VCU Medical Scientist Training Program

NIH 医师科学家劳动力工作组的召开是为了满足日益增长的需求和 医师研究人员的供应减少。该小组的结论是，医学博士-博士课程，包括 医学科学家培训计划（MSTP），已成功地促进了医师的发展 科学家们，应该继续。自 1986 年以来，弗吉尼亚联邦大学医学博士-博士项目一直致力于解决这一不足。 我们的使命是培训多元化的医师科学家，通过基础和医学领域的发现来改善人类健康 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， 卓越的研究培训、项目质量和满意度以及职业成功。 过去四年，我们的招聘工作、合格申请者数量的不断增加以及整体招生 流程极大地增强了我们招收多元化高素质学员骨干队伍的能力。我们独特的 综合课程专为满足临床和研究实习医师科学家的需求而定制 整个培训期间的学习一体化。我们提倡严谨、透明、可重复的研究 方法，建立在整个培训过程中负责任行为的道德原则之上。我们的培训计划是 以受训者为中心，具有透明的领导力和受训者的投入。我们的参与教师 代表了广泛的生物医学科学学科，并得到充足的研究经费的支持。 我们的计划致力于导师培训和安全、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发挥着重要作用，以协助我们 经验丰富的领导团队不断改进该计划。我们密切关注进展情况 个别受训者，支持他们的努力和健康，并解决他们的担忧。详细的、以学员为中心的 评估计划指导我们实现具体的、可衡量的、可实现的、相关的、有时限的目标， 包容、公平的目标。 我们最近的学员生产力很高，获得了个人培训资助，出版了原创作品 研究，并毕业进入顶级研究密集型住院医师项目。我们正处于上升轨道 几乎所有可用于评估项目质量的指标。随着我们的学员取得成功，我们吸引 高素质、多元化的申请人不断增长，形成良性循环。 VCU MD-PhD 项目是美国最大的医师科学家项目，提供全面的 为其所有学员提供支持，但不受 MSTP 资助。弗吉尼亚联邦大学医学院的支持 极其慷慨。此外，我们的计划还受益于慈善活动，筹集了 400 万美元 捐赠基金和 10 万美元的充实基金。借助 MSTP 资金，我们寻求利用这种模范支持 我们的卓越计划计划增加我们的使命适用的学员数量，扩大我们的 减少医生-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.