The Scholarly Project is intended to develop critical thinking, skills in evaluation of new data, an appreciation for the methods by which new scholarly information is generated, and skills for lifelong learning. This required component of the Phoenix track provides medical students with faculty-mentored scholarly experiences and structured activities in one of the following four concentration areas:
- Biomedical Informatics
- Medical Humanities & Ethics
- Molecular Medicine
- Public Health, Prevention, Population Health and Policy (P4)
Each concentration area has a director and 4-6 core faculty members who are responsible for advising students and ensuring that the overall learning objectives for that concentration are met. They also assist students in getting matched with Scholarly Project Mentors who supervise individual students in their scholarly projects.
The Scholarly Project Learning Community, which will consist of all Phoenix track students, is designed to bring together students to learn about topics that are common to the four areas of concentration. This learning community will address competencies in:
- Critical thinking
- Lifelong learning
- Information literacy
- Ethics
- Informatics
- Research methodologies
Each student is required to select their concentration area by week 12 of Year 1. Starting in week 13, in-depth training in each concentration area is provided for students selecting that concentration area. This training extends through the remainder of Year 1 and Year 2 and also serves to expose the students to potential project areas and mentors. By week 23 of Year 1, each student will select a specific project area and Scholarly Project Mentor. All concentration directors are available to assist students in these selection processes. Exceptions to the timing milestones are permissible with approval of the Scholarly Project Course Director. |
