Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium

总结 东南医学科学家研讨会（SEMSS）成立于2010年，由来自美国的学生 亚拉巴马大学伯明翰分校（UAB）、埃默里大学和范德比尔特大学医学科学家 培训方案。这三个方案共同主办了研讨会，地点轮流 在伯明翰亚特兰大和纳什维尔之间。研讨会的目的是鼓励合作， 美国东南部地区的跨学科教育环境。这个学生- 有组织的研讨会旨在促进MD/博士生在多个机构之间的联系 东南部，让学生接触到趋势，挑战和学术职业生涯中固有的机遇 医生未来的SEMSS会议将继续在伯明翰、亚特兰大和 纳什维尔，以优化区域学生的参与。每个SEMSS的计划将继续高度 有效的形式，包括主讲人演讲，多个特定主题的分组会议，学生 研究口头和海报会议，和社会活动。分组会议分为感兴趣的会议 本科生、医学生和医学博士/博士生。SEMSS的目标受众是MD/PhD 东南部培训项目的学生和住院医师/研究员、医学博士生和本科生 在东南部的机构谁有兴趣在未来的职业生涯作为医生科学家。另一个重要 本次研讨会的目的是让本科生接触到医生，科学家学员和教师， 为了培养对学术医学职业的兴奋，并增加未来医生的管道- 科学家我们专注于为女性，URM和来自没有 MD/PhD课程，以使未来的医生科学家的管道多样化。超过60%的学生 以前获得过旅行奖励的人目前正在参加研究生培训项目，其中19%在 MD/PhD课程和另外20%目前在医学院。旅行获奖者的成功结果 强调SEMSS的影响和持续需求。此外，随着COVID-19大流行， 限制本科生接触医生科学家职业，限制MD/PhD学生的机会 为了展示他们的研究和与其他医生科学家的网络，未来的SEMSS会议将 这对于为未来的医生-科学家的持续发展提供场所至关重要。

SUMMARY The Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) was established in 2010 by students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Emory University, and Vanderbilt University Medical Scientist Training Programs (MSTPs). The three programs have co-hosted the symposium with the location rotating among Birmingham, Atlanta, and Nashville. The objective of the symposium is to encourage a collaborative and interdisciplinary educational environment within the Southeast region of the United States. This student- organized symposium seeks to foster connections between the MD/PhD students at multiple institutions across the Southeast, exposing students to trends, challenges, and opportunities inherent in careers of academic physicians. Future SEMSS meetings will continue to rotate locations between Birmingham, Atlanta, and Nashville in order to optimize regional student participation. The program of each SEMSS will continue a highly effective format, including keynote speaker presentations, multiple topic-specific breakout sessions, student research oral and poster sessions, and social events. The breakout sessions are divided into sessions of interest to undergraduates, medical students, and MD/PhD students. The target audience for the SEMSS is MD/PhD students in training programs in the southeast and residents/fellows, MD students, and undergraduate students at southeastern institutions who have an interest in future careers as physician-scientists. Another important purpose of this symposium is to expose undergraduate students to physician-scientist trainees and faculty in order to foster excitement about careers in academic medicine and increase the pipeline of future physician- scientists. We have focused on providing travel awards to female, URM, and students from institutions without MD/PhD programs in order to diversify the pipeline of future physician-scientists. Greater than 60% of students who have previously been awarded a travel award are currently in graduate training programs, with 19% in MD/PhD programs and another 20% in medical schools currently. This successful outcome of travel awardees emphasizes the impact and continued need of the SEMSS. Additionally, with COVID-19 pandemic drastically limiting exposure of undergraduates to physician scientist careers and limiting opportunities of MD/PhD students to present their research and network with other physician scientists, future in-person SEMSS meetings are critical to providing a venue for the continued development of future physician-scientists.