What can I do to maintain ties to clinical medicine while I am in the research phase of NIH Intramural MD/PhD Partnership training?
GPP Students enrolled in combined degree training will receive the enhanced curriculum offered to M.D./Ph.D students at their medical school, which include program retreats, coursework and seminars designed for combined degree trainees, as well as modified clinical rotation requirements. The program aims to provide bridges to clinical medicine and clinical investigation while students are in the research phase of training at the NIH. Students participate in a number of activities to this end, including individually arranged longitudinal clinical preceptorships with clinical investigators at the NIH’s Clinical Center, the nation’s largest hospital devoted entirely to clinical research. Students can attend activities such as NIH Clinical Grand Rounds, and the Demystifying Medicine Course, and are eligible to attend the annual National MD/PhD Student Conference in Colorado and the Clinical Investigator Student Conference in Bethesda. Special forums in translational research will be sponso
