Medical Scientist Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：专为对医学研究和学术医学感兴趣的高素质，杰出的学生而设计，M.D./Ph。综合学位是一个密集的七到八年的计划，让学生获得临床技能和能力的科学方法，可以应用到与人类疾病相关的基本问题。该培训项目符合研究生院哲学博士学位的所有要求，以及医学院医学博士学位的所有要求。合并学位课程的目的是允许学生将研究生和医学院的课程结合起来，在比研究生和医学学习顺序所需的时间更短的时间内完成两个学院的要求。该计划的前两年致力于完成基础医学课程，包括疾病机制，相关医学问题解决，学生连续性实践，临床医学原理，以及四门研究生研讨会课程，涉及生物学文献的批判性分析和美国医疗执照考试的第一步。在接下来的三到四年里，学生们将在七个集中领域之一进行额外的研究生学习和博士论文——细胞生物学、发育生物学、免疫学、遗传学、分子生物学与生物化学、神经科学、细胞与分子药理学和生物医学工程。就在论文答辩之前，学生参加了一个为期五周的临床技能评估计划，旨在重新唤醒他们的病史和体检技能。论文答辩成功后，学生们回到医学院完成临床训练。目前，有22名学生在联合学位课程。这些学生是从竞争激烈的申请者中挑选出来的。除了斯托尔斯大学参与的生物医学工程项目外，培训项目完全在康涅狄格大学健康中心及其附属医院进行。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Conceived for highly qualified, exceptional students interested in careers in medical research and academic medicine, the M.D./Ph.D Combined Degree is an intensive seven to eight year program that allows students to acquire clinical skills and competence in the scientific method that can be applied to fundamental problems associated with human disease. The training program meets all of the requirements of the Graduate School for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree, as well as of the School of Medicine for the Doctor of Medicine Degree. The intent of the Combined Degree Program is to allow a student to combine the curricula of the graduate and medical Schools to complete the requirements of both schools in a period less than that required if the graduate and medical studies were taken in sequence. The first two years of the program are devoted to completing the basic medical science curriculum, which includes Mechanisms of Disease, Correlated Medical Problem Solving, Student Continuity Practice, Principles of Clinical Medicine, as well as four Graduate Seminar Courses concerned with Critical Analysis of the Biological Literature and Step I of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. During the next three to four years, the students pursue additional graduate studies and PhD dissertation in one of seven areas of concentration - Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering. Just prior to the thesis defense, students enroll in a five-week Clinical Skills Assessment Program designed to reawaken their history and physical examination skills. Following a successful thesis defense, the students return to the medical school to complete their clinical training. Currently, there are twenty-two students in the Combined Degree Program. These students are selected from a highly competitive applicant pool. With the exception of the Biomedical Engineering Program, in which the University at Storrs participates, the training program occurs entirely at the University of Connecticut Health Center and its affiliated hospitals.