Medical Scientist Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：马里兰大学（UM）的医学博士/博士项目成立于1982年，多年来培养了一批成功的内科科学家。UM计划的使命是为杰出的有抱负的医学科学家提供卓越的科学和医学培训，使他们能够在生物医学研究和临床医学方面取得丰硕的成果。医学博士/博士课程的重点目标是：(1)招收具有强大科学背景和临床护理承诺的学生；(2)提供严格而灵活的项目，包括独立研究和临床实践方面的培训；(3)提供指导，使学生制定长期的职业规划，获得有竞争力的研究生培养所需的科学和临床资格。该培训计划以医学院和研究生院的课程为基础，包括一系列促进基础科学和临床科学结合的活动和课程。这些医学博士/博士特定活动包括：(1)研究生课程指导；(2) molecular to Medicine期刊俱乐部；(3)医师科学家研讨会；(4)研究生期间纵向临床轮转；(5)医学院医师科研选修课；(6) MD/PhD项目静修；(7) MD/PhD授讲。因此，我们的项目确保了医学博士/博士学生不仅仅是接受过博士培训的医学博士学生。在过去的七年中，澳大医学博士项目在提高质量方面取得了重大进展，包括：(1)机构支持增加了400%；(2)申请者深度增加40%；(3)将未被充分代表的少数民族人口增加到24%；(4)降低临床要求，增强灵活性。与此同时，研究生课程已经完全重组，医学院的生物医学研究事业也有了显著的发展。这些改进的成功体现在录取学生的质量、研究人员的生产力以及高年级学生令人印象深刻的住院医师职位清单上。因此，该计划的毕业生将充分准备利用机遇，迎接人类疾病调查中的挑战。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MD/PhD Program at the University of Maryland (UM) was established in 1982 and over the years has produced a cohort of successful physician scientists. The mission of the UM program is to provide outstanding aspiring medical scientists with superior scientific and medical training so that they will have productive careers in biomedical research and clinical medicine. The focused goals of the MD/PhD Program are: (1) to recruit students with strong scientific backgrounds and a commitment to clinical care; (2) to provide a rigorous, yet flexible, program that includes training in independent research and clinical practice; (3) to provide guidance so that students formulate long-term career plans and acquire the scientific and clinical credentials necessary for competitive postgraduate training. The training plan builds on the curricula of the medical and graduate schools and includes a range of activities and courses that facilitate the integration of the basic and clinical sciences. These MD/PhD-specific activities include: (1) Graduate program orientations; (2) Molecules to Medicine journal club; (3) Physician Scientist Seminars; (4) Longitudinal Clinical Rotation during graduate school; (5) Physician Scientist Research Elective in Medical School; (6) MD/PhD Program Retreat; (7) MD/PhD endowed lecture. Thus our program ensures the MD/PhD students are not merely MD students with PhD training. Over the past seven years the UM MD/PhD Program has made major strides that improve its quality including: (1) a 400% increase in institutional support; (2) a 40% increase in depth of applicant pool; (3) increase in underrepresented minority population to 24% of program; (4) reduction in clinical requirements to enhance flexibility. At the same time the graduate programs have been completely reorganized and the school of medicine has seen remarkable growth in the biomedical research enterprise. The success of these improvements is manifest in the quality of matriculating students, the productivity of our researchers, and the impressive list of residency positions of our seniors. Thus graduates of this program are superbly prepared to capitalize on the opportunities and meet the challenges in the investigation of human diseases.