 21st
Century Scholars Program
Program Director: Marion E. Hare, M.D., M.S.
Program Information: contact
Initiated in 1998 with funding from LHS, Inc., and led by Ronald I. Shorr,
M.D., M.S., as program director, the 21st Century Scholars Program was
designed to provide community-based research training and experience in
applying epidemiological skills and methods to improve community health.
This program has offered an augmented experience in public health and
patient-oriented research to selected individuals in internal medicine,
pediatrics, or a public-health-related field. In addition to receiving
a Master
of Science degree in epidemiology at the University of Tennessee
Health Science Center, program participants have been expected to complete
a community-health-oriented research project, working closely with a faculty
mentor. As the program has continued between 1999 and 2007, participants
have gained skills vital to addressing public health needs that challenge
our community, state, and nation.
21st Century Scholars Program participants are expected
to complete the minimum 36-credit-hour curriculum for the Master of Science
degree in epidemiology at UTHSC, which typically can be accomplished in
2 years by students who take at least 9 credit hours each semester for
4 semesters. Several resident physicians who have participated in the
Scholars' program have customarily spent the first two years of their
residency chiefly on the traditional requirements for board eligibility
in internal medicine or pediatrics; the final two years of their training
have consisted of the following:
(1) coursework in the Department of Preventive Medicine
leading to a Master of Science degree in epidemiology, with emphasis on
public health;
(2) a research project focused on a community health problem;
(3) outpatient and inpatient rotations required for board certification
in internal medicine or pediatrics.
Current scholars in the program are developing research on reducing risk
in maternal/fetal medicine; preventing renal dysfunction from chronic
diseases such as hypertension and diabetes; reducing infant mortality
and preventing injuries in children.
Related links:
|
