Summer Oncology Research Fellowship for Medical Students

项目总结 标题：南加州大学/加州大学洛杉矶分校为医学生提供的肿瘤暑期研究奖学金(SORF)项目 从事癌症研究的内科医生-科学家提供独特的见解，这些见解对继续取得进展至关重要 在癌症治疗中。内科科学家严重短缺，而且他们的人数还在继续下降。这个 凯克诺里斯综合癌症中心夏季肿瘤学研究奖学金(SORF)计划 南加州大学医学院和洛杉矶儿童医院 通过沉浸在不同背部的优秀医学生中，体验独特的肿瘤学研究体验- 通过有指导的实践研究项目和一个 尖端互动教育课程。目标是鼓励这些有动力的学生追求 积极参与癌症研究的医学生涯。这一计划，通过增加 进入医生-科学家教育管道的学生，旨在解决这种严重短缺的问题 专业人员短缺，扼杀了儿科和成人肿瘤学的进步。 这一极具竞争力的SORF计划已经持续活跃了40多年，需求稳定 增长：自2001年以来，有303名学生(前5-20%的申请者)完成了该项目。中的毕业生比例 从2001年到2010年的10年间，18%的人从事肿瘤学专业，11%的人从事研究，相比之下， 在美国医学院毕业生中的支持率较高(肿瘤学1.98%，研究0.13%；AAMC数据)。 因此，我们的夏季肿瘤学研究奖学金计划具有巨大的潜力，可以增加研究人员的供应-- 进入通往生物医学职业的管道的凹痕将涉及活跃的癌症研究。 这份多PI R25提案寻求对SORF计划的支持，通过提供 更好地理解21世纪的科学是如何进行的，并对他们感兴趣 从事与肿瘤学相关的前沿研究的职业。计划活动包括动手操作 成人和儿童肿瘤学的个人指导研究项目，以癌症研究为重点的互动教育 全民活动、科学交流专业发展、职业发展活动 肿瘤学研究，以及接触其他受训人员、科学家、医生、患者和癌症幸存者。其他 该计划的目标是增加参与者的多样性，提供负责任的重新行为的指导 搜索，并进行短期和长期跟踪，以获得关于该计划的反馈和结果数据。因此， 通过增加管道开始时的‘流入’，并与参与者保持长期联系，我们 预计将加强肿瘤学研究队伍。

PROJECT SUMMARY TITLE: USC/CHLA Summer Oncology Research Fellowship (SORF) Program for medical students Physician-scientists working in cancer research provide unique insights that are critical for continued advances in cancer therapy. There is a dire shortage of physician-scientists and their numbers continue to decline. The Summer Oncology Research Fellowship (SORF) Program at Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) pro- vides a unique oncology research experience by immersing outstanding medical students of diverse back- grounds from across the United States in cancer research through mentored hands-on research projects and a cutting edge interactive educational curriculum. The goal is to encourage these motivated students to pursue a medical career that actively involves cancer research. This program, by increasing the number and diversity of students entering the physician-scientist education pipeline, is designed to address the severe shortage of such professionals, a shortage that stifles advances in pediatric and adult oncology. This highly competitive SORF Program has been continuously active for over 40 years, with demand steadily increasing: 303 students (top 5-20% of applicants) completed the Program since 2001. Of SORF graduates in the 10 years between 2001-2010, 18% are in oncological specialties and 11% are involved in research, compar- ing favorably with overall USA medical school graduates (1.98% in oncology, 0.13% in research; AAMC data). Thus, our Summer Oncology Research Fellowship Program has great potential to enhance the ‘supply’ of stu- dents who enter the pipeline leading to biomedical careers that will involve active cancer research. This Multiple-PI R25 proposal seeks support for the SORF Program to bring it to its next level by providing students with a better understanding of how science is conducted in the 21st century and interesting them in pursuing careers that involve cutting edge research related to oncology. Program activities include hands-on individual mentored research projects in adult and pediatric oncology, interactive cancer research-focused edu- cational activities, professional development in scientific communication, career development activities towards oncology research, and exposure to other trainees, scientists, physicians, patients and cancer survivors. Other goals of the program are to increase diversity of participants, provide instruction on responsible conduct of re- search, and institute short and long term follow-up to obtain feedback and outcomes data on the Program. Thus, by increasing the ‘inflow’ at the beginning of the pipeline and maintaining long-term contact with participants we anticipate to strengthen the oncology research workforce.