VCU Medical Scientist Training Program

VCU 医学科学家培训计划

• 批准号: 10624225
• 负责人: MICHAEL S DONNENBERG
• 金额: $ 27.65万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10624225
• 关键词: Medical; Scientist; Training Programs

The NIH Physician Scientist Workforce Working Group was convened to address a growing demand for and decreasing supply of physician researchers. The Group concluded that MD-PhD programs, including the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), have been successful in promoting the development of physician- scientists and should be continued. The VCU MD-PhD program has been addressing this shortfall since 1986. Our mission is to train diverse physician-scientists to improve human health through discovery in basic and social sciences and biomedical engineering. Our program objectives are Excellence in Clinical Training, Excellence in Research Training, Program Quality and Satisfaction, and Career Success. In the past four years, our recruitment efforts, growing pool of qualified applicants, and holistic admissions process have greatly enhanced our ability to enroll a diverse cadre of highly qualified trainees. Our uniquely integrated curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of physician-scientist trainees, with clinical and research learning integrated over the entire training period. We promote rigorous, transparent, reproducible research methods, founded in ethical principles of responsible conduct throughout training. Our training program is centered on the trainee, with transparent leadership and trainee input. Our participating faculty members represent a broad spectrum of biomedical science disciplines and are supported by ample research funding. Our program is committed to mentorship training and an environment that is safe, equitable, and inclusive. Our governance structure has a prominent role for students and a faculty steering committee to assist our experienced leadership team to continuously improve the program. We closely monitor the progress of individual trainees, support their efforts and wellness, and address their concerns. A detailed, trainee-centered evaluation plan guides us to achieve our objectives with specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound, inclusive, and equitable goals. Our recent trainees have been highly productive, securing individual training grants, publishing original research, and graduating to top research-intensive residency programs. We are on an upward trajectory in virtually every metric that can be used to assess program quality. As our trainees succeed, our ability to attract highly qualified diverse applicants continues to grow, perpetuating a virtuous cycle. The VCU MD-PhD program is the largest physician scientist program in the country that provides full support for all its trainees but is not funded by an MSTP. Support from the VCU School of Medicine has been extremely generous. In addition, our program has benefited from philanthropic outreach that resulted in a $4M endowment and a $100K enrichment fund. With MSTP funding, we seek to leverage this exemplary support and our superior program plan to increase the number of trainees to whom our mission applies, expanding our ability to reduce the physician-scientist shortage.

NIH医师科学家劳动力工作组的召集是为了满足日益增长的需求和 减少医师研究人员的供应。该小组得出结论，MD-PHD计划，包括 医学科学家培训计划（MSTP）已成功促进医师的发展 - 科学家，应该继续。自1986年以来，VCU MD-PHD计划一直在解决这一短缺。 我们的使命是培训多样的医师科学家，通过在基本和 社会科学和生物医学工程。我们的计划目标是卓越的临床培训， 卓越的研究培训，计划质量和满意度以及职业成功。 在过去的四年中，我们的招聘工作，越来越多的合格申请人和整体入学 流程大大提高了我们参加多样化的高素质学员干部的能力。我们的独特之处 综合课程是为满足医师科学家学员的需求而量身定制的，并进行了临床和研究 学习在整个培训期间都集成了。我们促进严格，透明，可重复的研究 方法是建立在整个培训中负责任行为的道德原则的基础上。我们的培训计划是 以透明的领导和实习生的意见为中心。我们参加的教职员工 代表了广泛的生物医学科学学科，并得到了丰富的研究资金的支持。 我们的计划致力于指导培训和安全，公平且包容的环境。 我们的治理结构对学生和教师指导委员会发挥着重要作用，以协助我们 经验丰富的领导团队不断改进该计划。我们密切监视 个别的学员，支持他们的努力和健康，并解决他们的关注。详细的，以实习生为中心的 评估计划指导我们以特定的，可衡量的，可实现的，相关，时间限制的目标来实现我们的目标 包容性和公平目标。 我们最近的学员的生产力很高，获得了个人培训补助金，出版了原创 研究，并毕业至顶级研究密集型居住计划。我们正在向上轨迹 实际上，每个可用于评估程序质量的指标。随着我们的学员成功，我们吸引的能力 高素质的不同申请人继续增长，使良性周期永存。 VCU MD-PHD计划是该国最大的医师科学家计划 支持所有学员，但没有由MSTP资助。 VCU医学院的支持已经 非常慷慨。此外，我们的计划从慈善活动中受益，这导致了400万美元 end赋和10万美元的丰富基金。通过MSTP资金，我们试图利用这种示例性支持 我们的卓越计划计划增加了我们的使命适用的学员数量，扩大了我们 能够减少医师科学家短缺的能力。