Medical Scientist Training Program at Mayo Clinic

描述：（由申请人提供）：美国未来卓越医疗保健的一个关键要求是培训医师科学家，他们将研究最终与临床问题相关的基础科学问题。医学博士/博士的使命梅奥医学院和研究生院的项目旨在培训少数有天赋的学生掌握实验室基础科学家的方法、工具和学科，同时帮助他们发展减轻人类痛苦的技能。梅奥 MSTP 的教职人员将包括梅奥诊所 57 名生产力最高、资金充足的研究科学家，他们具有指导年轻科学家的能力。 M.D./Ph.D. 的无缝整合梅奥医学院和梅奥研究生院之间的项目与梅奥基础研究和临床研究的完全整合并行。博士之间的这些合作。科学家和医师科学家为医学博士/博士的未来职业生涯建模。学生。 梅奥医学博士/博士该计划每年在医学院的一个班级招收大约 6 名新生，共 42 名医学博士/博士。学生是从每年大约 150 名全国最有才华的未来医学科学家的申请者中选拔出来的。在他们的医学博士/博士学位期间。训练他们成长为高产的基础科学家。综合基础科学核心课程和程序化研究方法允许灵活地选择优秀的研究人员作为梅奥 MSTP 学生的导师。尽管这是一个相对年轻的项目，但已有 39 名学生毕业，目前有 36 名学生在读。毕业生们继续走向成功的职业生涯，并继续做出重大的科学贡献。作为 NIGMS 指定的 MSTP，梅奥计划将能够进一步改进和增加其对急需的医师科学家的培训的影响，这些科学家准备将生物医学信息的爆炸性增长应用于重要的临床问题。

DSCRIPTION: (provided by applicant): A critical requirement for the future of outstanding health care in the United States is the training of physician-scientists who will investigate fundamental basic science questions which ultimately relate to clinical problems. The mission of the M.D./Ph.D. program of Mayo Medical and Graduate Schools is to train a small number of gifted students in the methods, tools and disciplines of the laboratory basic scientist, while also helping them develop skills for relieving human suffering. The faculty for the Mayo MSTP will include 57 of the most highly productive, well-funded research scientists at the Mayo Clinic with demonstrated abilities for mentoring young scientists. The seamless integration of the M.D./Ph.D. program between Mayo Medical School and Mayo Graduate School parallels the complete integration of basic research and clinical investigation at Mayo. These collaborations among Ph.D. scientists and physician scientists model the future careers for M.D./Ph.D. students. The Mayo M.D./Ph.D. program enrolls approximately 6 new students each year in a medical school class o 42. M.D./Ph.D. students are selected from an annual applicant pool of about 150 of the most talented future physician scientists in the country. During their M.D./Ph.D. training they mature into highly productive basic scientists. The integrated basic science core curriculum and programmatic approach to research allows flexible access to an outstanding selection of research faculty as mentors for Mayo MSTP students. Although this is a relatively young program, 39 students have graduated and 36 are currently enrolled. Graduates are continuing on toward successful careers and continuing to make significant scientific contributions. As an NIGMS-designated MSTP the Mayo program will be able to further improve and increase its impact on the training of much-needed physician scientists prepared to apply the explosive growth in biomedical information to important clinical problems.