Medical Scientist Training Program Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：罗彻斯特大学在培养医学科学家方面有着悠久的历史，有许多校友在学术医学中心担任领导职务。在1997年启动的一项5.5亿美元的十年战略计划的推动下，医学中心正享受着前所未有的增长，拥有80个研究密集型教师组织成高度互动小组的新空间。严格和创新的教育课程与丰富的研究环境相结合，拥有一流的师资队伍，为培养生物医学科学的医生和科学家提供了绝佳的机会，并将其有意义的转化为患者护理。为了充分利用这些机会，该大学已承诺其医学博士/博士课程的扩张，该计划始于两年前，另外有三名高素质的学生入学。作为我们不断努力创造最佳培训体验的证据，我们已经建立了一个新的行政结构，为项目提供更大的监督，并建立了一个咨询系统，将学生与职业医师-科学家在项目的整个任期内配对。通过在培训的所有阶段增加研究生工作的时间，建立MSTP具体问题学习小组，以及在方案的头两年为学生开设医学科学推理课程，改进了医学和研究生课程的整合。此外，已经为所有博士课程制定了严格的医学博士/博士课程，包括生物医学工程、流行病学、卫生服务研究、生物统计学和计算生物学等新课程。再加上罗彻斯特大学的承诺，这次更新的资金将确保我们最合格的参与者将发展技能和见解，在这个充满活力的生物医学研究时代，从实验室或专业分析到患者护理的转化。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Rochester has a long history of training physician-scientists, with numerous alumni in leadership positions at academic medical centers. Fueled by a ten-year $550 million strategic plan initiated in 1997, the Medical Center is enjoying unprecedented growth with new space for 80 research-intensive faculty organized into highly interactive groups. The combination of a rigorous and innovative educational curriculum with a rich research environment staffed by superlative faculty provides outstanding opportunities for the training of physician-scientists in biomedical sciences and for its meaningful translation to patient care. To capitalize on these opportunities, the University has committed its MD/PhD program to an expansion, which began two years ago with the matriculation of three additional highly qualified students. As evidence of our continuous effort to create the optimal training experience, we have instituted a new administrative structure that provides greater oversight of the program and an advisory system that pairs students with career physician-scientists for their entire tenure in the program. Improved integration of medical and graduate curricula has been achieved by increasing the time available for graduate work in all phases of training, creating MSTP specific problem-based learning groups, and introducing Scientific Reasoning in Medicine, a class for students in the first two program years. Moreover, rigorous MD/PhD specific curricula have been instituted for all PhD programs, including new programs in Biomedical Engineering, Epidemiology, Health Services Research, and Biostatistics and Computational Biology. Coupled with the University of Rochester's commitment, funds from this renewal will ensure that our most qualified participants will develop the skills and insights to initiate and lead the translation from laboratory bench or specialized analyses to patient care during this dynamic era of biomedical research.