Training Program in Neuroscience

描述(由申请者提供)：马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校的神经科学课程(PIN)提供当代博士前培训，在神经科学学科方面具有优异的实习生成绩。该项目目前支持1年级和2年级的6名PIN学生，在他们承诺参与论文项目和教师导师之前。该计划的主要目标包括1)继续开发创新的教育技术，利用便携式计算的力量(iPad计划)及其提供的获取知识的机会、“翻转课堂”、可视化、演示和交流，以及2)经过精心磨练的核心课程课程，为具有不同教育背景的学生提供深入的生物学原理和批判性思维知识，从而建立一个终身学习和科学发现的平台。该课程辅以不断更新的必修课和选修课，最近包括翻译精神病学、行为神经科学和生物统计学翻转，实现了我们的长期目标，即培养学生持久的学习技能，培养创造性思维和灵活解决问题的能力，使他们有能力迎接未来的挑战和机遇。多种机制促进了职业发展，其中包括：1)假设检验和实验设计的PIN专题研讨会；2)药理学辅修课程的机会；3)资助和科学写作研讨会；4)口头、陈述和面试技能方面的广泛培训；5)与政府、制药、生物技术和非营利组织的当地科学家开展多种多样的丰富活动。该培训计划提供了财务稳定性和组织结构，构成了总体个人识别码，放大了影响 神经科学在更大的生命科学研究生计划，PIN和其他七个博士授予计划的伞形组织。多年来，持续成功的招聘一直是稳定的，加上TGE和URM申请者的数量不断增加，以及一支在充满挑战的时期竞争异常激烈的研究资金的教职员工。巴尔的摩马里兰大学是一所位于城市环境中的专业校园，长期致力于研究生教育，并得到了医学、牙科和护理学院以及研究生院的大力支持。该计划的“投资回报”是显而易见的，我们非常成功的毕业生发表了第一个作者的同行评议手稿，包括在科学，自然，神经元和自然神经科学和98%，包括所有URM，在继续培训或目前受雇为科学家。目前的学员在头两年之后都至少发表了一篇手稿或摘要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Program in Neuroscience (PIN) at the University of Maryland Baltimore provides contemporary predoctoral training with exceptional trainee outcomes in the discipline of neuroscience. The program currently supports 6 PIN students in years 1 & 2, prior to their commitment to a thesis project and faculty mentor. Major objectives of the program include 1) continued development of innovative educational techniques that harness the power of portable computing (iPad Initiative) and the opportunities they offer for accessing knowledge, "flipped classrooms", visualization, presentation and communication, and 2) a well-honed Core Course Curriculum that provides students with diverse educational backgrounds a deep knowledge of biological principals and critical thinking thereby building a platform for life-long learning and scientific discovery. Supplemented by a continuously up-dated menu of required and elective courses, recently including Translational Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience and Biostatistics Flipped, this curriculum fulfills our long-term goal of producing students with enduring learning skills that foster creative thinking and flexible problem solving, equipping them with the capacity to meet future challenges and opportunities. Career development is enhanced by multiple mechanisms including: 1) PIN specific Proseminar in Hypothesis Testing and Experimental Design; 2) opportunity to minor in Pharmacology, 3) grant and scientific writing workshops, 4) extensive training in oral, presentation and interviewing skils and 5) multiple and varied enrichment activities with local scientists in government, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and non-profit organizations. This training program provides the financial stability and organizational structure that frames the overall PIN, amplifying the impact of neuroscience in the larger Graduate Program in Life Sciences, the umbrella organization for PIN and seven other PhD granting programs. Consistently successful recruitment has been stable for many years, combined with increasing numbers of TGE and URM applicants and a faculty that has competed exceptionally well for research funding in challenging times. The University of Maryland Baltimore is a professional campus in an urban setting with a long-standing commitment to graduate education with the strong support of the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing as well as the Graduate School. The Program's "return on investment" is evident in our highly successful graduates publishing 1st authored peer-reviewed manuscripts including in Science, Nature, Neuron and Nature Neuroscience and 98%, including all URMs, in continued training or currently employed as scientists. Current trainees beyond their first two years have all published at least one manuscript or abstract.