Short Term Training: Students in Health Professional Schools

摘要 请求提供支助，将为期三个月的研究培训的供资职位从6个增加到8个 项目（T35）在俄亥俄州州立大学验光学院。在本补助金周期内（四个T35组 到目前为止），我们平均每年每个资助职位有2.6个申请，平均本科生和 申请人的验光平均成绩为3.6分，平均本科和验光 参与者的平均成绩是3.7，我们的教师从他们自己的学生支付了四个额外的学生 资金参加T35计划，我们拒绝了13名学生与3.7或更高的验光成绩点 平均视力4.0的学生。此外，自T35第一年以来 在1998年的资助下，T35学生合著了215篇科学摘要和59篇同行评议的出版物，所有 150个资助职位已被填补，我们自筹资金增加了14个职位（包括自2014年以来的12个），82/142 (58 142人中有5人（4%）同时获得了验光学学位和硕士学位， 博士学位，4/142（3%）目前正在攻读博士学位。学生的质量和数量都非常 高，教师非常支持T35计划。我们通常支持更多的学生比 资助，所以我们要求从六个增加到八个T35学生每年资助。 该培训计划的目标是鼓励专业学生参加OD/MS联合课程 验光学生在四年内获得OD和硕士学位的计划， 从事眼科研究尽管大多数进入T35课程的学生都想追求 临床职业，该计划一直在激励学生获得硕士和/或博士学位优秀 通过参与导师实验室的视觉研究，期刊俱乐部，视觉科学研讨会， 研究伦理培训，以及从研究生课程报名到参考的非正式讨论 管理者 培训主要在24名眼科和视力研究人员的实验室进行（每六名研究人员中有六名）。 他们主要是验光学院的成员，但有神经科学的代表， 生物医学工程和眼科。导师的具体研究领域包括，但肯定是 不限于屈光不正、眼胚胎发育、色觉、儿科学、白内障发生， 视力康复、视网膜脱离、自适应光学和角巩膜生物力学。更多的支持 OSU验光学院T35计划将有助于科学文献和从事未来 从事视觉研究的独立临床科学家。

Abstract Support is requested for an increase from six to eight funded positions in the three-month research training program (T35) at The Ohio State University College of Optometry. During this grant cycle (four T35 cohorts thus far), we averaged 2.6 applications per year per funded position, the average undergraduate and optometry grade point averages of the applicants was 3.6 and the average undergraduate and optometry grade point averages of the participants was 3.7, our faculty paid for four additional students from their own funds to participate in the T35 program, and we denied 13 students with a 3.7 or higher optometry grade point average and five students with a 4.0 optometry grade point average. Furthermore, since the first year of T35 funding in 1998, T35 students have co-authored 215 scientific abstracts and 59 peer-reviewed publications, all 150 funded positions have been filled, we self-funded 14 additional positions (including 12 since 2014), 82/142 (58%) who graduated with an optometry degree also graduated with Master's degrees, 5/142 (4%) received PhD degrees, and 4/142 (3%) are currently in PhD programs. The quality and quantity of the students are very high, and the faculty are very supportive of the T35 program. We routinely support more students than are funded, so we request an increase from six to eight T35 students funded per year. The goal of the training program is to encourage professional students to enroll in the Combined OD/MS program during which optometry students earn both an OD and a Master's degree in four years and to embark on a career in eye research. Despite the fact that most students entering the T35 program want to pursue clinical careers, this program has been excellent at motivating students to earn Master's and/or PhD degrees through participation in vision research in mentors' laboratories, a journal club, vision science seminars, research ethics training, and informal discussions ranging from enrolling in the graduate program to reference managers. The training is conducted primarily in the laboratories of 24 established eye and vision researchers (six per year) who are primarily members of the College of Optometry but with representation from the Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Ophthalmology. The mentors' specific areas of research include, but are certainly not limited to refractive error, ocular embryonic development, color perception, pediatrics, cataractogenesis, vision rehabilitation, retinal detachments, adaptive optics, and corneoscleral biomechanics. Increased support of the OSU College of Optometry T35 program will contribute to the scientific literature and engage future independent clinician scientists who perform vision research.