MSRP in Metabolism, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases

描述(由申请人提供)：为了应对NIDDK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。然而，美国西部的学生获得此类培训的机会有限，因为几乎所有NIDDK资助的T35项目都位于密西西比河以东或附近；德克萨斯州只有两个项目位于密西西比河以西。我们建议将NIDDK T35培训机会向西扩展到犹他大学医学院(SOM)和西部理想州爱达荷州(其学生就读于UU SOM)、内华达州(内华达大学SOM)、蒙大拿州和怀俄明州的学生。在过去的十年里，UU健康科学中心建立了一个充满活力的研究社区，解决国家糖尿病、消化和肾脏疾病研究所(NIKKD)关注的各种与健康相关的问题，特别强调糖尿病和新陈代谢。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。此外，教职员工在成功指导学员方面拥有丰富的经验，有助于建立医生-科学家队伍。因此，UU健康科学中心是为医学生提供出色的短期研究经验的理想地点。新的代谢、糖尿病、消化和肾脏疾病医学生研究计划(MSRP-MDDK)的目标和目标是：目标：激发医学生对新陈代谢、糖尿病、消化、血细胞发育或肾脏疾病研究的终身兴趣，同时培养他们的创造性和批判性思维能力。目标1：让12名医学生/年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。实习生将参加 在医学院一年级和二年级之间进行为期10周的有指导的暑期研究经历。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。53名教师导师已同意参加该项目。新兴导师(14)本身将接受辅导方面的培训。PI/PD将由NIDDK资助的调查人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 NIDDK 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. However, students in the western US have limited access to this type of training since almost all NIDDK-funded T35 programs are east of or near the Mississippi River; only two programs in Texas are significantly west of the River. We propose to expand NIDDK T35 training opportunities westward to students at the University of Utah (UU) School of Medicine (SOM) and the western IDeA states of Idaho (whose students attend UU SOM), Nevada (University of Nevada SOM), Montana, and Wyoming. Over the past decade the UU Health Sciences Center has built a dynamic research community that addresses the full range of health-related issues that are the focus of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIKKD), with a particular emphasis on diabetes and metabolism. Faculty members' grant-funded research spans the continuum of T1-T4 translational science and is supported by numerous institutional programs. In addition, faculty members have extensive experience in successfully mentoring trainees, helping to build the physician-scientist workforce. Thus, the UU Health Sciences Center 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 Metabolism, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (MSRP-MDDK) are to: GOAL: Ignite in medical students a life-long interest in conducting research in metabolism, diabetes, digestion, blood cell development or kidney disease while also building their skills in creative and critical thinking. Objective 1: Engage 12 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, 10-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. Fifty-three faculty mentors have agreed to participate in the program. Emerging mentors (14) will themselves receive training in mentoring. The PI/PD will be advised by an internal Steering Committee of NIDDK-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.