Medical Scientist Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：贝勒医学院医学科学家培训计划（BCM-MSTP）的目标与NIH的目标相匹配：为毕业生在基础研究和临床研究中独立发挥作用做好准备。该计划，同时强调临床和基础科学课程之间的连续性，是专为学生谁将成为学术医学和生物医学研究的未来领导者。只有5 - 10%的申请人从一个真正特殊的国家和国际池被选中在BCM-MSTP录取。该计划现已进入第32个年头，目前有96名学生入学，其中41名在医学院，55名在研究生院阶段。在本学年，23将部分或全部由NIH MSTP培训补助金支持，专门用于BCM-MSTP的机构和私人捐赠基金用于支持其他学生。贝勒医学院的课程在第二年提供了六个月的临床实习，并对MSTP进行了修改，有效地允许学生在三年多一点的时间内完成医学院。位于世界上最大的医疗中心德克萨斯医疗中心的心脏地带，在临床和实验室环境中提供出色的培训设施。13个研究生课程可在德克萨斯大学，包括几个跨部门的计划在德克萨斯州医学中心机构和机构间的计划。BCM-MSTP学生还可以在莱斯大学完成生物工程博士学位。在2005年，麻省理工学院增加了一个转化生物学和分子医学研究生课程提供给我们的MSTP学生。 莎伦·E Plon，医学博士，哲学博士，FACMG，是MSTP主任。她由四位联合董事支持：马丁M。Matzuk，医学博士，博士，James Versalovic，医学博士，博士，Powel Brown，医学博士，博士和Karen Hirschi，博士。五个项目主任中有四个通过NIH支持的MSTP接受了培训。除了参加MSTP的具体活动，指导新的程序开发和参加面试/选拔过程中，每个MSTP主任导师的学生在整个MSTP培训，包括定期咨询会议的队列。该cummstp的毕业生被接受到竞争激烈的居住计划在美国各地，许多人已收到学术任命在领先的医疗保健机构和大学在美国各地建立自己的独立研究计划。相关性：在培训期间，BCM-MSTP学生在医学院课程的前两年和临床实习的20个月期间接触到丰富而广泛的一系列与医疗健康，生理学和疾病相关的主题。最终，我们在大型德克萨斯州医疗中心的位置提供了一个肥沃的21世纪世纪的MD-博士生的培训环境。贝勒大学的国际儿科艾滋病倡议、国际健康轨道课程和莱斯大学的全球健康倡议使该方案的学生广泛接触发展中国家的关键健康和疾病问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Medical Scientist Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM-MSTP) matches that of the NIH: to prepare its graduates to function independently in both basic research and clinical investigation. The program, while emphasizing continuity between clinical and basic science curricula, is designed for students who will become future leaders in academic medicine and biomedical research. Only 5-10% of applicants from a truly exceptional national and international pool are selected to matriculate in the BCM-MSTP. The program is now in its 32nd year and currently has 96 students enrolled with 41 in medical school and 55 in graduate school phases of the program. In this academic year, 23 will be partially or fully supported by the NIH MSTP training grant, and institutional and private endowment funds dedicated to the BCM-MSTP are used to support other students. The Baylor medical school curriculum provides six months of clinical clerkships in the second year and with modifications for the MSTP effectively allows students to complete medical school in a little over three years. Located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical center, BCM offers outstanding training facilities in both clinical and laboratory settings. Thirteen graduate programs are available at BCM including several interdepartmental programs at BCM and inter-institutional programs at Texas Medical Center institutions. BCM-MSTP students can also complete their PhD in Bioengineering at Rice University. In 2005, BCM added a translational biology and molecular medicine graduate program available to our MSTP students. Sharon E. Plon, MD, PhD, FACMG, is the MSTP Director. She is supported by four Co-Directors: Martin M. Matzuk, MD, PhD, James Versalovic, MD, PhD, Powel Brown, MD, PhD and Karen Hirschi, PhD. Four of the five program directors received their training through NIH supported MSTPs. In addition to participating in MSTP-specific activities, guiding new program development and participating in the interview/selection process each MSTP director mentors a cohort of students throughout their MSTP training including regular advising meetings. Graduates of the BCM MSTP are accepted into highly competitive residency programs throughout the United States and many have received academic appointments at leading health care institutions and universities across the United States establishing their own independent research programs. RELEVANCE: During their training BCM-MSTP students are exposed to a rich and extensive series of topics related to medical health, physiology and disease during the first two years of medical school coursework and the 20 months of clinical clerkships. Ultimately, our location within the large Texas Medical Center provides a fertile training environment of MD-PhD students of the 21st century. Baylor's International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, the International Health track curriculum and the Global Health Initiative at Rice University provide BCM- MSTP students extensive exposure to critical issues of health and disease in developing countries.