Research Education Program for Minority Medical Students

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究教育计划的主要目标是为10名积极性很高的少数民族学生提供年度短期（10-12周）研究教育经验，以使他们接触到心血管功能和疾病领域的生物医学研究。长期目标是通过广泛的研究和教育活动产生的兴趣，增加这一领域少数群体保健专业人员的人数。该计划建立在MUSC在心血管研究方面的既定优势，其坚定承诺为各级学生提供有意义的研究培训经验，以及将学生从代表性不足的群体引入生物医学研究的记录。该计划的教师是一组33生产，协作，独立资助的科学家，具有非常强大的培训记录，其专业知识和兴趣是高度相关的心血管科学，包括细胞通讯和分子结构的多个方面及其功能障碍的心脏形态发生，高血压，血管疾病和心脏肥大和衰竭。他们还包括对疾病和疾病感兴趣的教师，这些疾病和疾病在南卡罗来纳州的非洲裔美国人居民中表现出比其他人口群体，甚至是非洲裔美国人在该国其他地区更高的发病率，发病率和死亡率。除了指导研究项目和研究道德行为的指导外，学生还将参加心血管研讨会系列和将研究转化为实践的课程。高级研究选修课和GCRC的月份允许学生在医学院的高级岁月中获得额外的研究经验和接触以患者为导向的研究。该计划受益于稳定的行政结构和致力于多样性的异常强大的领导。还制定了一项全面的评估计划，以衡量该方案实现其目标的程度。为了将科学进步与日益多样化的社区的优质服务和交付联系起来，多样化的医学研究队伍至关重要。此外，尽管在过去十年中实施了一些变化，以扩大专业和亚专业心血管培训计划，但心血管疾病治疗的劳动力需求仍在继续增加。拟议的研究教育计划的目的是让少数民族医学生参与基础，临床和转化研究，以激发他们对心血管研究的兴趣。 (End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of the proposed research education program is to provide annual short- term (10-12 weeks) research education experiences for 10 highly motivated minority students in order to expose them to biomedical research in the area of cardiovascular function and disease. The long- range goal is to increase the number of minority health professionals in this area through interest generated by exposure to a broad spectrum of research and educational activities. The program builds upon MUSC's established strength in cardiovascular research, its strong commitment to providing meaningful research training experiences for students at all levels, and its track record of introducing students from underrepresented groups to biomedical research. The Program Faculty is a group of 33 productive, collaborative, independently funded scientists with very strong training records whose expertise and interests are highly relevant to the cardiovascular sciences including multiple aspects of cell communication and molecular structure and their dysfunction in cardiac morphogenesis, hypertension, vascular disease and cardiac hypertrophy and failure. They also include faculty with interest in diseases and disorders that exhibit significantly higher rates of incidence, morbidity, and mortality among African American residents of South Carolina than among other population groups, or even African Americans in other parts of the country. In addition to the mentored research project and instruction in the ethical conduct of research, students will participate in a Cardiovascular Seminar Series and a course in Translating Research Into Practice. Senior research electives and the Month in the GCRC allow students to gain additional research experience and exposure to patient-oriented research during their advanced years in medical school. The program benefits from a stable administrative structure and exceptionally strong leadership committed to diversity. A comprehensive evaluation plan that measures the degree to which the program is achieving its objectives is also in place. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE STATEMENT A diverse medical research workforce is critical in order to link scientific advancements with quality service and delivery in increasingly diverse communities. Furthermore, workforce needs in the treatment of cardiovascular disease continue to increase despite changes implemented in the past decade to expand specialty and subspecialty cardiovascular training programs. The purpose of the proposed research education program is to engage minority medical students in basic, clinical and translational research in order to stimulate their interest in cardiovascular research. (End of Abstract)