UCLA Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Stud*

描述（由申请人提供）：在本申请中，加州洛杉矶大学（UCLA）的大卫格芬医学院与加州圣弗朗西斯科医学院（UCSF）和科罗拉多大学健康科学中心（UCHSC）合作，为医学生提供正式的8-12周老龄化研究培训计划寻求支持，以： . 让他们在培训的早期就接触到正在进行的研究，并得到成功的老龄化研究人员的指导 . 鼓励他们考虑追求，并计划随着时间的推移，在NIA重要领域的研究生涯 . 增加从事对NIA重要的研究领域的医生科学家的人数。 以加州大学洛杉矶分校为核心，我们的三个机构特别适合实现这些目标。我们的三个项目都是：1）由约翰A。哈特福德基金会作为卓越中心; 2）优秀的教师谁进行NLA资助的老龄化研究;和3）经验培训他人在老龄化研究。为了达到上述目标，我们将增加我们从约翰A。哈特福德基金会/美国老龄化研究医学生老年学者联合会计划确定研究导师，将医学生与这些导师匹配，在夏季培训计划期间和之后监测和促进他们的研究进展，教授基本的一般研究技能（包括负责任的研究行为），并提供一个论坛来介绍他们的研究和讨论想法。此外，我们将提供有关临床老年医学，老龄化职业选择的常见主题的指导，以及观察和参与各种环境中老年患者临床护理的机会。我们将鼓励在所有三个地点的医学生和研究导师之间建立网络，并评估该计划的各个方面，以确保该计划符合其目标。 通过实现本提案中概述的目标，该计划将鼓励和支持医学生对老龄化研究和老年医学的兴趣，并培养一批能够解决与NIA研究优先事项相关的关键问题的新的医生科学家。该计划还旨在加强参与机构的老龄化研究计划，并促进UCLA，UCSF和UCHSC之间在老龄化医学生研究培训方面的合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this application, the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) is partnering with University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) to seek support for a formal 8-12 week program of training in aging research for medical students to: . Expose them, early in their training, to ongoing research with mentorship from successful researchers in aging . Encourage them to consider pursuing, and to plan for over time, a research career in areas important to the NIA . Increase the pool of physician scientists engaged in areas of research important to the NIA. With UCLA as the core site, our three institutions are particularly well suited to reach these objectives. All three of our programs have: 1) been funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation as Centers of Excellence; and 2) outstanding faculty who conduct NLA-funded research in aging; and 3) experience training others in aging research. To meet the objectives outlined above, we will augment the experiences we have from the John A. Hartford Foundation/American Federation for Aging Research Medical Student Geriatric Scholars Program of identifying research mentors, matching medical students with these mentors, monitoring and facilitating their research progress both during and after the summer training program, teaching essential general research skills (including the responsible conduct of research), and providing a forum for presentation of their research and discussion of ideas. In addition, we will offer instruction on common topics in clinical geriatrics, career options in aging, and the opportunity to observe and participate in the clinical care of geriatric patients in a variety of settings. We will encourage networking among the medical students and research mentors at all three sites and evaluate all aspects of the program to ensure the program is meeting its aims. By accomplishing the aims outlined in this proposal, this program will encourage and support medical students' interest in aging research and geriatrics, and develop a new cadre of physician scientists who will be able to address key issues related to the research priorities of the NIA. This program will also aim to enhance the aging research programs at the participating institutions and foster collaboration in medical student research training in aging among UCLA, UCSF and UCHSC.