October 2013

Case Western Reserve UniversityMedical Scholars Program:

a proposal

Case Western Reserve University – Brazil Scientific Mobility Program

October 2013

Motivation for the CWRU-BSM ProgramBrazil• The Basic Science and Public Health Sectors are rapidly

expanding• Med schools do not encompass basic science departments• Weaker tradition of physician scientists• Weak linkages to Brazilian or US institutions when students

return home

USA• Medical students in the BSMP do not have an experience

directly related to medical or basic research training

October 2013

Objectives of the CWRU-BSM Program• To help develop the academic and research oriented

physicians of Brazil’s future

– Provide early basic research or epidemiologic training to

physicians in training

– Provide better allocation of students to a med school curriculum

– Provide opportunities to perform clinical rotations or exposure

– Promote continuity of learning and research/clinical activities

upon return to Brazil

– Promote university-to-university and investigator-to-investigator

relationships

Program Structure

October 2013

CWRU - BSMPMedical Scholars

MPH

Course Work,Clinical Rotations

Research&

Capstone

Course Work,Clinical Rotations

Lab Work&

Thesis

M.Sc. Non-Degree

Course Work,Observerships

Lab Work&

Publication

UFBa

USP-SP

USP-RP

UFRJ

UFMG

UFES

HCPA/UFRGS

UERJ

Unicamp

UNIFESP

CWRU-BSM Medical Scholars Requirements and Program

2-year Non-degree•Basic Eligibility•Enrolled in a partner medical school•School Letters of Support (Professor/Investigator)•TOEFL 90 (may be flexible)•SWB Letter of award•Acceptance in the CWRU-BSMP

•Professor-to-Professor collaboration

•2-year Non-degree Program•Laboratory project•Core Course in Biomedical Research

•Courses from the Medical School curriculum

•Paper and presentation•Optional clinical observership

October 2013

CWRU-BSM Medical ScholarsRequirements and Program

2-year Degree Programs

•Eligibility•Enrolled in a partner medical school•School Letters of Support (Professor/Investigator)•TOEFL 90•BSMP Letter of award•Acceptance in the CWRU-BSMP•International Foundations of Medicine Basic exam or USMLE Step 1•Completed all core clerkships

• Professor-to-Professor collaboration

•2-year Degree Programs•MS and MPH•Laboratory project•Core Course in Biomedical Research•Additional course work•Courses from the Medical School curriculum

•Thesis or Capstone project

October 2013

CWRU-BSM Medical Scholars ProgramClinical Opportunities

•All Participants

•Observerships −No additional requirements−Attend rounds and visit patients−No direct patient contact

•2 year Degree Programs*

•Electives (consult services)−Internal medicine−Surgery−Pediatrics

•Acting internships− Internal medicine

October 2013

*Clinical opportunities also available to Ph.D. and sandwich medical student grantees through the BSMP