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The CIHR-SRTC’s curriculum is
individually tailored according to the
level and specific
goals of each
trainee while ensuring that he/she achieves
a working familiarity with all dimensions
of skin research. The overall aim is
for trainees to develop both focused
research expertise as well as the skills
needed to effectively interact with basic
and clinical skin investigators across
the full translational spectrum.
Because
formal undergraduate teaching in skin
biology, physiology, and biochemistry
is virtually non-existent in most universities,
one key challenge is to ensure
a uniform basic platform of skin research
knowledge for all CIHR-SRTC graduates.
The SRTC scholar curriculum is therefore
structured around two key components:
- Completing a core skin research
foundation course that is compulsory
for all trainees, and
- Building
a
customized advanced skin research
portfolio in a specific aspect
of skin research for each trainee.
Each trainee attends a lecture series
that examines all aspects of skin research
including lectures on;
- Biology and function of skin
- Principles of skin disease
- Skin disease epidemiology
- Specific diseases and their clinical
treatments
- Disease diagnostic approaches and
instruments
- Research methodology
- Research knowledge translation
- Principles and ethics of skin research
Each trainee is mentored and evaluated
for their progress in training at regular
intervals throughout their SRTC scholarship.
This involves the scholar's immediate
training supervisor, an independent mentor,
and the SRTC board of directors.
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