VCU Medical Scientist Training Program

NIH医生科学家劳动力工作组召开会议，以解决日益增长的需求和 内科研究人员的供应减少。该小组的结论是，医学博士学位课程，包括 医学科学家培训计划(MSTP)在促进医学人才培养方面取得了成功。 科学家和应该继续。VCU医学博士项目自1986年以来一直在解决这一不足。 我们的使命是培养不同的内科科学家，通过发现基础和基础知识来改善人类健康 社会科学和生物医学工程。我们的计划目标是卓越的临床培训， 卓越的科研培训、项目质量和满意度，以及职业成功。 在过去四年中，我们的招聘努力、不断增长的合格申请者池和全面招生 这一进程极大地增强了我们招收各种高素质受训人员的能力。我们独特的 综合课程是为满足医生-科学家实习生的需要而量身定做的，包括临床和研究 在整个培训期间进行综合学习。我们提倡严谨、透明、可重复的研究 方法，在整个培训过程中建立在负责任行为的道德原则上。我们的培训计划是 以受训人员为中心，具有透明的领导和受训人员投入。我们的参赛教职员工 代表了广泛的生物医学学科，并得到了充足的研究资金的支持。 我们的计划致力于指导培训和一个安全、公平和包容的环境。 我们的治理结构对学生和教师指导委员会具有突出的作用，以帮助我们的 经验丰富的领导团队不断改进方案。我们密切关注以下方面的进展 个别受训人员，支持他们的努力和健康，并解决他们的关切。以实习生为中心的详细培训 评价计划指导我们以具体的、可衡量的、可实现的、相关的、有时限的、 包容性和公平的目标。 我们最近的实习生效率很高，获得了个人培训拨款，出版了原创作品 研究，并毕业于顶尖的研究密集型住院医生项目。我们正处于上升的轨道上 几乎所有可以用来评估程序质量的指标。当我们的学员取得成功时，我们吸引 高素质的多样化申请者继续增长，形成了一个良性循环。 VCU MD-PhD项目是美国最大的内科科学家项目，提供完整的 为所有受训人员提供支持，但不是由MSTP提供资金。来自VCU医学院的支持已经 非常慷慨。此外，我们的项目还受益于慈善活动，获得了400万美元的资金 捐赠和10万美元的致富基金。有了MSTP的资金，我们寻求利用这种模范支持 我们的高级计划计划增加我们任务适用的受训人员数量，扩大我们的 减少内科医生-科学家短缺的能力。

The NIH Physician Scientist Workforce Working Group was convened to address a growing demand for and decreasing supply of physician researchers. The Group concluded that MD-PhD programs, including the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), have been successful in promoting the development of physician- scientists and should be continued. The VCU MD-PhD program has been addressing this shortfall since 1986. Our mission is to train diverse physician-scientists to improve human health through discovery in basic and social sciences and biomedical engineering. Our program objectives are Excellence in Clinical Training, Excellence in Research Training, Program Quality and Satisfaction, and Career Success. In the past four years, our recruitment efforts, growing pool of qualified applicants, and holistic admissions process have greatly enhanced our ability to enroll a diverse cadre of highly qualified trainees. Our uniquely integrated curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of physician-scientist trainees, with clinical and research learning integrated over the entire training period. We promote rigorous, transparent, reproducible research methods, founded in ethical principles of responsible conduct throughout training. Our training program is centered on the trainee, with transparent leadership and trainee input. Our participating faculty members represent a broad spectrum of biomedical science disciplines and are supported by ample research funding. Our program is committed to mentorship training and an environment that is safe, equitable, and inclusive. Our governance structure has a prominent role for students and a faculty steering committee to assist our experienced leadership team to continuously improve the program. We closely monitor the progress of individual trainees, support their efforts and wellness, and address their concerns. A detailed, trainee-centered evaluation plan guides us to achieve our objectives with specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound, inclusive, and equitable goals. Our recent trainees have been highly productive, securing individual training grants, publishing original research, and graduating to top research-intensive residency programs. We are on an upward trajectory in virtually every metric that can be used to assess program quality. As our trainees succeed, our ability to attract highly qualified diverse applicants continues to grow, perpetuating a virtuous cycle. The VCU MD-PhD program is the largest physician scientist program in the country that provides full support for all its trainees but is not funded by an MSTP. Support from the VCU School of Medicine has been extremely generous. In addition, our program has benefited from philanthropic outreach that resulted in a $4M endowment and a $100K enrichment fund. With MSTP funding, we seek to leverage this exemplary support and our superior program plan to increase the number of trainees to whom our mission applies, expanding our ability to reduce the physician-scientist shortage.