Medical Scientist Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)提供医学博士和博士相结合的培训计划，需要七到八年的时间才能完成。医学博士/博士学生的课程包括医学院和研究生课程的主要部分，旨在最大限度地减少重复，并提供医生-科学家一体化教育。学生自由探索广泛的研究生学习机会，包括医学院的任何研究生课程，或生物工程、生物科学系的任何研究生课程，或公共卫生学院或药学院的选定课程。该项目每年招收6名学生，目前总规模为42人。第一年需要为4名学生提供支持，4年级和5年级增加到14名学生。 医生-科学家对生物医学研究的价值得到了广泛的认可，需要制定计划来支持这类研究人员的数量。与其他内科医生相比，医学博士/博士因其对床边问题的科学洞察力而脱颖而出，并成为医学进步的创新捍卫者。与没有接受过医学教育的科学家相比，医学博士/博士毕业生对生物学中的医学意义有了更深刻的认识，对医疗实践中的局限性有了更全面的理解，并有更强的能力将基础科学进步转化为患者护理进步。因此，医学博士研究生能够识别和寻求跨学科的方法来解决重要的生物医学问题，并帮助架起基础科学和临床科学之间的桥梁。医学博士项目是美国内科科学家的主要来源，可以说是通向这类职业的最佳途径。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) provides a program of combined MD and PhD training, requiring seven to eight years for completion. The curriculum for MD/PhD students includes the major portions of the medical school and graduate college curricula in a manner designed to minimize duplication and provide an integrated physician-scientist education. Students freely explore a wide range of opportunities for graduate study, including any of the graduate programs the College of Medicine, or in the departments of Bioengineering, Biological Sciences, or in selected programs in the School of Public Heath or the College of Pharmacy. The program recruits 6 students per year, and currently its overall size is 42 students. Support is requested for 4 students the first year, increasing to 14 students in years 4 and 5. The value of physician-scientists to biomedical research is widely recognized, as is the need for programs to bolster the number of such researchers. Compared to other physicians, MD/PhDs stand out for their scientific insight into bedside problems, and as innovative champions of progress in medicine. MD/PhD graduates have deeper perceptions of medical significance in biology than do scientists without medical education, more comprehensive understanding of the limitations in medical practice, and greater ability to transfer basic scientific advances toward patient care advances. Thus, MD/PhD graduates are positioned to identify and pursue interdisciplinary approaches to important biomedical problems, and to help bridge the basic and clinical sciences. MD/PhD programs are a major source of the nation's physician-scientists, and arguably provide the best route to such careers.