Medical Student Training in Aging and Injury Research

描述(由申请者提供)：威斯康星医学院(MCW)医学生老龄化和损伤研究培训是一个为期12周的夏季研究培训计划，每年在一年级和二年级之间的暑期向10名医学生介绍损伤控制研究。该经验侧重于伤害对整个寿命的影响和后果，特别是改善老年人的安全、健康和生活质量。该项目以MCW疾病控制与预防中心资助的伤害研究中心为基础，建立在现有的非常成功的夏季研究项目的基础上，并与内科老年医学和老年病学部、卫生政策研究所、碰撞损伤研究和工程网络中心以及整个机构的附属教员进行了强有力的合作。该计划的目标是增加从事伤害控制研究的学生队伍，重点关注伤害在整个生命阶段的影响。具体目标是：1)在医学生职业决策的关键时刻及早接触伤害研究；2)增加医学生对当前伤害预防、治疗和政策研究前沿的了解；3)让学生在研究、治疗和伤害控制努力中应用老年学方法，强调老年人的特殊风险、需求和情况；以及4)通过在医学院培训期间提供持续支持并加强他们与科学界和未来研究追求的联系，保持医学生对研究、伤害控制和衰老的兴趣。学员将与经验丰富的研究人员和研究团队配对，从事与老龄化和老年人有关的伤害项目，如预防跌倒、老年司机、虐待老年人和患者安全。他们将参加丰富的活动，包括：1)为所有暑期研究生提供的研讨会，包括研究、职业发展和陈述技能方面的道德操守培训；2)每周举办的关于伤害和伤害预防的核心研讨会，关注老年人的特殊需要和考虑，包括跌倒、伤口愈合、创伤后的生活质量；4)在一年一度的医学生研究海报日上介绍他们的工作；以及5)通过持续的导师和可选的研究荣誉轨道提供继续研究的机会。预防伤害是2010年健康人的一个主要目标，MCW IRC致力于公共健康模式，以减轻伤害负担。伤害和暴力是对65岁及以上美国人健康和福祉的严重威胁，65岁及以上的美国人是人口中迅速增长的一部分。必须从生命阶段的角度研究伤害的风险和机制以及对创伤和创伤护理的反应，并着眼于老年人在创伤预防、急性治疗和康复方面的独特需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Medical Student Training in Aging and Injury Research is a 12 week summer research training program to introduce ten medical students per year to injury control research during the summer between their first and second years. The experience focuses on the impact and outcomes of injury through the lifespan, especially improving safety, health and quality of life for older individuals. Based in MCW's CDC-funded Injury Research Center, the program builds on a highly successful existing summer research program and strong collaborations with Internal Medicine's Geriatrics and Gerontology Division, the Health Policy Institute, the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network Center and affiliated faculty from across the institution. The program's goal is to increase the pool of students who will pursue careers in injury control research, with an emphasis on the impact of injury through the life stages. Specific objectives are to: 1) provide early exposure to injury research at a critical time in medical students' career decision-making; 2) increase medical student knowledge regarding current investigative frontiers in injury prevention, treatment and policy; 3) have students apply a geriatrics approach in their research, therapy and injury control efforts, emphasizing the special risks, needs and circumstances of the elderly; and 4) to retain medical students' interest in research, injury control and aging beyond the short-term experience, by providing on-going support and strengthening their connection to the scientific community and future research pursuits throughout the medical school training. Trainees will be matched with experienced research faculty and research teams to work on injury projects relevant to aging and the aged, such as falls prevention, older drivers, elder abuse and patient safety. They will participate in enrichment activities including: 1) seminars offered to all summer research students, including training in ethical conduct in research, career development and presentation skills; 2) weekly core seminars on injury and injury prevention, with attention to the special needs and considerations of the elderly, including Falls in the Elderly, Wound Healing, Quality of Life after Trauma; 4) presentation of their work at an Annual Medical Student Research Poster Day; and 5) opportunities for continued research through on-going mentorship and an optional Research Honors track. Injury prevention is a major Healthy People 2010 goal, and the MCW IRC is committed to a public health model to reduce the burden of injury. Injury and violence are a serious threat to the health and well-being of Americans ages 65 and older, a rapidly growing segment of the population. It is critical to examine the risks and mechanisms of injury and response to trauma and trauma care from a life-stages perspective, and to look at the unique needs of the elderly in trauma prevention, acute treatment and rehabilitation.