OHSU Medical Scientist Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)： 本申请建议俄勒冈健康与科学大学(OHSU)的医学科学家培训计划(MSTP)。OHSU MSTP的目标是通过提供以实验室为基础的、以假设为导向的、基础的或以疾病为导向的研究的集中强化培训，以及广泛的医学理论和实践培训，为个人作为内科科学家的成功职业生涯做好准备，从而获得医学博士学位。该计划将在七到八年内完成，将包括医学院最初的两年时间，其间穿插着实验室研究轮换，然后是研究生院(包括课程作业、初步考试和论文研究)，然后是医学院的临床年限。课程有足够的灵活性，允许进行高度个性化的培训，以满足特定的职业目标。博士和医学博士学位都将授予成功的候选人在完成该计划的两个组成部分。科学培训将在OHSU生物医学科学的跨学科研究生课程中进行。行为神经科学、生物化学和分子生物学、细胞和发育生物学、分子和医学遗传学、分子微生物学和免疫学以及生理学和药理学系的教师可作为医学博士研究生的导师。OHSU MSTP的一个基本原理是，随着“分子医学”的发展对疾病的预防、诊断和治疗产生更大的影响，对熟练的医生-调查人员的需求在未来几十年将继续增加。坚定和始终如一的机构承诺，热情和合作的研究人员，以及积极参与学生选择、指导和政策形成的坚定的医学博士委员会将为确保该项目的成功提供坚实的基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application proposes a Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The goal of the OHSU MSTP will be to prepare individuals for successful careers as physician-scientists by providing intensive focused training in laboratory-based, hypothesis-driven, basic or disease-oriented research, leading to a Ph.D. degree, coupled with broad training in the theory and practice of medicine, leading to an M.D. degree. The program is designed to be completed in seven to eight years, and will consist of the initial two years of medical school interspersed with laboratory research rotations, followed by graduate school (including course work, the preliminary examination and thesis research), and then by the clinical years of medical school. There is sufficient flexibility in the curriculum to allow highly individualized training in order to meet specific career goals. Both the Ph.D. and M.D. degrees will be awarded to successful candidates at the completion of both components of the program. Scientific training will take place within the interdisciplinary graduate programs in biomedical sciences at OHSU. Faculty available as mentors for M.D-Ph.D. students are members of the Departments of Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular and Medical Genetics, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and Physiology and Pharmacology. A rationale for the OHSU MSTP is that the need for skilled physician-investigators will continue to increase over the next decades as developments in "molecular-based medicine" have greater impact on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. A robust and consistent institutional commitment, an enthusiastic and collegial research faculty, and a committed M.D-Ph.D. Committee actively involved in student selection, mentoring, and policy formation together will provide a strong foundation to ensure the success of this program.