Course Catalog
STP2043 SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS
Department
NEUROLOGY
Campus
Birmingham
Course Type(s)
Special Topic
Facility
UAB Medical Center
Course Director
TALENE YACOUBIAN, MD, PhD
Enrollment Limit
12
Contact
RANDY SEAY
Enrollment Minimum
1
Email
rseay@uab.edu
Address
912 162, zip 1200
Phone
(205) 934-4092
Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates
5-5
Prerequisites
* * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * Enrolled in the UAB MD/PhD program.
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description
This course is designed to give MD/PHD students a basic background in topics necessary to succeed as a physician-scientist in todays academic medical environment. Topics to be covered include: the NIH funding system (including RO1's, training grants, program project grants, etc), how to write a fellowship, record keeping, authorship and publication, conflict of interest, animal and human subjects, and finding a mentor. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Learn how to lead and manage a productive career in academic medicine 2. Learn how to conduct basic and clinical research according to professional ethics 3. Learn how to write well-organized and logical journal publications and grant applications
Where To Report
912-2 Bldg, Room 160 Questions: (205) 934-4092.
Requirements
Students will be given a variety of reading assignments from which they will be expected to participate in group discussions and/or presentations. Students will also be expected to prepare a fellowship application which will be critiqued by both faculty and other students in order to give them an example of an NIH Study Section.
Evaluation
Group assignments
Independent study
Presentation
Notes
This is a two-week special topics course (not a one-week ST).
