Short Term Training in Health Professional Schools

描述(由申请人提供)：兽医研究学者计划(VRSP)是一种以研究为导向的密集体验，为有才华的兽医学生提供初步接触生物医学研究的机会，最终目标是吸引毕业的兽医进入生物医学研究职业。该计划的具体目标是为精选的兽医学生提供：1)在堪萨斯州立大学杰出的生物医学科学家的实验室中进行指导的研究经验；2)有机会体验资助撰写和假设驱动的研究所固有的批判性思维过程，科学实验和临床试验的设计和执行中涉及的方法，以及负责任的生物医学研究行为背后的伦理问题；3)在项目过程中和全国研究研讨会上与来自其他大学和研究机构的生物医学科学家和兽医研究学者进行互动和学习的机会；4)认识、欣赏和了解毕业兽医在生物医学研究中可获得的科学职业机会。VRSP通过提供有指导的实验室研究体验，以及研讨会、期刊俱乐部、安全和合规培训、网络/合作以及在各种专业场所展示研究主题，为学生提供研究职业选择。续签申请要求在接下来的5年里，每年为7名NIH资助的VRSP博士前学生提供12周的暑期支持。NIH资助的VRSP学生主要参与研究项目，重点是比较医学。从梅里亚动物健康、莫里斯动物基金会和堪萨斯州立大学兽医学院获得的额外资金为另一组研究实习生(学生人数在4到8人之间)提供支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Veterinary Research Scholars Program (VRSP) is an intensive research-oriented experience that provides talented veterinary students an initial exposure to biomedical research with the ultimate goal of attracting graduate veterinarians into biomedical research careers. The specific goals of the program are to provide select veterinary students with: 1) mentored research experiences in the laboratories of outstanding biomedical scientists at Kansas State University; 2) the opportunity to experience the critical thinking processes inherent to grant writing and hypothesis-driven research, the methodologies involved in the design and execution of scientific experiments and clinical trials, and the ethical issues underlying the responsible conduct of biomedical research; 3) the opportunity to interact with and learn from biomedical scientists and veterinary research scholars from other universities and research institutions during the course of the program and at the national research symposium and 4) an awareness, appreciation, and understanding of scientific career opportunities available to graduate veterinarians in biomedical research. The VRSP provides student exposure to research career options by providing a mentored laboratory research experience along with workshops, journal clubs, safety and compliance training, networking/collaboration and presentation of research topics at various professional venues. The renewal application requests programmatic support for 12 weeks of summer support for seven predoctoral NIH-funded VRSP students per year for the next 5 years. The NIH-funded VRSP students are primarily involved in research projects with a focus on comparative medicine. Additional funds procured from Merial Animal Health, Morris Animal Foundation, and the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine provides support for an additional group of research trainees (the number of students varies between 4 and 8).