When Josh France graduates from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine on Friday, he’ll leave the school with more than a medical degree thanks to a program called 开始.

具体地说, France will take with him four years’ worth of research experience that lays the groundwork for continued scholarship as a physician.

That’s because 开始 is a four-year longitudinal curriculum that consists of structured coursework in research design and implementation, 合规培训, 研究交流, 学术性的陈述, with protected time to develop mentored projects in a wide-range of community and health-related settings. It’s an OUWB requirement and the work done on these projects by the OUWB Class of 2024 can now be found 在这里.

法国的开始项目 Determination of Pad Placement with X-ray Guidance on Cardioversion Success: An Observational Study -被命名为肯尼斯·J. Matzick 开始 Program Competitive Scholarship, Manuscript of the Year 2023. Perhaps most importantly, it sparked an interest in pursuing other research projects.

“It’s become a hobby of mine…I really love working on (research),” said France.

“I’ll also help other students on their projects and other manuscripts, too.”

France’s response is exactly the kind that OUWB officials strive for with 开始, 卡拉·萨沃林斯基说, Ph.D., assistant dean for Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement and co-director, 开始.

“We hope that through their participation in the 开始 program, students have not only deepened their understanding of the research process but also honed key skills such as effective communication, 项目管理, 以及跨学科的团队合作,”她说。.  

“另外, by encouraging students to follow their passions when choosing an 开始 project, we believe that regardless of the success of the project itself (as research doesn’t always go as planned), each students’ experience will be invaluable as they continue to advance in their careers and scholarly pursuits.”

到目前为止, 开始 projects by the OUWB Class of 2024 have accounted for 95 presentations and awards, as well as 33 manuscripts that are under review or have been published.

例如，在已经出版的书中，有“Catholic Hospitals Should Permit Physicians to Provide Emergency Contraception to Rape Victims as an Act of Conscientious Provision.该项目由Marlee Mason-Maready领导, M4, 与合著者维多利亚·怀廷合作, M4, 还有亚伯兰·布鲁梅特, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Foundational 医疗 Studies.

这部作品发表于1986年 利纳克季刊, the peer-reviewed, official academic journal of the Catholic 医疗 Association.

Mason-Maready said she was “really happy with how it turned out.怀廷称这是一个真正的“激情项目”.”

另一个已发布的开始项目的例子是“Relationships Between the Number of Chaplain Visits and Patient Characteristics: A Retrospective Review of a Large Suburban Midwest Hospital, 美国.发表于 宗教与健康杂志这个项目是由Sarah Toates, M4和Ven完成的. 凯文·希, who manages a group of eight chaplains at Corewell健康 William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak.

托茨说她很感激这次经历, has a deeper understanding of the role that chaplains play on the health care team, and a greater appreciation for the fact that “patients think a lot about ...他们的信仰.”

就像他们的前辈一样, this year's graduates have aligned their projects with their personal passions, demonstrating exceptional adaptability in overcoming challenges presented during their research — especially those present during the early stages of their projects and many beginning during the height of the pandemic,萨沃林斯基说.

She said that presenting the work of the Class of 2024 in an online, digital format enables the school to share the students’ accomplishments with family, 朋友, 以及来自OUWB的导师, OU, 和Corewell健康, 无论物理位置如何.

“We are excited about the potential for sparking shared interests, 培养合作理念, and inspiring future 开始 projects through access to the colloquium site,”她说。. “We also hope that our first through third-year medical students, 还有其他观众, find the innovative research and efforts of this year's class as inspiring as we do.”

法国 三月份匹配 in internal medicine at Wake Forest Baptist 医疗 Center, 他说出于各种原因，这是他的首选, 包括它的研究轨迹.

这对他来说是一个很大的变化, especially because before OUWB he “hadn’t really done any research” and didn’t know what to expect from the 开始 experience.

That all changed once he identified a project and started working closely with his mentor, Nishaki梅塔, M.D., a cardiologist at Corewell健康 William Beaumont University Hospital and OUWB clinical faculty.

2024届OUWB毕业生的毕业典礼定于下午2点.m.他于5月10日在欧华信用合作社奥雷纳分校(O 'rena)接受了采访. More details, including a livestream link at the time of the event, can be found 在这里.

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