Trauma Scholarly Concentration

Co-Directors:

Charles Cox, MD

Lillian Kao, MD

Program Coordinator:

Heidi Draehn  ([email protected])

Maximum Number of Students per Year: 4-6

Purpose/Goals

The Trauma Scholarly Concentration Program’s overall goal is to enrich the experience of medical students through learning, and scholarly activities, specific to the interdisciplinary health-related topic of trauma during years 1-4.

Complement and enhance the student’s required curriculum
Provide role models, mentorship, and guidance for students’ academic and personal development
Increase interdisciplinary interactions
Provide a longitudinal educational experience through structured and experiential learning activities
Support student leadership

Program activities encourage the student’s acquisition of expertise in an interdisciplinary, health-related area, the development of critical thinking and analytical skills, the improvement of oral and written communication skills, the enrichment of self-directed learning skills, and the production of scholarly products.

Students interested in the concentration are required to complete the Medical School’s Summer Research Program (SRP) the summer after MS1. (As described below, in exceptional cases, equivalent research experiences can be acceptable with approval of the program directors.) The SRP is separate from the scholarly concentration program and has its own application, but the SRP project provides the basis for the activities in the trauma concentration. Visit the Summer Research Program website for current information and its application deadline.

In some unusual cases, students may apply and be accepted into the trauma concentration on the basis of a research project that they organize (with a mentor) and conduct separately from the SRP. Please contact the program coordinator of the trauma concentration if you are unable to participate in the SRP and are thinking of an independent research project. If you are interested in the trauma concentration, you will need to discuss your research plan or interests with one of the concentration co-directors before you apply. They may offer helpful suggestions.

Deadline

The deadline for the trauma concentration application is February 28. Trauma Concentration Application

Overview of the Application

Be sure to answer all sections, or the application will be returned to you for completion. You will need to describe your background, experiences, and interest in trauma. You will also be asked to explain how your participation in the concentration fits in with your goals for medical school and the future.

Student Selection Process

The trauma concentration co-directors will review applications, following an initial screening by the Office of Educational Programs. Applicants will receive a notice of the decision through the online system, within the first half of March. This committee will be responsible for assisting the student identify a mentor (if needed), monitoring the student’s progress, and designing an individual core curriculum for the student. Only students in good academic standing will be admitted.

 Year 1

Identify a mentor in your area of interest and plan summer research project
Perform summer research project with mentor between Year 1 and 2
During the summer, attend Surgery Grand Rounds, M&M, and Trauma Injury Meeting
Attend lab meetings & seminars as required by your mentor and area of focus
Optional – “Shadow” your mentor or other clinicians

Year 2

Continue research with your mentor
Formulate a curriculum of study for MS3 and MS4 electives
Attend lab meetings, seminars, etc. as required by your mentor and area of focus
Join a scientific society (as a student) in your area of interest
Attend and/or present research at a regional or national meeting
Present research at McGovern Surgery Research Day

Year 3

Continue research with your mentor
Continue the individual curriculum of study – electives
Attend lab meetings, seminars, etc. as required by your mentor and area of focus
Present research at a national meeting
Clinical rotations – identify where trauma occurs within that specialty and how you proceed
Elective should be in an area that has a trauma focus

Year 4

Electives should be in areas that have a trauma focus
Attend lab meetings, seminars, etc. as required by your mentor and area of focus
Present final research project orally during an Injury Meeting
Submit publication to a peer reviewed journal

Suggested Didactic Courses

The interests of the student and the advice of the individual’s mentor and advisory committee will determine the specific courses for each student.

GS211161 – Critical Thinking in Science: Mattox, William

One semester hour
Summer annually

These classes and several others are offered by the Center for Clinical Research & Evidence-Based Medicine at the Medical School under the direction of Dr. J. Tyson.

Introduction to Clinical Research
Introduction to Translational Research

Clinical Research Curriculum

Additional classes of interest are available through the Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-Based Practice (C-STEP) program.

Scholarly Concentration Faculty Mentors

Charles S. Cox, MD  Co-Director, Project Mentor  Pediatric Surgery
Lillian S. Kao, MD  Co-Director, Project Mentor  Acute Care Surgery
Charles E. Wade, PhD  Co-Director  Acute Care Surgery
Bryan A. Cotton, MD  Project Mentor  Acute Care Surgery
John A. Harvin, MD  Project Mentor  Acute Care Surgery
David E. Meyer, MD  Project Mentor  Acute Care Surgery
Michael W. Wandling, MD  Project Mentor  Acute Care Surgery
Christopher T. Stephens, MD  Project Mentor  Anesthesiology
Bentley J. Bobrow, MD  Project Mentor  Emergency Medicine
Huimahn A. Choi, MD  Project Mentor  Neurosurgery
Ryan S. Kitagawa, MD  Project Mentor  Neurosurgery
Georgene W. Hergenroeder, PhD  Project Mentor  Neurosurgery
Catherine G. Ambrose, PhD  Project Mentor  Orthopedic Surgery
Jonathan Eastman, MD  Project Mentor  Orthopedic Surgery
Stephen J. Warner, MD, PhD  Project Mentor  Orthopedic Surgery
Mary E. Aitken, MD, MPH  Project Mentor  Pediatrics
Gerard E. Francisco, MD  Project Mentor  Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Joy M. Schmitz, PhD  Project Mentor  Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Jin H. Yoon, PhD  Project Mentor  Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences