Short Term Research Training

描述(由申请人提供)： 北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校(UNC)提出了一项短期研究培训计划(STRT)，将为32名已完成至少一年医学院学业并目前正在注册的本科生提供为期3个月的研究体验。该计划的短期目标是为医学生在他们的医学院生涯早期提供有意义的研究经验。为了实现这一目标，该计划的目标是：(1)每年挑选32名对研究事业感兴趣的医学生，并将在8-12周内致力于研究项目。(2)将STRT学者与精心挑选的优秀教师导师相匹配，这些导师将作为榜样，帮助培养STT学生对研究的兴趣；(3)为STRT参与者提供必要的和可选的教学，这将增加获得研究经验的可能性，这将为学术医生的职业生涯提供一座桥梁；(4)跟踪STT的结果，以确定项目的成功。北卡罗来纳大学STRT计划的长期目标将是增加致力于以下领域研究的医学生人数：消化系统疾病、肝脏疾病、营养紊乱、肥胖、糖尿病、内分泌紊乱、代谢疾病、肾脏疾病、泌尿系统疾病和血液疾病。 该计划利用了独特的和相当大的研究机构优势，包括来自四个不同卫生事务学校的研究人员，他们彼此距离很近。这样的安排创造了一种研究环境，有望为终身研究事业提供动力。需要内科科学家。在培训的最初几年提供有意义的研究经验可能是我们最大的希望。拟议的计划就是为了满足这一需求。 公共卫生相关性： 需要内科科学家。拟议的计划在培训的最初几年为高积极性和易受影响的医学生提供了指导研究经验。该计划可以作为通往终身研究生涯的门户

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) proposes a Short Term Research Training Program (STRT) that will provide a 3-month research experience for 32 undergraduate medical students who have completed at least one year of medical school and are currently enrolled. The short term goal of the program is to provide medical students with a meaningful research experience early in their medical school career. In order to achieve that goal the aims of the program are: (1) To select 32 medical students per year who have an interest in a research career and will dedicate 8-12 weeks to work on a research project.; (2) To match the STRT Scholars to carefully selected, outstanding faculty mentors who will serve as role models and help nurture the interest of STRT students in research; (3) To provide STRT participants with required and optional didactics that will increase the likelihood of a research experience that will provide a bridge to a career as an academic physician; (4) To track the outcomes of STRT to determine the success of the program. The long-term goal of the UNC STRT Program will be to increase the number of medical students committed to a research career in the following areas: digestive diseases, liver disease, nutritional disorders, obesity, diabetes, endocrine disorders, metabolic diseases, kidney diseases, urologic diseases and hematologic disorders. The program takes advantage of unique and considerable institutional strengths in research, including investigators from four different health affairs school who are located in close proximity to each other. Such an arrangement creates the kind of research environment that will hopefully provide the motivation for a lifelong research career. There is a need for physician scientists. Providing a meaningful research experience in the early years of training may be our best hope. The proposed program is designed to answer this need. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: There is a need for physician scientists. The proposed program provides a mentored research experience in the early years of training to highly motivated and impressionable medical students. The program can serve as a gateway to a lifelong career in research