{"id":45,"date":"2019-08-29T22:30:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T02:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2021-06-29T07:50:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T11:50:54","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">A Physician-Scientist is a leader who forms the link between basic biomedical science and clinical practice.\u00a0 In our efforts to both nurture and mold our students to achieve this goal, we focus on providing a flouris<\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\">hing environment through our expertise in <\/span><strong style=\"color: #008080;\">training<\/strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">, <\/span><strong style=\"color: #008080;\">mentoring and advising<\/strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">, and fostering <\/span><strong style=\"color: #008080;\">community<\/strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2021\/06\/curriculum-update-copy-636x304.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/files\/2021\/06\/curriculum-update-copy-636x304.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/files\/2021\/06\/curriculum-update-copy.png 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A typical MD-PhD program consists of two years of pre-clinical medical education, followed by three to five years of graduate training, and capped by two years of clinical medical education.<\/p>\n<p>Our program integrates the medical and research training in their respective phases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>M1 and M2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vertical peer mentorship is provided for each incoming student to ease transition into the new program and establish relationships. Students have found this feature helpful in adjusting to medical curriculum and learning about various research opportunities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the foundational science phase of the curriculum, students learn scientific principles through the study of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sciences such as<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> biochemistry, histology, physiology and the principles of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">effective <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">doctoring. In our two-year doctoring curriculum, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MD\/PhD <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">students are taught communication skills, physical diagnosis, and critical thinking <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through Doctoring 1 and 2 taught in personalized fashion by our MD\/PhD Co-Directors across two-years<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, MD\/PhD students learn presentation skills using case-based scientific research, attend science journal clubs, and practice writing a \u201cspecific aims page\u201d as if submitting a grant and in preparation for their training grant application during the early graduate years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Graduate years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students take MD800, a low-stakes clinical clerkship provided by Dr. Borkan in the last year of the PhD portion. The class provides a setting for students to refamiliarize doctoring techniques and common medical knowledge, thus better preparing them for upcoming clinical clerkships.<\/li>\n<li>The program organizes an annual meeting between the G4&#8217;s and M3&#8217;s, where helpful advice for clinical clerkships is provided peer to peer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>M3\/M4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The program organizes an annual meeting where alumni of the Boston University MDPhD program are invited to talk about the paths the M4&#8217;s can take, including more information about MDPhD specific research track residencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--\n[collapsible heading=\"1.\u00a0 Medical School Years 1 &amp; 2 (BUSM I &amp; II)\" elem=\"h4\"]\nThe integrated problems course has special MD\/PhD sections.\u00a0 Students critique the same cases as the MD students, but MD\/PhD students are able to enhance this experience by learning\u00a0the format for designing experiments and writing grants.\u00a0 Students learn to take a clinical case, present the essential clinical material (chief complaint, history and physical, basic lab values, tests, etc.),\u00a0present it cogently, then develop a translational research question from the clinical question.\u00a0\u00a0This enables one to\u00a0learn the basic elements of a research plan, including the rationale, hypotheses, aims, the dependent and independent variables, positive and negative controls and power analyses.\u00a0 Year 2 is similar to Year 1, except that\u00a0students now\u00a0go from a concept to the clinical trial phase.\u00a0 The goal is to train\u00a0our Physician-Scientists\u00a0to design experiments and write grant applications.\n[\/collapsible]\n\n[collapsible heading=\"2.\u00a0 Laboratory Rotations (Summer Pre-BUSM I or, Post-BUSM I)\" elem=\"h4\"]\nStudents complete a requried\u00a08-10 week lab rotation before formally entering the research years of study.\u00a0 Students receive a $4,000 stipend for this effort.\n[\/collapsible]\n\n[collapsible heading=\"3.\u00a0 PhD Training\" elem=\"h4\"]\nWhen students\u00a0first enter the research (graduate) phase,\u00a0 they quickly assimilate in their chosen program of study as well as continue along the path of becoming a Physician-Scientist through a wide variety of opportunities during this period.\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>a.\u00a0 Teaching:<\/strong> In academic medicine, the role of a Physician-Scientist typically includes teaching.\u00a0\u00a0 Teaching opportunities exist in a number of ways.\u00a0 Many MD\/PhD students serve as teaching assistants in\u00a0first- and second-year medical school courses, as tutors, and as instructors of undergraduate Biomedical Laboratory and Clinical Sciences courses.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Students are also encouraged to present their research at seminars, student retreats, Student Achievement Day, and\u00a0at a\u00a0wide variety of scientific meetings.\u00a0 In addition,\u00a0efforts are currently underway in the design of a course\u00a0focused on teaching.\u00a0\u00a0Students will\u00a0be taught techniques for teaching, and then have the opportunity to practice these techniques presenting to small groups of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>b.\u00a0MD800:<\/strong>\u00a0This GMS approved course is specifically designed to help our MD\/PhD students transition from their graduate science years back to the medical wards. The course is one-semester in duration, provides supervised clinical experiences that build upon and surpass those skills practiced in the M2 year by providing in the one-on-one student-patient encounters (interview and physical examination) under the supervision of a select group of clinician educators coupled with the opportunity to write and orally present a full history and physical (H\/P). This course encourages students to rebuild their medical vocabulary, practice clinical reasoning and build confidence in their skills prior to entering the clinical wards as M3. MD800 is taught to our MD\/PhD students by Dr. Borkan, an MD\/PhD Co-Director.<\/p>\n\n\n[\/collapsible]\n\n[collapsible heading=\"4.\u00a0 Medical School Years 3&amp;4\" elem=\"h4\"]\nStudents are generally very busy with medical school obligations throughout M3 &amp; M4. At this stage of the program, we emphasize career development and planning,\u00a0guiding\u00a0students\u00a0through the residency application program up through graduation. Additionally, M4 offers more flexibility; students participate in a variety of electives ranging from rotations abroad as a part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ghbusm\/\">BUSM's Global Health Program<\/a>, returning to the laboratory full time for an elective block to complete any outstanding research, teaching in the M1 Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course, or prosecting in the M1 Gross Anatomy Course.\n\n[\/collapsible]\n\n<img alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"270\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67021 aligncenter\" \/>\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Physician-Scientist is a leader who forms the link between basic biomedical science and clinical practice.\u00a0 In our efforts to both nurture and mold our students to achieve this goal, we focus on providing a flourishing environment through our expertise in training, mentoring and advising, and fostering community. 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