汇集来自巴尔的摩大学最优秀的医学博士生和教师，巴尔的摩大学 县、UM College Park 和 NIH 致力于为 MD-PhD 学生提供综合培训 追求研究事业；开发和评估设计的双学位培训的新方法 提高完成率并减少学位时间；招募并留住代表性不足的人 少数族裔医学博士生；并培养医学博士-博士生成为医师科学家 利用他们在学术界、政府、 研究机构和行业与 NIH 对培养医师科学家的重视一致 劳动力。 我们的课程包括非常强大的临床前和临床培训，简称研究生 教学研究、旨在整合医学和科学知识的 MSTP 特定课程，以及 灵活地从研究生院转入医学院。 MSTP 特定活动包括： 医学期刊俱乐部；研究生课程方向；暑期研究轮换与相关 研讨会；增强研究严谨性方法证书；医师科学家研讨会； 研究生期间的临床案例研究和纵向临床见习；年度MSTP 静修和医学博士/博士讲座。我们的论文研究机会广泛且 设计上是跨学科的。因此，我们的计划确保医学博士/博士生不仅仅是医学博士 接受过博士学位培训的学生。 在当前资助期间，我们的 MSTP 已过渡到新的项目总监 (PD) 为该计划带来新的视角和新的举措。 PD 是一名医师兼科学家 在研究、教育和患者护理方面取得的证书，加入了一位副主任 (AD)，他是一名 具有运行研究生教育项目经验的杰出科学家。 我们过去五年的成功可以从我们申请者群体的质量和多样性中看出 和学生、高出版生产力和出色的住院医师实习机会。我们计划建造 通过扩大我们整体计划的规模并继续开发创新技术来取得这一成功 培训和指导策略。

The MD/PhD Program at the University of Maryland (UM) School of Medicine was established in 1982 and funded by the NIH in 2010. The mission of our Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) is to train a diverse and creative cadre of physician-scientists who will become leaders in their chosen fields of research, seek new knowledge and apply that knowledge to enhance health. Our objectives are to: bring together the best MD-PhD students and faculty from the UM Baltimore, UM Baltimore County, UM College Park and the NIH to provide integrated training to MD-PhD students committed to pursuing research careers; develop and assess novel approaches to dual-degree training designed to enhance completion rates and decrease time to degrees; recruit and retain underrepresented minority MD-PhD students; and prepare MD-PhD students to become physician-scientists making significant, independent contributions using their dual degree training in academia, government, research institutes and industry consistent with NIH’s emphasis on developing the physician-scientist workforce. Our curriculum consists of very strong preclinical and clinical training, abbreviated graduate didactic studies, MSTP-specific courses designed to integrate medical and scientific knowledge, and flexible reentry from graduate school to medical school. MSTP-specific activities include: Molecules to Medicine journal club; Graduate program orientations; Summer Research Rotations with associated Symposium; Certificate in Methods to Enhance Research Rigor; Physician Scientist Seminars; Clinical Case Studies and Longitudinal Clinical Clerkship during graduate school; annual MSTP Retreat and MD/PhD endowed lecture. Our opportunities for dissertation research are extensive and are interdisciplinary by design. Thus, our program ensures the MD/PhD students are not merely MD students with PhD training. During the current funding period, our MSTP has transitioned to a new Program Director (PD) bringing a fresh perspective and new initiatives to the program. The PD, a physician-scientist with credentials in research, education and patient care, joins an Associate Director (AD) who is an accomplished scientist with experience running a graduate education program. Our success during the last five years can be seen the quality and diversity of our applicant pool and students, high publication productivity and outstanding residency placements. We plan to build on this success by increasing the size of our overall program and continuing to develop innovative training and mentoring strategies.