Summer Environmental Health Sciences Training Program

描述（由申请人提供） 该提案描述了一个短期的，暑期培训计划，为医学生的重点是让学生接触到与环境健康科学相关的基础和临床研究的就业机会。本申请涉及2个具体目标：目标1：在结构化的指导环境中为医学生提供基础和临床环境卫生科学研究的实践培训。 目标二：提供一个互动的教育体验，向医学生介绍基础，转化和临床环境健康科学研究所需的基本技能。培训计划将包括教学指导以及在经验丰富的基础和临床研究科学家团队的指导下进行的实践研究经验，该团队以NIEHS资助的研究人员和合作教师为核心。这些教师在指导医学和研究生以及博士后研究员方面取得了长期的成功。完成至少一年医学院的学生将有资格申请这个为期10周的培训计划。学员将根据他们的学习成绩，推荐信，并匹配他们的研究兴趣和职业目标与合适的导师选择。调查人员成功地招募了来自少数民族、农村和经济弱势背景的学生。学生将参加一个为期10周的暑期教学计划：“从长凳到床边：临床研究介绍”，其中包括生物伦理学，以及环境健康科学特定的研讨会和基础和临床研究的期刊俱乐部。学生将在课程结束时展示他们的研究海报。培训计划开始时将有6名受训人员，随着计划的成熟，将增加到10名受训人员。 在过去的6年里，路易斯维尔大学增加了对健康科学研究和基础设施，研究生教育和少数民族招聘的承诺，使这个针对医学生的短期培训计划特别及时。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) This proposal describes a short-term, summer training program for medical students focused on exposing students to career opportunities in basic and clinical research related to environmental health sciences. This application addresses 2 specific aims: Aim 1: To provide hands-on training in basic and clinical environmental health sciences-based research to medical students in a structured mentored environment. Aim 2: To provide an interactive, educational experience that introduces medical students the fundamental skills necessary for basic, translational, and clinical environmental health sciences-based research. The training program will include didactic instruction as well as a hands-on-research experience under the direction of a team of experienced basic and clinical research scientists centered on a core of NIEHS-funded investigators and collaborating faculty. These faculty members have long-standing success in mentoring medical and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Students who have completed at least one year of medical school will be eligible to apply for this 10-week training program. Trainees will be selected based upon their academic performance, letters of recommendation, and matching their research interests and career goals with suitable mentors. The investigators have been successful in recruiting students from minority, rural, and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The students will participate in an established 10-week didactic summer program: "From Bench to Bedside: Introduction to Clinical Research", which included bioethics, as well as Environmental Health Sciences-specific seminars and journal clubs in basic and clinical research. Students will present posters of their research at the end of the program. The training program will begin with six trainees and increase to ten trainees as the program matures. Over the past 6 years, the University of Louisville has increased its commitment to health science research and infrastructure, graduate education, and minority recruitment, making this short-term training program for medical students particularly timely.