{"id":1676,"date":"2010-08-02T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/?page_id=1676"},"modified":"2014-07-26T18:59:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T22:59:03","slug":"trainee-selection-criteria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/research\/immunobiology-of-trauma-training-grant-t32-gm86308\/trainee-selection-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainee Selection Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Trainee Selection Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Candidates for 2 year Immunobiology of Trauma Training Grant <\/p>\n<p>Selection process and review criteria.<br \/>\nAll applicants will be asked to submit the following for review by the executive committee: <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Resume including undergraduate institution and medical\/graduate\/dental school.<\/li>\n<li>Standardized test scores (i.e. USMLE, DSAT, GRE).<\/li>\n<li> Personal statement including<br \/>\n         a. Specifics about the desire to develop into a clinician scientist<br \/>\n         b. Name of mentor and lab from the faculty training list<br \/>\n         c. Brief (half page) description of potential research project. <\/p>\n<li>. Letter from Department Chair and Program Director (if appropriate) indicating that the applicant will be<br \/>\nable to work full time in the laboratory without any clinical responsibilities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This information should be submitted electronically to Debra Kiley, dekiley@bu.edu <\/p>\n<p>The executive committee will review these documents and select those for the second level of review. At this<br \/>\ntime the executive committee will: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Conduct a 30 minute interview with one of the executive committee members.<\/li>\n<li> Request two, confidential letters of reference. Letters of reference will not be requested until the second<br \/>\nlevel of review in order to decrease the number of letters which need to be prepared by faculty<br \/>\nmembers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The executive committee will attempt to identify those candidates for training with the greatest potential to<br \/>\ndevelop into future clinician scientists. The criteria that will be used to make the selection include 1) comments<br \/>\nfrom the letter writers concerning the applicant\u2019s interest in an academic career, 2) applicant comments during<br \/>\nthe interview about their interest in an academic career, 3) previous experience with investigative endeavors at<br \/>\nany point during a post-secondary training, 4) publication record including both peer-reviewed literature, book<br \/>\nchapters, and abstracts, and finally, 5) other factors. Each applicant will be reviewed individually and<br \/>\nholistically, no point system will be assigned to any particular criteria. <\/p>\n<p>All fellows accepted into the program will be required to commit to a minimum of two years of training. The time<br \/>\nof entry into the program will vary based on the individual applicant. Table C provides the approximate time of<br \/>\nentry into the training program. Internal Medicine residents would start the program after completing their<br \/>\nresidency and 1 year of a clinical fellowship, such as pulmonary and critical care. Ph.D. scientists will typically<br \/>\nstart at the conclusion of their graduate work, although it is recognized that many post-doctoral fellows may<br \/>\nwish to do a second fellowship. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2014\/07\/T32table1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2014\/07\/T32table1.png\" alt=\"T32table1\" width=\"270\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7716\" \/><\/a> We will also attempt to recruit graduate students<br \/>\nlooking to pursue postdoctoral studies. These typically<br \/>\nwill apply directly to an individual principal<br \/>\ninvestigator\u2019s laboratory. Recruitment for this group of<br \/>\ncandidates will occur by placing advertisements at<br \/>\nnational meetings. Individual mentors will distribute<br \/>\nthese flyers since they will be attending the<br \/>\nappropriate meetings and have a vested interest in<br \/>\nrecruiting outstanding postdoctoral fellows to the<br \/>\nlaboratory. We will also prepare a website for the<br \/>\ntraining grant which will have a list of each of the<br \/>\nlaboratories and also a link for those labs which are<br \/>\ncurrently accepting postdoctoral fellows. <\/p>\n<p>Recruiting is a critical aspect for a successful training program, and in many ways it is far more important than<br \/>\nselection. If there are several high-quality applicants interested in the training program, the selection process is<br \/>\nsubstantially easier, and less likely to fail since virtually any of the top candidates would be successful. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trainee Selection Criteria Candidates for 2 year Immunobiology of Trauma Training Grant Selection process and review criteria. All applicants will be asked to submit the following for review by the executive committee: Resume including undergraduate institution and medical\/graduate\/dental school. Standardized test scores (i.e. USMLE, DSAT, GRE). Personal statement including a. 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