UNC-CH Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students

UNC-CH 医学生老龄化夏季研究培训

• 批准号: 8456121
• 负责人: JAN BUSBY-WHITEHEAD
• 金额: $ 5.67万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8456121
• 关键词: Aging; Area; Clinical; Enrollment; Environment; Faculty; Geriatrics; Gerontology; Goals; Health; Health Services Research; Interdisciplinary Study; Medical Students; Mentors; Mission; Motivation; North Carolina; Outcome; Participant; Physicians; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Schools; Scientist; Students; Time; Training; Training Programs; Universities; Work; career; design; early experience; experience; interest; medical schools; programs; role model; success

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) proposes a Short Term Aging Research Training Program (START) that will provide a 2 or 3-month full-time summer research experience for 8 undergraduate medical students who have completed at least one year of medical school and are currently enrolled. The short term goal of the program is to provide medical students with a meaningful aging research experience early in their medical school career. In order to achieve that goal the aims of the program are: (1) To select 8 medical students per year who have an interest in a research career in gerontology or geriatrics and will dedicate 2-3 months during the summer to work on a research project in areas important to the NIA.; (2) To match the START Scholars to carefully selected, outstanding faculty mentors who will serve as role models and help nurture the interest of START students in research; (3) To provide START participants with required and optional didactics that will increase the likelihood of a research experience that will provide a bridge to a career as an academic physician in aging research; (4) To track the outcomes of START to determine the success of the program. The long-term goal of the UNC START Program will be to increase the number of physician-scientists engaged in biomedical, clinical, or health services research in those areas necessary to continue the mission of the NIA. The program takes advantage of unique and considerable institutional strengths in research, including diverse investigators from four different health affairs schools and Centers which are located in close proximity to each other. This arrangement creates the kind of multidisciplinary research environment that will hopefully provide the motivation for a lifelong research career. Providing a meaningful research experience in the early years of training may be our best hope. The proposed program is designed to answer this need.

北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校 (UNC) 提出了一项短期老龄化研究培训计划 (START)，该计划将为 8 名完成至少一年的医学本科生提供 2 至 3 个月的全日制暑期研究经验。医学院，目前正在就读。该计划的短期目标是在医学院职业生涯的早期为医学生提供有意义的老龄化研究经验。为了实现这一目标，该计划的目标是：(1) 每年选择 8 名对老年学或老年病学研究职业感兴趣的医学生，并将在暑假期间投入 2-3 个月的时间进行研究对 NIA 重要领域的项目； (2) 为 START 学者匹配经过精心挑选的优秀教师导师，他们将充当榜样，帮助培养 START 学生的研究兴趣； (3) 为 START 参与者提供必需和可选的教学方法，以增加获得研究经验的可能性，从而为衰老研究领域的学术医生的职业生涯架起桥梁； (4) 跟踪 START 的结果以确定计划是否成功。 UNC START 计划的长期目标是增加从事生物医学、临床或卫生服务研究的医师科学家的数量，这些领域是继续 NIA 使命所必需的。该计划利用了独特且相当大的研究机构优势，包括来自四个不同的卫生事务学校和中心的不同研究人员，这些学校和中心的位置非常接近。这种安排创造了一种多学科研究环境，有望为终身研究生涯提供动力。在培训的最初几年提供有意义的研究经验可能是我们最大的希望。拟议的计划旨在满足这一需求。