Short-Term Training in Ophthalmology Research for Medical Students

项目摘要/摘要 鼓励下一代眼科医生-科学家是该领域的迫切需要。至 为此，印第安纳大学医学院眼科系建议T35短期 为对眼科研究感兴趣的医学生而设的暑期研究计划。这样做的理由是 计划是，早期接触研究可能会产生对研究职业的持续兴趣，而且 及早接触标准医学院课程之外的眼科概念将吸引更多的人 让学生在这个专业上进行研究。因此，这个项目的目标是提供一种研究体验 (1)向学员介绍眼科研究的多样性，包括实验设计， 方法、文献的批判性评价和结果陈述；(2)向受训者灌输对以下方面的兴趣 通过授课讲座、工作坊、临床实践培训和跟踪的眼科；以及(3) 为学员提供负责任的研究方法方面的培训。为了实现这些目标，该计划将提供 医学生在完成第一年后的12周研究经验。学生对此感兴趣 眼科将从学校积极招聘，来自代表性不足人群的学生也将如此， 尤其是那些从印第安纳大学多所大学之一进入印第安纳大学医学院的学生 流水线计划。需要为6名学生提供计划时段，他们将与从以下项目中挑选的导师配对 共有17名参与的教职员工。教师的研究兴趣涵盖基础研究、翻译研究和临床研究 眼科的主要领域，特别擅长视网膜、青光眼和儿科眼科。 学员将把大部分时间花在与导师一起进行有指导的研究项目上，但 还参与其他充实活动，包括负责任地举办研究讲座和讲习班。 丰富活动的创新方面包括(1)与印第安纳大学医学院的整合 学生研究和奖学金计划(IMPRS)，一个全校的暑期研究计划，暴露了 来自不同教职人员的科学和研究职业研讨会的实习生；(2)为期一天的“新兵训练营” 教授学员视觉科学和临床眼科学的关键基本概念；及(3)跨专业 参加视讯会议课程提供的教育机会“视力的批判性评估” 印第安纳大学验光学院为他们的暑期OD学生提供的 研究人员。系和学校对这一新的T35计划有着深切的承诺，它将 利用IMPR高度成功的基础设施，同时提供独特且目前缺乏的 眼科特定内容和实习生时段。该计划的长期目标是增加 眼科医生-印第安纳州和全国的科学家通过激发人们对视觉科学的热情 通过一个综合的、充满活力的暑期研究机会进行研究。

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Encouraging the next generation of ophthalmology physician-scientists is a pressing need for the field. To that end, the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology proposes a T35 short-term summer research program for medical students interested in ophthalmology research. The rationale for this program is that early exposure to research is likely to engender ongoing interest in a research career, and that early exposure to concepts in ophthalmology beyond the standard medical school curriculum will attract more students to research in the specialty. Thus, the objectives of this program are to provide a research experience that (1) introduces trainees to the diversity of research in ophthalmology, including experimental design, methods, critical evaluation of the literature, and results presentation; (2) instills in trainees an interest in ophthalmology through didactic lectures, workshops, and hands-on clinical training and shadowing; and (3) offers trainees training in responsible conduct of research. To meet these objectives, the program will offer a 12-week research experience for medical students after completion of their first year. Students interested in ophthalmology will be actively recruited from the school, as will students from underrepresented populations, especially those entering the Indiana University School of Medicine from one of Indiana University’s multiple pipeline programs. Program slots are requested for 6 students, who will be paired with mentors selected from a pool of 17 participating faculty. Faculty research interests span basic, translational, and clinical research in major areas of ophthalmology, with particular strengths in retina, glaucoma, and pediatric ophthalmology. Trainees will spend the majority of their time working on mentored research projects with their mentors, but will also engage in other enrichment activities, including responsible conduct of research lectures and workshops. Innovative aspects of the enrichment activities include (1) integration with the Indiana University Medical Student Program for Research and Scholarship (IMPRS), a School-wide summer research program, exposing trainees to scientific and research career-oriented seminars from diverse faculty; (2) a one-day “boot camp” teaching trainees key basic concepts in vision science and clinical ophthalmology; and (3) interprofessional education opportunities provided by videoconference participation in a class on “Critical Evaluation of Vision Science Literature” offered by the Indiana University School of Optometry to their summer OD student researchers. The Department and School have a deep commitment to this new T35 program, which will leverage the highly successful infrastructure of IMPRS while providing unique, and currently lacking, ophthalmology-specific content and trainee slots. The long-term goal of the program is to increase the pool of ophthalmology physician-scientists in Indiana and nationally by generating excitement about vision science research through an integrated, dynamic summer research opportunity in the field.