Medical Scientist Training Program at University of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr -

项目摘要 德克萨斯大学西南医学中心的MD/PhD课程自1978年以来一直存在 并自1982年以来一直作为NIH医学科学家培训计划获得资助。该计划的目标是 培养下一代多样化的医生科学家作为生物医学研究和学术的领导者 医学，帮助满足NIH确定的未来生物医学和转化医学的迫切需求。 研究人员。计划校友包括院长，系主任，两个MSTP主任，和许多教师 主要学术医疗中心的成员。本报告所述的过去15年受训人员的成果 申请，是优秀的; 91%的毕业生谁已经完成了所有的培训是医生，科学家， 学术界或工业界。同期的增长率为7.6%。大规模的机构承诺， 该计划证明了重要的资源投资支付津贴和学费，而不是 由美国国立卫生研究院，项目管理，运营和工资支持主任承诺的努力。 我们的计划整合了基础生物医学科学的严格的博士前培训，以获得博士学位 与密集的医学教育，导致医学博士学位，生产毕业生谁是超级准备， 成为从事转化研究的医生科学家。MD和PhD阶段的培训是 独特的，但有许多综合和社会活动，包括研讨会，务虚会，晚宴，杂志俱乐部， 大轮，以促进计划的凝聚力和灌输学员之间的身份，作为未来的医生- 科学家目前该方案有90名受训人员，他们都得到了全额资助。继续资助 要求提供22个名额，以部分支助受训人员，一般为期24个月。

PROJECT SUMMARY The MD/PhD program at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has been in existence since 1978 and continuously funded as an NIH Medical Scientist Training Program since 1982. The goal of the program is to train the next generation of diverse physician scientists as leaders in biomedical research and academic medicine, helping meet the urgent needs identified by the NIH for the future biomedical and translational research workforce. Program alumni include a dean, department chairs, two MSTP directors, and many faculty members at leading academic medical centers. Outcomes of trainees in the past 15 years, described in this application, are excellent; 91% of graduates who have completed all their training are physician-scientists in academia or industry. Attrition over this same period was 7.6%. The large institutional commitment to the program is evidenced by the investment of significant resources to pay for stipend and tuition costs not covered by NIH, program administration, operations, and salary support for committed effort by the directors. Our program integrates rigorous predoctoral training in basic biomedical sciences leading to the PhD degree with intensive medical education leading to the MD degree, producing graduates who are superbly prepared to become physician-scientists engaged in translational research. The MD and PhD phases of training are distinct, but with numerous integrative and social activities, including seminars, retreats, dinners, journal clubs, grand rounds, to promote program cohesion and inculcate identity among trainees as future physician- scientists. There are presently 90 trainees in the program, all of whom are fully funded. Continued funding of 22 slots is requested to partially support trainees, generally for 24 months.