Short-term Training: Students in Health Professional Schools

摘要 犹他大学(UU)健康科学中心(HSC)致力于基础、临床和 翻译研究和培养医学生研究的丰富历史。自1993年以来，随着 在这笔T35拨款的支持下，UU制定了一个结构化的医学生研究计划(MSRP)， 为来自密歇根大学和伊利诺伊大学的15名医学生提供有指导的实践研究经验 波多黎各(普遍定期审议)在医学院一年级和二年级之间的暑假期间。MSRP是 非常成功，医学生校友和相应教职员工的培训记录证明了这一点 指导参与者。 UU MSRP要求继续支持15名医学生参加暑期研究 程序。简而言之，来自UU及其合作机构UPR的感兴趣的医学生确定了一种 MSRP指导并提交一份与心脏、肺和/或血液研究相关的建议书，该研究要经过严格的 由独立的审查委员会进行评估。有功项目被选中资助的学生 在他们的导师及其团队的指导下在实验室工作。医科学生参加 MSRP接受了研究道德行为方面的培训，他们参加了有组织的夏季培训 包括科学写作、学术医学职业规划、演讲等课程 来自心、肺和/或血液研究的资深内科研究员，以及团队实验室会议。在 暑期计划结束后，学生们写一篇摘要，并在秋季以海报的形式展示他们的作品 在密歇根大学举行的科学研讨会。还鼓励学生参加并提供经济支持， 出席国家会议，继续与他们的导师建立工作关系，发表他们的工作，过渡到 密歇根大学医学博士项目，在某些情况下，申请校外资助，以进一步开展他们的研究。 重要的是，对前一个资助期的分析表明，参加该计划的UU医学生 MSRP拥有良好的出版记录和出色的职业安置。这是MSRP领导人的目标和 继续这项计划，使UU和UPR医学生接触到心脏、肺和/或血液 从事研究，并定位为内科科学家的职业。

ABSTRACT The University of Utah (UU) Health Sciences Center (HSC) has a strong commitment to basic, clinical, and translational research and a rich history of fostering medical student research. Since 1993, and with the support of this T35 grant, the UU has developed a structured Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) that provides a mentored, practical research experience for 15 medical students from the UU and University of Puerto Rico (UPR) during the summer between their first and second year of medical school. The MSRP is highly successful, as evidenced by the training records of medical student alums and corresponding faculty mentor participants. The UU MSRP is requesting continued support for 15 medical students to participate in the summer research program. In brief, interested medical students from the UU and its partnering institution, the UPR, identify an MSRP mentor and submit a proposal related to heart, lung, and/or blood research that undergoes a rigorous evaluation by an independent review committee. Students whose meritorious projects are chosen for support work in a laboratory under the guidance of their mentor and his/her team. Medical students enrolled in the MSRP are trained in the ethical conduct of research and they participate in a structured summer training program that includes classes on scientific writing, planning for careers in academic medicine, presentations from established physician investigators in heart, lung and/or blood research, and team lab meetings. At the end of the summer program, the students write an abstract and present their work in poster format at a fall scientific symposium at the UU. Students are also encouraged and provided financial support to attend and present at national meetings, continue working relationships with their mentors, publish their work, transition to the UU MD-PhD program, and in some cases, apply for extramural grants to further pursue their research. Importantly, analyses of the previous funding period revealed that UU medical students who participated in the MSRP have strong publishing records and excellent career placement. It is the goal of the MSRP leaders and faculty to continue this program so that UU and UPR medical students are exposed to heart, lung, and/or blood research and positioned for careers as physician-scientists.