Medical Student Research Program in Eye Health and Disease

 描述(由申请人提供)：为了应对NEI所关注的医疗挑战，我们必须培养和建设医生-科学家队伍，为来自美国所有地区的医学生培养成为未来的研究人员做好准备。在过去的三十年里，犹他大学医学院(USOM)，包括眼科和视觉科学系以及莫兰眼科中心，建立了一个充满活力的研究社区，解决了与眼睛相关的全方位健康问题。教师资助的研究跨越了T1-T4翻译科学的连续体，并得到了许多机构项目的支持。我们有大量的医学生对眼睛健康感兴趣，29%的学生定期参加医学生运营的眼科兴趣小组的月会，8%的毕业生参加眼科住院医生项目的2015年毕业班匹配。此外，教职员工在成功指导学员、帮助建立内科科学家和具有科学意识的内科医生队伍方面拥有丰富的经验。因此，UUSOM是为医学生提供出色的短期研究经验的理想场所。新的医学生眼睛健康和疾病研究计划(MSRP-EHD)的目标和目标是：目标：激发医学生在与眼睛相关的研究中进行或合作的终身兴趣，同时培养他们的创造性和批判性思维技能。目标1每年邀请6名医学生参与犹他大学正在进行的激动人心的基础、临床和转化科学发现。学员将在医学院的第一年和第二年之间参加为期11周的指导暑期研究体验。目标2：通过作为暑期体验一部分的创新课程，促进学员创造性和批判性思维能力的发展。目标3：鼓励每位学员发现他或她作为医生最感兴趣的研究类型。已有15名教师导师同意参加该项目。主计处将由一个由NEI资助的调查员和高级管理课程委员会成员组成的内部指导委员会提供咨询。将使用多种评估策略为项目改进提供形成性反馈，并跟踪学生的职业发展轨迹。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To meet the healthcare challenges on which the NEI focuses, it is essential that we nurture and build the physician-scientist workforce, preparing medical students from all areas of the US to become tomorrow's researchers. Over the past three decades the University of Utah School of Medicine (UUSOM), which includes the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the Moran Eye Center, has built a dynamic research community that addresses the full range of eye-related health issues. Faculty members' grant-funded research spans the continuum of T1-T4 translational science and is supported by numerous institutional programs. A large number of our medical students are interested in eye health, as evidenced by 29% regularly participating in monthly meetings of the medical student-run Ophthalmology Interest Group and 8% of the 2015 graduating class matching in Ophthalmology residency programs. In addition, faculty members have extensive experience in successfully mentoring trainees, helping to build the physician-scientist, and scientifically minded physician, workforce. Thus, the UUSOM is an ideal location to offer outstanding short-term research experiences for medical students. The goal and objectives of the new Medical Student Research Program in Eye Health and Disease (MSRP- EHD) are to: GOAL: Ignite in medical students a life-long interest in conducting or collaborating in research related to the eye, while also building their skills in creative and critical thinking. Objective 1 Engage 6 medical students/year in the exciting foundational, clinical and translational science discoveries taking place at the University of Utah. Trainees will participate in a mentored, 11-week summer research experience between their first and second years of medical school. Objective 2: Stimulate the development of trainees' creative and critical thinking skills through an innovative course that will be part of the summer experience. Objective 3: Encourage each trainee to discover the type of research he or she is most interested in pursuing as a physician. Fifteen faculty mentors have agreed to participate in the program. The PI/PD will be advised by an internal Steering Committee of NEI-funded investigators and SOM Curriculum Committee members. Multiple evaluation strategies will be used to provide formative feedback for program improvement as well as tracking students' career trajectories.