Medical Scientist Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：目标是更新和增加辛辛那提大学医学院（UCCOM）医师科学家培训计划（PSTP）的MSTP资金，该计划为国家生物医学研究，教学和患者护理企业提供训练有素的医师科学家。UCCOM和辛辛那提儿童医院医疗中心拥有庞大的研究基地和基础设施，拥有足够广度，深度和校外支持的教师和研究生课程，以将PSTP录取人数从每年6名增加到10名学生。增加学生人数将提供更大的临界质量，机构的知名度和稳定性。MSTP的资助使我们作为一流的课程得到了更大的认可，在过去的4年里，我们的高质量学生的申请数量翻了一番。申请人评估1）本科课程和研究成果，2）推荐信的质量和内容，3）MCAT和/或GRE的表现，4）职业目标的陈述和对综合医学博士价值的看法。/PhD.程度达到这些目标，和5）的研究和获得医学博士提供的医疗保健机会的重大探索的证据。/PhD.℃下招募代表性不足的少数民族仍然是该方案的一个主要优先事项。最低综合学位要求是：医学基础科学基础课程，高级研究生课程和选修课，博士学位。资格考试博士学位论文及其辩护，法律的&研究和医学伦理问题，医疗实践的临床基础，USMLE部分I和II，临床能力，临床见习和代理实习。方案组成部分，包括概况介绍、PhD.学生组织、医生顾问、生物医学科学系列、双周午餐会、杰出讲师系列、高级弹性时间和社会活动，联合收割机结合起来，创造了一个优秀的环境，促进医生科学家的成长和发展。医生-科学家接受单独培训，将医学实践知识的广度与严格的科学调查的深度结合起来。因此，他们是能够进行临床观察，开发假设以在实验室中进行测试并将由此产生的发现带回临床实践的个人。为了利用基因组测序和分子医学的最新进展，我们需要训练有素的医学科学家，和博士以改善医疗保健成果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective is to renew and increase MSTP funding for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UCCOM) Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) which contributes well-trained physician-scientists to the national biomedical research, teaching and patient care enterprise. UCCOM and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have a large research base and infrastructure with faculty and graduate programs of sufficient breadth, depth, and extramural support to increase the number of PSTP matriculants from 6 to 10 students per year. Increasing student numbers will give greater critical mass, institutional visibility and stability. MSTP funding has given us greater recognition as a first-rate program and we have doubled the number of applications from top quality students over the past 4 years. Applicants are evaluated on 1) undergraduate course and research accomplishments, 2) the quality and substance of recommendation letters, 3) performance on MCAT and/or GRE, 4) statement of career goals and perception of the value of the combined M.D. /PhD. degree in reaching these goals, and 5) evidence of significant exploration of research and health care opportunities afforded by gaining the M.D. /PhD. degree. Recruitment of underrepresented minorities continues as a major priority of the program. Minimum combined degree requirements are: basic science foundation courses in medicine, advanced graduate courses and electives, Ph.D. qualifying exam, Ph.D. dissertation and its defense, Legal & Ethical Issues in Research and Medicine, Clinical Foundations of Medical Practice, USMLE parts I and II, clinical competency, clinical clerkships and an acting internship. Programmatic components, including orientation, the M.D./PhD. student organization, physician advisors, biomedical science series, biweekly lunch meetings, a distinguished lecturer series, senior flex time, and social events, combine to create an outstanding environment to foster the growth and development of physician-scientists. Physician-scientists are individually trained to combine the width of knowledge of medical practice with the depth of rigorous scientific investigation. As such, they are individuals who are able to make clinical observations, develop hypotheses to test in the laboratory and bring the resulting discoveries back to clinical practice. To capitalize on the recent advances in sequencing the genome and in molecular medicine, we need well-trained physician-scientists with both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees to improve health care outcomes.