Expanding program evaluation capacity and enhancing training programs through alumni perspectives

摘要 爱荷华大学的医学科学家培训计划(MSTP)是一名成熟的医生- 自1977年以来一直由美国国立卫生研究院资助的科学家培训计划。爱荷华号的使命 MSTP是为了促进好奇、创造性和严谨的科学家的发展，他们的领导 这些发现推动了医学科学的发展，并将其转化为临床实践。在爱荷华州， MSTP在T32培训方面引领了创新，包括建立编织计划的独特文化 将评估纳入程序设计。这些努力得益于最近招聘了一名专门的 教员计划评估员(霍夫曼博士)，他已开发出评估 培训，包括年度调查、有针对性的访谈和评估特殊主题或 MSTP中的队列经验。通过这项工作，MSTP内部的领导层确定了关键 提高学员对个人成长的信心和满意度所需的教学要素 在他们攻读医学博士学位的岁月里。这一经历也建立了一种认识，即继续成功地朝着 培养职业医生-科学家取决于对当前形势的理解和挑战 实习生开始作为内科科学家的职业生涯。这包括对职业生涯的重要影响。 在工业或学术界工作或离开学术企业进入私人企业之间的选择 练习一下。我们知道，学术界的就业市场正在迅速变化，我们怀疑 内科医生和科学家也在不断变化。我们的毕业生对医学的兴趣增加就是例证。 传统上与医学博士培训背景无关的专业，如外科 特色菜。我们目前的项目评估模式在很大程度上依赖于当前学生和教职员工的见解 和教职员工，非常适合评估项目的内部运作。我们现在建议 开发一个平台，通过将不同的人群整合到我们的 项目评估策略-我们的项目校友。该评估平台将与我们的MSTP一起试行 校友们希望这将扩大我们的机构评估能力，而不仅仅是MSTP 而且还用于校园内其他由T32资助的培训项目。

SUMMARY The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at the University of Iowa is an established physician- scientist training program that has been continuously funded by NIH since 1977. The mission of the Iowa MSTP is to promote the development of inquisitive, creative and rigorous scientists, whose leadership and discoveries advance the science of medicine and its translation into clinical practice. At Iowa, the MSTP has led innovation in T32 training that includes building a unique culture that weaves program evaluation into program design. These efforts have benefitted from the recent recruitment of a dedicated faculty program evaluator (Dr. Hoffmann) who has developed methods to assess effectiveness of training, including annual surveys, targeted interviews, and focus groups that assess special topics or cohort experiences within the MSTP. Through this work, leadership within the MSTP has identified key instructional elements needed to advance trainee confidence and satisfaction in their personal growth during their MD-PhD years. This experience had also built a recognition that continued success towards training career physician-scientists depends upon an understanding of the current landscape challenging trainees as they embark on careers as physician-scientists. This includes important influences on career choices between working in industry or academia or leaving the academic enterprise to enter private practice. We know that the academic job market is rapidly changing, and we suspect that careers for physician-scientists are also in flux. This is exemplified by increased interest of our graduates in medical specialties that are not traditionally associated with MD/PhD training backgrounds such as the surgical specialties. Our current program evaluation model leans heavily on insights from current students, staff and faculty, and is well-suited to evaluate the internal workings of the program. We now propose to develop a platform to explore what happens after the MSTP by integrating a different population into our program evaluation strategy – our program alumni. This evaluation platform will be piloted with our MSTP alumni with the expectation that it will expand our institutional evaluation capacity not only for the MSTP but also for other T32-funded training programs on campus.