Training Program for Medical Scientists

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请请求继续支持南卡罗来纳医科大学的医学科学家培训计划。主要目标是培养下一代内科科学家，他们将选择一种职业，进行整合基础和临床科学的研究，以改善人类健康和治疗疾病。该项目最初成立于1980年，现已稳步发展到目前的56名学生规模，其中37%是女性。到目前为止，100名毕业生的职业成就是：3名教授，全部担任捐赠教授；7名副教授；15名助理教授；6名从事工业界研究；10名临床教授/讲师；14名私人执业；43名实习生；2名已故教授。在过去的10年里，流失率为5%。申请者人数继续保持强劲，在过去五年中增长了58%。MUSC优秀的研究环境、我们MSTP学生的卓越成绩，以及该项目在全国范围内的招生努力，都反映了我们的实习生人才库的增加，包括个人联系人和向参加MCAT并获得32分或更高分数的学生发送的招生信。我们的申请者在质量和数量上的增长为要求将职位从每年8个增加到9个提供了基础。我们的课程是按照经典的2、4、2年模式设计的，然而，它具有相当大的灵活性。除了严格的基础科学研究培训和医学学校，学员还可以通过转化科学诊所、临床和转化研究中心的一个月时间和转化医学系列研讨会获得转化研究经验。下一阶段的目标是：1)继续由具有卓越培训和研究记录的协作和高度成功的教师在生物医学研究领域进行严格的研究培训；2)提供挑战学生独立思考和批判性思维的培训计划；3)在包含基础、临床和翻译科学的具有挑战性的互动环境中进行培训；4)利用个性化的发展计划来增强培训体验；5)继续对计划进行严格和正式的评估，使用定量和定性数据，以确保最严格、有效和高效的培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests continued support of the Medical Scientist Training Program at the Medical University of South Carolina. The major goal is to train the next generation of physician-scientists who will choose a career that will conduct research that integrates both the basic and clinical sciences to improve human health and treat diseases. The program was originally founded in 1980 and has steadily grown to its current size of 56 students, with 37% females. Career outcomes of our 100 graduates to date are: 3 professors, all holding endowed chairs, 7 associate professors, 15 assistant professors, 6 conducting research in industry, 10 clinical professors/instructors, 14 in private practice, 43 in training and 2 deceased. For the last 10 years the attrition rate was 5%. The applicant pool continues to be strong with a 58% increase over the past five years. This increase in our trainee candidate pool reflects a combination of MUSC's exceptional research environment, our MSTP students' outstanding accomplishments, and the program's national recruitment efforts, which includes personal contacts and a recruitment letter with brochure sent to students who took the MCAT and received a score of > 32 or better. The growth in the quality and quantity of our applicants provides the basis for the requested increase in positions from 8 to 9 per year. Our program is designed along the classical 2,4,2 year paradigm, however, there is considerable flexibility built into it. In addition to rigorous basic science research training and medical schol, trainees gain experiences in translational research via the Translational Sciences Clinic, a month in the Clinical and Translational Research Center and the Translational Medicine Seminar series. The objectives for the next phase are to: 1) continue the rigorous research training in areas of biomedical research by collaborative and highly accomplished faculty with exceptional records of training and research, 2) offer a training program that challenges students to think independently and critically, 3) conduct the training in a challenging, interactie environment that embraces basic, clinical and translational sciences, 4) utilize individualized development plans to enhance the training experience, and 5) continue the rigorous and formal evaluation of the program that uses both quantitative and qualitative data to ensure the most rigorous, effective and efficient training.