Medical Scientist Training Program

位于芝加哥的伊利诺伊大学提供了一个医学科学家培训计划（MSTP）， 博士培训，需要七到八年的时间才能完成两个高级学位的要求。的 伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校是芝加哥最大的高等教育机构，一直是美国最大的高等教育机构之一。 全国发展最快的综合性大学。在过去的十年里，医学院 在博士和MD-PhD培训方面不断增长的专门投资。 MSTP学生的课程包括医学院和研究生院的主要部分 课程的设计方式，以尽量减少重复，并提供一个综合的医生，科学家的教育。 大多数医学科学家培训计划的学生在五个基础科学之一的博士培训 医学院的部门，或在跨部门的神经科学计划，是设在 学院。其他人获得博士学位与生物工程系，这是大学之间的联合， 医学和工程。此外，有些人可以并确实选择与调查人员一起进行培训， 其他学院的几个项目，包括公共卫生学院和药学院。所有 参与部门和计划有严格的，完善的研究生培养计划，仔细 学生的监督，许多NIH资助的研究人员，以及与临床科学家的许多联系。在 2015-16学年，该方案有61名学生。 医生-科学家对生物医学研究的价值得到了广泛的认可， 增加这类研究人员的数量。与其他医生相比，MD-PhDs因其科学 对床边问题的洞察力，以及医学进步的创新冠军。MD-PhD课程是一个 美国的医生科学家的主要来源，并可以说提供了最好的途径，这样的职业生涯。

The University of Illinois at Chicago provides a Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) of combined MD and PhD training, requiring seven to eight years for completion of the requirements for both advance degrees. The University of Illinois at Chicago is the largest institution of higher education in Chicago, and has been one of the fastest growing comprehensive universities in the nation. During the last decade the College of Medicine made growing, dedicated investments in both PhD and MD-PhD training. The curriculum for MSTP students includes the major portions of the medical school and graduate college curricula in a manner designed to minimize duplication and provide an integrated physician-scientist education. Most Medical Scientist Training Program students pursue PhD training in one of the five basic science departments of the College of Medicine, or in the interdepartmental Neuroscience program that is housed in the College. Others obtain PhDs with the Bioengineering Department that is joint between the Colleges of Medicine and Engineering. Additionally, some can and do select training with investigators located among several programs in other colleges, including the School of Public Health and the College of Pharmacy. All participating departments and programs have rigorous, well-established graduate training programs, careful supervision of students, many NIH-funded investigators, and many connections to clinician-scientists. In academic year 2015-16 there are 61 students in the program. The value of physician-scientists to biomedical research is widely recognized, as is the need for programs to bolster the number of such researchers. Compared to other physicians, MD-PhDs stand out for their scientific insight into bedside problems, and as innovative champions of progress in medicine. MD-PhD programs are a major source of the nation's physician-scientists, and arguably provide the best route to such careers.