UCLA Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Stud*

描述(由申请人提供)：在这份申请中，加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)大卫·格芬医学院(David Geffen School Of Medicine)与加州大学旧金山医学院(UCSF)和科罗拉多大学健康科学中心(UCHSC)合作，为医科学生寻求8-12周的正式老年研究培训计划的支持，以： 。让他们在培训的早期，在成功的老龄化研究人员的指导下，进行中的研究 。鼓励他们考虑在对NIA重要的领域从事研究，并随着时间的推移进行规划 。增加从事对NIA重要研究领域的内科科学家队伍。 以加州大学洛杉矶分校为核心，我们的三所院校特别适合实现这些目标。我们的所有三个项目都得到了约翰·A·哈特福德基金会作为卓越中心的资助；以及2)进行NLA资助的老龄研究的杰出教师；以及3)在老龄研究方面对其他人进行培训的经验。为了实现上述目标，我们将加强约翰·A·哈特福德基金会/美国老龄研究医学生联合会老年学者计划在以下方面的经验：确定研究导师，将医学生与这些导师配对，在暑期培训计划期间和之后监测和促进他们的研究进展，教授基本的一般研究技能(包括负责任的研究进行)，并提供一个展示他们研究和讨论想法的论坛。此外，我们还将就临床老年病的常见话题、老龄化的职业选择以及在不同环境下观察和参与老年患者的临床护理提供指导。我们将鼓励所有三个地点的医学生和研究导师之间建立联系，并对该计划的各个方面进行评估，以确保该计划达到其目标。 通过实现本提案中概述的目标，该计划将鼓励和支持医学生对老龄研究和老年病学的兴趣，并培养一支新的内科科学家队伍，他们将能够解决与NIA研究优先事项相关的关键问题。该计划还将旨在加强参与机构的老龄研究计划，并促进加州大学洛杉矶分校、加州大学旧金山分校和加州大学旧金山分校在老龄问题上的医学生研究培训方面的合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this application, the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) is partnering with University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) to seek support for a formal 8-12 week program of training in aging research for medical students to: . Expose them, early in their training, to ongoing research with mentorship from successful researchers in aging . Encourage them to consider pursuing, and to plan for over time, a research career in areas important to the NIA . Increase the pool of physician scientists engaged in areas of research important to the NIA. With UCLA as the core site, our three institutions are particularly well suited to reach these objectives. All three of our programs have: 1) been funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation as Centers of Excellence; and 2) outstanding faculty who conduct NLA-funded research in aging; and 3) experience training others in aging research. To meet the objectives outlined above, we will augment the experiences we have from the John A. Hartford Foundation/American Federation for Aging Research Medical Student Geriatric Scholars Program of identifying research mentors, matching medical students with these mentors, monitoring and facilitating their research progress both during and after the summer training program, teaching essential general research skills (including the responsible conduct of research), and providing a forum for presentation of their research and discussion of ideas. In addition, we will offer instruction on common topics in clinical geriatrics, career options in aging, and the opportunity to observe and participate in the clinical care of geriatric patients in a variety of settings. We will encourage networking among the medical students and research mentors at all three sites and evaluate all aspects of the program to ensure the program is meeting its aims. By accomplishing the aims outlined in this proposal, this program will encourage and support medical students' interest in aging research and geriatrics, and develop a new cadre of physician scientists who will be able to address key issues related to the research priorities of the NIA. This program will also aim to enhance the aging research programs at the participating institutions and foster collaboration in medical student research training in aging among UCLA, UCSF and UCHSC.