Medical Scientist Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校提供医学科学家培训计划（MSTP）的MD和博士培训相结合，需要七到八年的时间完成两个高级学位的要求。伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校是芝加哥最大的高等教育机构，也是美国发展最快的综合性大学之一。在过去的十年中，医学院在博士和MD-PhD培训方面投入了越来越多的资金。MSTP学生的课程包括医学院和研究生院课程的主要部分，旨在尽量减少重复并提供综合的医生-科学家教育。大多数医学科学家培训计划的学生在医学院的五个基础科学部门之一，或在位于学院的跨部门神经科学计划中进行博士培训。但是，有些人可以并且确实选择与其他学院的几个项目中的调查人员进行培训，包括工程学院的生物工程系，以及公共卫生学院和药学院的研究生培训项目。所有参与的部门和项目都有严格的，完善的研究生培训计划，对学生的仔细监督，许多NIH资助的研究人员，以及与临床科学家的许多联系。在2011-12学年，该方案有46名学生。医生科学家对生物医学研究的价值得到了广泛的认可，因为需要制定计划来增加这类研究人员的数量。与其他医生相比，MD-PhDs因其对床边问题的科学见解而脱颖而出，并成为医学进步的创新冠军。MD-PhD项目是美国医学科学家的主要来源，可以说是通往此类职业的最佳途径。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Illinois at Chicago provides a Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) of combined MD and PhD training, requiring seven to eight years for completion of the requirements for both advance degrees. The University of Illinois at Chicago is the largest institution of higher education in Chicago, and has been one of the fastest growing comprehensive universities in the nation. During the last decade the College of Medicine made growing, dedicated investments in both PhD and MD-PhD training. The curriculum for MSTP students includes the major portions of the medical school and graduate college curricula in a manner designed to minimize duplication and provide an integrated physician-scientist education. Most Medical Scientist Training Program students pursue PhD training in one of the five basic science departments of the College of Medicine, or in the interdepartmental Neuroscience program that is housed in the College. But, some can and do select training with investigators located among several programs in other colleges, including the Bioengineering Department in the College of Engineering, and graduate training programs in the School of Public Health and in the College of Pharmacy. All participating departments and programs have rigorous, well-established graduate training programs, careful supervision of students, many NIH-funded investigators, and many connections to clinician-scientists. In academic year 2011-12 there are 46 students in the program. The value of physician-scientists to biomedical research is widely recognized, as is the need for programs to bolster the number of such researchers. Compared to other physicians, MD-PhDs stand out for their scientific insight into bedside problems, and as innovative champions of progress in medicine. MD-PhD programs are a major source of the nation's physician-scientists, and arguably provide the best route to such careers.