Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2022 Aug;37(4):1166-1171. doi: 10.1007/s13187-020-01934-8. Epub 2021 Jan 6.
Cancer research has led to unprecedented advances in treatment in recent decades. Physician-scientists have played a crucial role in these advances given their unique perspective at the intersection between basic research and clinical care, though their representation in cancer research has been in progressive decline. Cancer research programs that feature strong mentorship at the medical student level are associated with increased likelihood of alumni choosing a cancer research career path. In an effort to increase the cancer research medical student training pipeline, senior research faculty from the Tisch Cancer Institute (TCI) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) developed the TCI Scholars Program, a rigorous mentored research training program funding medical students' summer research. This program is currently in its third year and has garnered significant interest among mentors and students alike from all four TCI Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG)-funded research programs. Herein, we describe the development, implementation, evaluation, and major outcomes of this program.
近几十年来，癌症研究取得了前所未有的治疗进展。由于医师科学家在基础研究和临床护理之间的交叉点具有独特的视角，他们在这些进展中发挥了至关重要的作用，但他们在癌症研究中的代表性一直在逐渐下降。在医学生层面具有强大指导的癌症研究计划与校友选择癌症研究职业道路的可能性增加有关。为了增加癌症研究医学生的培训渠道，西奈山伊坎医学院（ISMMS）的蒂施癌症研究所（TCI）的资深研究人员开发了 TCI 学者计划，这是一个严格的指导研究培训计划，为医学生的暑期研究提供资金。该计划目前已进入第三年，来自 TCI 四个癌症中心支持拨款（CCSG）资助的研究计划的导师和学生都对此表现出了浓厚的兴趣。在此，我们描述了该计划的开发、实施、评估和主要成果。
