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About
the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at the University of Utah
School of Medicine (SOM)
The MSCI degree program provides classroom and
mentored research experience in clinical research, preparing its trainees
for careers in clinical investigation, both in academic medicine and the
allied health sciences. The program prepares trainees to be competitive
investigators capable of gaining extramural funding for their clinical
research projects. The curriculum of the MSCI focuses on the theories, models,
methods, and tools used by investigators who conduct bench-to-bedside and
bedside-to-community translational research. Candidates for the MSCI degree
will elect one of two areas of emphasis or "tracks". The first
track emphasizes the inherited basis of human disease, mechanism-oriented
clinical research, and bench-to-bedside translational research. The second
track emphasizes epidemiology, health services research, and
bedside-to-community translational research. The program is designed to
support a mentored research experience for fellows and junior faculty
members at the University of Utah School of Medicine and allied health
science fields.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Donald McClain, M.D., Ph.D..
CCTS Program Director
Phone: (801) 581-6736
Fax: (801) 585-1461
E-mail: donald.mcclain@hsc.utah.edu
Lynette Holman
CCTS Administrative Assistant
Phone: (801) 581-6736
Fax: (801) 585-1461
E-mail: lynette.holman@hsc.utah.edu
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Administrative
Requirements
The
MSCI is a post-graduate program intended for clinicians who have completed
a MD, DO, or DMD degree. The program is also open to individuals with other
training such as a clinical doctoral degree in areas such as Nursing,
Physical Therapy and Pharmacy. Because the training program does not
provide stipends, candidates will generally be chosen from among those
individuals who have been accepted into a fellowship training program at
the University of Utah School of Medicine. Applicants must fill out an
application form for the Clinical Investigation program and provide three
letters of reference. One letter must be from a mentor in the applicant's
home department, stating that the applicant, if accepted, will have
protected time to participate in the program. Each applicant must submit a
statement of intent, describing his or her career status, areas of interest
in clinical investigation, reasons for applying to the program, and career
development objectives. Students must apply and be accepted to the
University of Utah Graduate School.
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Supervisory
Committee
A
student starting the program will identify a mentor within his or her
department or area of clinical expertise. Students will be responsible for
identifying two University of Utah faculty members to serve with their mentor
on their thesis advisory committee and completing a Supervisory Committee
form to be submitted to the University
of Utah’s Graduate School.
The primary responsibility for monitoring the progress of students through
the program will lie with the research mentor and the Thesis Advisory
Committee members. Semi-annual reports from the research mentor will be
required.
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Required
Courses and Credit Hours
Thirty
credit hours will be required to graduate from the program. Track one
students must take at least 20 credits of required core courses, including
electives, in addition to at most 10 credits for their mentored clinical
research projects. Track two students must take 18 credits of required core
courses and two credits of elective courses in addition to the 10 credits
for the mentored clinical research project. The expected time to completion
of the MSCI degree is two years.
The
curriculum for our current MSCI program begins with a six-week intensive
block of didactic courses and workshops. This block begins in July for new
students entering the program. Students in both tracks take a group of
common core courses in epidemiology, data management, bioethics,
biostatistics, and genetics. In addition, students from both tracks
participate in weekly workshops covering a broad range of topics. Students
enrolled in track one (the Inherited Basis of Human Disease) also take
introductory didactic courses in Biochemistry as well as participating in a
Journal Club. Students in track two (Epidemiology and Health Services
Research) take track specific courses in epidemiology and study design and
they participate in a longitudinal research seminar series.
Because
the Master’s program is intended to train individuals intending to pursue
careers as independent clinical investigators, the preferred culmination of
the mentored clinical research project will be the preparation and
submission of an NIH career development application (K-23, K-08) or an
equivalent federal or foundation career development grant. With prior
approval, a peer-reviewed research paper in a leading journal may be
accepted as an alternative culminating graduate project.
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