Medical Scientist Training Program

描述(由申请者提供)：伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校提供医学博士和博士相结合的医学科学家培训计划(MSTP)，需要七到八年才能完成这两个高级学位的要求。伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校是芝加哥最大的高等教育机构，也是美国发展最快的综合性大学之一。在过去的十年里，医学院在博士和医学博士培训方面投入了越来越多的资金。MSTP学生的课程包括医学院和研究生院课程的主要部分，旨在最大限度地减少重复，并提供医生-科学家综合教育。大多数医学科学家培训项目的学生在医学院的五个基础科学系之一或在学院内的跨部门神经科学项目中攻读博士学位。但是，一些人可以并确实选择了与位于其他大学的几个项目中的研究人员一起进行培训，包括工程学院的生物工程系，以及公共卫生学院和药学院的研究生培训项目。所有参与的部门和项目都有严格的、完善的研究生培训计划，对学生、许多由NIH资助的研究人员进行仔细的监督，并与临床医生和科学家建立许多联系。2011-2012学年，该项目共有46名学生。医生-科学家对生物医学研究的价值得到了广泛的认可，需要制定计划来支持这类研究人员的数量。与其他内科医生相比，医学博士因其对床边问题的科学洞察力而脱颖而出，并成为医学进步的创新捍卫者。医学博士项目是美国内科科学家的主要来源，可以说是通向这类职业的最佳途径。 公共卫生相关性：该项目培养出既受过医学博士培训，又受过博士培训的内科科学家，即在项目完成时同时获得两个学位的人。与没有接受过医学教育的科学家相比，医学博士毕业生对生物学中的医学意义有了更深刻的认识，对医疗实践中的局限性有了更全面的理解，并有更强的能力将基础科学进步转化为患者护理进步。因此，医学博士毕业生能够识别和寻求跨学科的方法来解决重要的生物医学问题，并帮助架起基础科学和临床科学之间的桥梁。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Illinois at Chicago provides a Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) of combined MD and PhD training, requiring seven to eight years for completion of the requirements for both advance degrees. The University of Illinois at Chicago is the largest institution of higher education in Chicago, and has been one of the fastest growing comprehensive universities in the nation. During the last decade the College of Medicine made growing, dedicated investments in both PhD and MD-PhD training. The curriculum for MSTP students includes the major portions of the medical school and graduate college curricula in a manner designed to minimize duplication and provide an integrated physician-scientist education. Most Medical Scientist Training Program students pursue PhD training in one of the five basic science departments of the College of Medicine, or in the interdepartmental Neuroscience program that is housed in the College. But, some can and do select training with investigators located among several programs in other colleges, including the Bioengineering Department in the College of Engineering, and graduate training programs in the School of Public Health and in the College of Pharmacy. All participating departments and programs have rigorous, well-established graduate training programs, careful supervision of students, many NIH-funded investigators, and many connections to clinician-scientists. In academic year 2011-12 there are 46 students in the program. The value of physician-scientists to biomedical research is widely recognized, as is the need for programs to bolster the number of such researchers. Compared to other physicians, MD-PhDs stand out for their scientific insight into bedside problems, and as innovative champions of progress in medicine. MD-PhD programs are a major source of the nation's physician-scientists, and arguably provide the best route to such careers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This program produces physician scientists who have both MD and PhD training, i.e., who receive both degrees at the completion of the program. MD-PhD graduates have deeper perceptions of medical significance in biology than do scientists without medical education, more comprehensive understanding of the limitations in medical practice, and greater ability to transfer basic scientific advances toward patient care advances. Thus, MD-PhD graduates are positioned to identify and pursue interdisciplinary approaches to important biomedical problems, and to help bridge the basic and clinical sciences.