Short-Term Research Training of Veterinary Students in Wisconsin

描述(由申请人提供)：这项建议的具体目的是积极吸引兽医学生参与现有的、资金充足的研究项目，并增加积极参与研究的兽医人数。该计划还将帮助招收对该项目有特殊兴趣的兽医学生到威斯康星大学攻读DVM，增加在威斯康星大学接受研究培训的少数族裔学生的数量，向兽医学生提供研究职业的信息，并为参与计划的学生提供伦理入门、负责任的研究行为和成功的研究职业技能。该计划的总体目标是向兽医学生介绍研究，并向他们提供至少以下方面的实用知识：如何识别对动物和/或人类的健康和福利具有重要意义的问题，开发假设以检验所选问题，确定和验证进行研究的适当技术，以及分析和报告(口头和书面)数据。受训者将参加定期安排的实验室会议和每周专门为10周暑期计划的学生举办的研讨会。学员将在夏季兽医研究学者研讨会(通常是每年8月举行的梅里亚兽医学者计划研讨会)上展示他们的研究成果，或者在威斯康星大学兽医学院举行的研讨会上展示他们的研究成果。总的来说，威斯康星大学，特别是兽医学院，有一个理想的环境来支持兽医学生的短期研究培训。我们预计，拟议的计划将与目前的培训计划顺利整合，为威斯康星州兽医学生的研究培训提供持续的支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Specific Aims of this proposal are to actively engage veterinary medical students in established, well-funded research programs and to increase the number of veterinarians actively engaged in research. This program will also help recruit veterinary medical students with specific interest in this program to pursue the DVM at the University of Wisconsin, increase the number of minority students pursuing research training at the University of Wisconsin, inform veterinary medical students of careers in research, and provide participating students with an introduction to ethics, responsible conduct of research, and skills for successful careers in research. The over-arching objective of this program is to introduce veterinary medical students to research and provide them with at least a working knowledge of how to identify a problem of significance to the health and welfare of animals and/or humans, develop a hypothesis to test the question selected, identify and validate appropriate techniques to pursue the research, and analyze and report (orally and in writing) data. Trainees will participate in regularly scheduled laboratory meetings and weekly seminars conducted specifically for students in the 10 week summer program. Trainees will either present the results of their research at the summer veterinary research scholars symposium (typically the Merial Veterinary Scholars Program Symposium held annually in August) or present their research at seminars held at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. The University of Wisconsin in general, and the School of Veterinary Medicine in particular, has an ideal environment to support short-term research training of veterinary students. We anticipate that the proposed program will integrate smoothly with current training programs to provide a continuum of support for research training of veterinary students in Wisconsin.