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The Clinician-Investigator Program (CITP) lets you incorporate
two years of uninterrupted research training into your residency
or fellowship training program. In many programs, the total length
of the clinician-investigator track (CI) does not exceed that of
the traditional clinical training program. The program is designed
to prepare you to serve as a leader in academic medicine.
Educational activities are offered throughout the research and clinical
training period. These include:
- Clinician-Investigator Seminar
As a CI trainee, assisted by your mentor or advisor, you will
organize and present an interactive seminar integrating basic
science with clinical medicine. A discussion panel of Mayo staff
clinician-investigators, regarded as experts in the field of academic
medicine, will participate in the seminar.
- Departmental Research Seminars
During the two-year research block, you will attend and participate
in journal clubs, tutorials, courses and seminar series that are
organized by the department(s) in which you are assigned.
- General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Clinical
Research Curriculum
A monthly one-hour course given by various clinician-investigators
covers specific issues of clinical research, such as NIH grant
writing workshop, clinical research trials design and implementation,
medical statistics, medical ethics, manuscript writing and public
presentation.
- Mayo Graduate School Courses
You will be encouraged to select Mayo
Graduate School courses of direct relevance to your training.
Graduate courses are available in the following graduate programs:
Biochemistry & Structural Biology, Cell Biology & Genetics,
Biomedical Engineering, Immunology, Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular
Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Tumor Biology and
Virology & Gene Therapy.
- Invited Speakers
As a CI trainee, you'll have frequent opportunities to attend
and interact with invited speakers who are prominent in the field
of academic medicine. Such interaction provides the opportunity
to learn from role model academicians and to build relationships
with national leaders in academic medicine.
Evaluation and Career Development
To ensure that you acquire adequate knowledge and develop your
technical skills, your performance and progress will be evaluated
carefully throughout the CITP. You will meet periodically with your
supervising mentor and a faculty member to discuss the program and
your ultimate career goals.
Mayo Clinic actively recruits many of its staff physicians from
its own training programs. Thus, attractive career opportunities
often are available at one of Mayo's group practices in Jacksonville,
Fla., Rochester, Minn., or Scottsdale, Ariz.
Additional Training
A master's degree in a basic science may be an attractive option
for you. The CITP is flexible enough to allow the possibility of
pursuing a master's degree in biomedical science or clinical research.
Some individuals choose to obtain a doctorate degree in a basic
science, but this requires additional time, primarily to complete
the required course work.
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