Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program

描述(由申请者提供)：在全国范围内，趋势表明学术内科研究员的数量正在减少。因此，有必要培养一支未来的科学家队伍，他们能够将他们的研究与临床护理联系起来，以应对疾病的趋势、病因和治疗。印第安纳大学医学科学家/工程师培训计划(MSTP)就是为了满足这一需求而构思的，此次申请代表着印第安纳大学MSTP自近4年前成立以来的首次竞争性更新。我们计划的一个独特和值得注意的方面是整合普渡大学韦尔登生物医学工程学院的教员，包括对内科工程师的特殊培训。印第安纳州医学科学家/工程师培训计划的目标是提供跨学科、集成的医学和科学研究培训，以培养学生参与医生研究，这些研究人员准备从事假说驱动的研究，以促进人类健康。在该计划的大型专门捐赠基金的支持下，这项申请的新PI(R.Mirmira博士本人也毕业于MSTP)和他的联席主任(M.Harrington博士)采取了重要和进步的步骤来加强内科科学家的培训，包括在研究生培训期间引入临床经验，扩大研讨会/充实活动，以及建立正式的内部和外部反馈政策来实施计划变化。我们与普渡大学韦尔登生物医学工程学院密切合作，设计并实施了灵活的课程，为学生提供与人类疾病相关的特定科学和/或工程领域的深入培训。我们的课程强调通过量化技能拓宽研究训练的范围，提供公开演讲的机会，提供一系列丰富的课外机会，并允许在所有年的培训中整合医学和科学/工程。制定了明确的监督机制，在整个计划中跟踪受训人员的进展。在我们的外展活动和MSTP认证的帮助下，我们的项目声名鹊起，我们的申请者群体在过去10年中增长了400%，我们目前的学生群体也非常多样化(23%的学生人数不足或有记录的残疾人士，44%来自外州)。在这次竞争性续签申请中，我们将在我们成功的基础上再接再厉，并在未来进行必要的计划调整，以确保我们的学员继续做好准备，成为未来的科学家和工程师，通过研究引领医疗实践的进步。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nationally, trends suggest that there are diminishing numbers of academic physician investigators. Thus, there is a need to train a cadre of future scientists who can link their research to clinical care to address the trends, causes, and treatment of disease. The Indiana University Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program (MSTP) was conceived to meet this need, and this application represents the first competitive renewal of the Indiana MSTP since its funding almost 4 years ago. A unique and notable aspect of our program is the integration of faculty within the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University to include the exceptional training of physician engineers. The aim of the Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program is to provide interdisciplinary, integrated medical and scientific research training to develop students into engaging physician investigators who are poised to pursue careers in hypothesis-driven research that advances human health. With the support from a large, dedicated endowment to the program, the new PI of this application (Dr. R. Mirmira, himself a graduate of an MSTP) and his Co-Director (Dr. M. Harrington) have taken important and progressive steps to enhance physician scientist training, including the introduction of clinical experiences during graduate training, expansion of seminars/enrichment activities, and institution of formal internal and external feedback policies to implement programmatic changes. In close collaboration with the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University, we have designed and implemented a flexible curriculum that provides in-depth training for students in a specific area of science and/or engineering relevant to human disease. Our program emphasizes coursework that broadens research training at the bench with quantitative skills, provides opportunities for public speaking provides a range of enriching extracurricular opportunities, and allows for integration of medicine and science/engineering throughout all years of training. Defined oversight mechanisms are in place to track the progress of trainees throughout the program. With the help of our outreach activities and the MSTP designation, our program notoriety has grown tremendously, as evidenced by a 400% increase in our applicant pool over the past 10 years and the remarkable diversity of our current student pool (23% underrepresented or with documented disabilities and 44% from out-of-state). In this competitive renewal application, we will build upon our successes and to make the necessary programmatic adjustments going forward to ensure that our trainees continue to be prepared to become future scientists and engineers who pioneer advances in medical practice through research.