Transcript Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR)

PATHWAYS EXPLORE:
Summer Opportunities
2014
Curriculum
Ambassadors
Molecular
Medicine
Global
Health
Health
Professions
Education
Health &
Society
MSTAR
Clinical &
Translational
Research
Pathways Explore
Welcome!
Reflections on the many uses of summer
Dr. Susan Masters, PhD
Dr. Maxine Papadakis, MD
Pathways Explore
Pathways Explore Showcase
& Dean’s Prize Awards
Monday, January 6
3 – 5PM, MU Gym
because the best resource is your colleagues
Pathways Explore
Exploring
Summer Opportunities at
UCSF
Matt Trojnar, Program Manager
Pathways to Discovery
http://meded.ucsf.edu/pathways
Pathways Explore
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op·por·tu·ni·ty/ˌäpərˈt(y)oonitē/
• Noun:
– A set of circumstances that makes it possible to do
something
– A chance for progress or advancement
• Synonyms: opening, chance, break
Pathways Explore
• Research
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MMP: Bench
CTR: Clinical/translational
H&S: Social science, health services
HPE: Education
Topic based: Global health issue, health disparities, aging,
primary care
• GH: International work
• H&S: Systems, advocacy, or policy projects
• HPE: Curriculum development
Pathways Explore
• No commitment to a pathway required
• In choosing an opportunity, think about
• Skills you’d like to acquire
• Your interests and career goals
• How you’d like to contribute to health and
medicine
Pathways Explore
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Global Health
Contact: V. Mylo Schaaf, MD MPH DTMH
[email protected]
The Explore Option in the
Global Health Pathway
• For UCSF medical students without an official GH Pathway
commitment
• Supports students investigating GH through short-term
clinical or research work (1 to 3 months)
• Usually choose research in summer after first year
• Additional opportunities (especially clinical) during the
elective periods of 4th year
All such students who seek funding, credit, or plan
research should see a GH advisor
Going Abroad
• Start early
• Funding deadline April 15 for summer (RAPtr)
• No need for credit in summer after year 1
• Student-designed research takes extra prep time (IRB)
• Email me for a meeting: [email protected]
• Lots of information online (GH Pathway with links to
opportunities, funding, safe travel & requirements)
Pathways Explore
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Summer Research
Check out the RAPtr Website for info!
Contact: Dan Lowenstein, MD
or
Urmimala Sarkar, MD
http://meded.ucsf.edu/raptr/contact-us-0
Pathways Explore
Alicia Fernandez, MD
http://meded.ucsf.edu/prof-path
• Eligibility
• Students from health disparities backgrounds
interested in research
• Non HDP students interested in health disparities
research
• Mentored research with outstanding faculty
• Career mentoring and leadership skill
development program
• Conference travel funding
Pathways Explore
Curriculum Ambassador
Bridges Program
http://meded.ucsf.edu/CurriculumAmbassadors
Contact: Tracy Fulton, Chandler Mayfield
[email protected], [email protected]
Anna Chang, Bridges Director
[email protected]
Curriculum Ambassador
Bridges Program: GOALS
• Provide an 8-week summer lab to test out new ideas
and structures for the UCSF Bridges Curriculum.
• Immerse students in workplace learning experiences
in order to provide real-time input to the Bridges
design process.
• Engage and support students, faculty, and staff to
identify needs of the systems in which they are
working in order to design new learning experiences
and assessment tools.
• ~15 Ambassadors, in teams of 2-4, will work with team
on project, and liaise with Bridges design groups
Pathways Explore
The Philip R. Lee
Fellowship Program
Contact: Daniel Dohan, PhD
IHPS Associate Director for Training and
Development
[email protected]
PRL Fellowship
• Sponsor: Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (PRL IHPS)
• Foci: Health policy & services research; health policy & law;
quality & systems improvement projects; disparities
• Faculty mentors at IHPS
• Follow standard RAPtr application process; reviewers will
identify PRL-eligible applicants
• Typically, 1-2 PRL Fellows/year
• To discuss individual projects, contact IHPS Training
Coordinator Jessaca Machado: [email protected]
Pathways Explore
MSTAR:
Medical Student Training in
Aging Research
Contact: Rebecca Sudore: [email protected]
MSTAR Program:
http://www.afar.org/research/funding/mstar
MSTAR
Stipend: ~ $1,748/mo
• Mentored research with leading investigators
– Focus on aging and the care of older adults
– Can include basic, clinical, or health services research
• Clinical and didactic experiences
• Students present at professional meetings
– Regional and/or American Geriatrics Society meeting
• Excellent ratings and track record
– Multiple papers with MSTAR students as first authors
– Several Dean’s Prize finalists for best student research
MSTAR
Separate application:
DUE JANUARY 31
• 6 slots available
• Very popular program nationally
– Have been contacted by > 20 outside students for 2014
• Interested students encouraged to contact
program director ASAP:
[email protected]
Other Opportunities
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Preceptorships
MCAT Teaching
Tobacco-Focused Pathways Explore Fellowship
Family Medicine preceptorships and research
Primary care preceptorship + community project
Homeless health research
Summer Camp for kids service learning
How to Make This Decision
Calvin Chou, MD PhD
Resources
• Handouts and the PowerPoint from this session
http://meded.ucsf.edu/pathways/pathways-explore
• Need help making a good decision? Try using the
Ottawa Personal Decision Guide
https://decisionaid.ohri.ca/docs/das/OPDG.pdf
• Learn more about Pathways :
http://meded.ucsf.edu/pathways
• Join PTD email lists: http://tinyurl.com/8ban3v3
Pathways Explore
Get the
real scoop
from the
horse’s
mouth –
the MS2’s!
Pathways Explore Showcase
& Dean’s Prizes
Monday, January 6, 3 – 5PM
Pathways Explore
Summer Research Opportunities
Q&A
Follow Up sessions
Wednesday, January 29,
5 – 6:30 PM (TLC Rooms)