Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：在全国范围内，趋势表明学术医师调查员的数量正在减少。因此，有必要培养一批未来的科学家骨干，他们能够将他们的研究与临床护理联系起来，以解决疾病的趋势、原因和治疗。印第安纳大学医学科学家/工程师培训计划（MSTP）是为了满足这一需求而设计的，这一申请代表了印第安纳州MSTP自近4年前资助以来的第一次竞争性更新。我们项目的一个独特和值得注意的方面是普渡大学韦尔登生物医学工程学院的师资整合，包括对内科工程师的特殊培训。印第安纳州医学科学家/工程师培训计划的目标是提供跨学科，综合医学和科学研究培训，培养学生成为从事假设驱动研究的医师调查员，以促进人类健康。在对该项目的大量专门捐赠的支持下，该项目的新PI （Dr. R. Mirmira，他本人就是MSTP的毕业生）和他的联合主任（Dr. M. Harrington）已经采取了重要和渐进的步骤来加强医师科学家的培训，包括在研究生培训期间引入临床经验，扩大研讨会/丰富活动，以及建立正式的内部和外部反馈政策来实施计划变革。我们与普渡大学韦尔登生物医学工程学院密切合作，设计并实施了灵活的课程，为学生提供与人类疾病相关的特定科学和/或工程领域的深入培训。我们的项目强调课程，拓宽了在长凳上的研究训练与定量技能，提供了公开演讲的机会，提供了一系列丰富的课外机会，并允许整合医学和科学/工程贯穿所有年的培训。有明确的监督机制，在整个项目中跟踪受训人员的进展。在我们的外展活动和MSTP指定的帮助下，我们的项目名声大噪，在过去的10年里，我们的申请者数量增加了400%，我们目前的学生群体也非常多样化（23%的学生人数不足或有残疾记录，44%的学生来自州外）。在这个竞争激烈的更新申请中，我们将以我们的成功为基础，并进行必要的计划调整，以确保我们的学员继续准备成为未来的科学家和工程师，他们通过研究在医学实践中率先取得进步。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nationally, trends suggest that there are diminishing numbers of academic physician investigators. Thus, there is a need to train a cadre of future scientists who can link their research to clinical care to address the trends, causes, and treatment of disease. The Indiana University Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program (MSTP) was conceived to meet this need, and this application represents the first competitive renewal of the Indiana MSTP since its funding almost 4 years ago. A unique and notable aspect of our program is the integration of faculty within the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University to include the exceptional training of physician engineers. The aim of the Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program is to provide interdisciplinary, integrated medical and scientific research training to develop students into engaging physician investigators who are poised to pursue careers in hypothesis-driven research that advances human health. With the support from a large, dedicated endowment to the program, the new PI of this application (Dr. R. Mirmira, himself a graduate of an MSTP) and his Co-Director (Dr. M. Harrington) have taken important and progressive steps to enhance physician scientist training, including the introduction of clinical experiences during graduate training, expansion of seminars/enrichment activities, and institution of formal internal and external feedback policies to implement programmatic changes. In close collaboration with the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University, we have designed and implemented a flexible curriculum that provides in-depth training for students in a specific area of science and/or engineering relevant to human disease. Our program emphasizes coursework that broadens research training at the bench with quantitative skills, provides opportunities for public speaking provides a range of enriching extracurricular opportunities, and allows for integration of medicine and science/engineering throughout all years of training. Defined oversight mechanisms are in place to track the progress of trainees throughout the program. With the help of our outreach activities and the MSTP designation, our program notoriety has grown tremendously, as evidenced by a 400% increase in our applicant pool over the past 10 years and the remarkable diversity of our current student pool (23% underrepresented or with documented disabilities and 44% from out-of-state). In this competitive renewal application, we will build upon our successes and to make the necessary programmatic adjustments going forward to ensure that our trainees continue to be prepared to become future scientists and engineers who pioneer advances in medical practice through research.