Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students

 描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的T35计划将向14名医学生提供年度经济支持，让他们在医学院第一个暑假期间花9周时间从事与衰老有关的研究。该计划的目标是：(1)为学生提供预先选定的导师名单和老龄化相关研究项目；(2)让医学生对老年人的临床护理原则和老年医学感兴趣；(4)运行高质量的计划，确定高素质的学生，确保强有力的指导，并优化研究将导致演示和出版的可能性；以及(4)获得可用于判断计划是否成功以进行改进的数据。医学生老龄研究培训(MStar)计划将与美国老龄研究联合会(AFAR)协调，以便来自其他医学院的学生可以参与，尽管预计大多数学生来自NYUSOM。项目主任(PD)将由一位熟悉医学生职业指导、老年医学课程开发以及NYUSOM强调研究的新课程的项目主任(PD)协助，由一位经验丰富的老年病学家和研究员担任。内部顾问委员会(IAB)将就导师、项目的选择向计划主任(PD)提供建议，外部顾问委员会(EAB)将每年审查计划一次。每年，PD和IAB都会挑选经验丰富的研究人员，他们也是成功的导师，并向他们征集针对学生的老龄化研究项目。这些研究人员将与学生密切合作，确保成功实施适合摘要、陈述和发表的研究项目。学生还将有老年病学的教员导师，他们有时会担任研究导师，但如果研究导师与临床老年病学没有密切关系，教员导师将由PD、apd或IAD的适当成员担任。学生的研究经验将从一个信息会议开始，解释该计划并分发批准的导师和项目名单。研究导师将面试并为每个项目选择一名学生。被选中的学生将在导师的指导下撰写一份建议书，并提交给警察局和警察局审批。在第一个月，学生将与研究导师每周举行一次午餐会，讨论他们的研究；在最后5周，学生将发表期刊文章或正在进行的工作。学生们还将每周再进行一次互动授课；五次与研究有关，四次与老年病学/老龄化有关。学生们还将有机会获得与正在崛起的M2‘S相适应的临床经验。学生们将被要求为AGS年会提交一份摘要，为纽约大学内科(IM)研究日提交一份摘要，并为T35提交一个特殊的研究日。我们还强烈鼓励学生参加AGS年会，展示他们的研究成果。为了跟踪计划的成功情况，学生和导师将在计划结束时接受调查，了解他们的经验以及如何改进计划。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed T35 program will provide annual financial support to fourteen medical students to spend nine weeks during the first summer of medical school working on aging-related research. The program's objectives are: (1) provide students with a pre-selected list of mentors and aging related research projects; (2) get medical students interested in principles of clinical care for of older adults and in geriatric medicine; () run a high quality program that identifies highly qualified students, assures strong mentorship, and optimizes the probability that research will lead to presentations and publications; and (4) acquire data that can be used to judge the success of the program for improvement. The Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) program will coordinate with the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) so that students from other medical schools can participate, although most students are expected to be from the NYUSOM. An experienced Geriatrician and researcher will be the Program Director (PD) assisted by an Associate Program Director (APD) familiar with career mentoring for medical students, geriatric curriculum development, and the NYUSOM's new curriculum that emphasizes research. An internal advisory board (IAB) will advise the Program Director (PD) on selection of mentors, projects, and once per year an external advisory board (EAB) will review the program. Each year the PD and the IAB will select experienced researchers who are also successful mentors and solicit from them aging research projects for students. These researchers will work closely with students to ensure the successful implementation of a research project suitable for abstract, presentation and publication. Students will also have faculty mentors in geriatrics who will sometimes be the research mentors, but if the research mentor is not closely involved with clinical geriatrics; the faculty mentor will be the PD, APD, or an appropriate member of the IAD. The students' research experiences will begin with an informational session to explain the program and distribute the list of approved mentors and projects. Research mentors will interview and select a student for each project. Selected students will write a proposal with the mentor's guidance and submit to the PD and APD for approval. During the first month students will have weekly lunch meetings with research mentors to discuss their research; and during the last 5 weeks, the students will present journal articles or works-in-progress. Students will also have another interactive didactic session each week; five related to research and four to geriatrics/aging. Students will also have the opportunity for clinical experiences appropriate for rising M2's. Students will be required to submit an abstract for the AGS Annual meeting, the same abstract for NYUSOM Internal Medicine (IM) Research Day and a special research day for the T35. Students will also be strongly encouraged to attend the AGS annual meeting to present their research. To track the success of the program, students and mentors will be surveyed at the end of the program regarding their experience and how the program can be improved.