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  The Iowa PSTP recognizes that the postgraduate training objectives and career goals of each trainee are unique. To facilitate the development of an individualized training plan, a PSTP career mentor will be selected by each trainee at the beginning of Year 1 of residency. The PSTP career mentor will meet regularly with the trainee to assist with choices regarding elective clinical rotations, subspecialty fellowship, postdoctoral research mentor, and additional training. Individualized research experiences and degree-conferring programs in basic, clinical, and translational research are available through the laboratories of the Carver College of Medicine. To complement and strengthen the trainee’s research experience, graduate coursework in epidemiology, biostatistics, and clinical trial design is also available through the University of Iowa College of Public Health. The training plan will be individualized according to the career goals of the trainee and specific requirements for board eligibility in the chosen medical specialty. A typical course of training will last five to seven years and may include training in a primary specialty (e.g. Internal Medicine or Pediatrics), a subspecialty, and two to three years of postdoctoral research training. Following completion of the Pathway, participants will be board eligible in both the primary specialty and a subspecialty (if appropriate). Examples of PSTP Training Plans
Research opportunities available in the Carver College of Medicine can be found at the following links: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/mstp/research/index.html | |||||||||||||||||||||
