 | The core of the first year curriculum has been developed as a single integrated course that takes students from genes and proteins to human pathophysiology. |
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| There are three, five-week laboratory rotations, providing students with an opportunity to get to know the faculty, students, and postdocs in the labs. |
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| All first year students will complete this course during the first rotation period. Papers from the scientific literature are used to help set the foundations for students to develop their ability to think along a logical path, to critically analyze information and data, and to present scientific results to a group. |
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| The RCR course provides formal training in the various subject areas
connected to issues of research integrity. The goals of this course are: 1) to heighten the awareness of trainees to ethical considerations relevant to the conduct of research; 2) to inform trainees of federal, state, and institutional policies, regulations, and procedures applicable to the ethical conduct of
research; and 3) to provide trainees with the opportunity to discuss, in a
relatively informal setting, with senior faculty and among their peers, the implications of these policies and procedures for their own behavior in a research environment. All students are required to complete this course in the fall semester of the first year. |
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| The President's Research Seminar Series brings the most distinguished leading scientists in the world to Memorial Sloan-Kettering. The topics represented are wide-ranging and cover some of the most exciting fields in modern biology; thus regular attendance by students will encourage them to broaden their viewpoint. |
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| An important feature of becoming a successful scientist is the ability to present the results of your research in a coherent and logical form. From the second year of study on, each student will present their research in this course. |
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| Students participate in this weekly course beginning in the second year and continuing throughout their tenure in the graduate program. Students select a paper of interest and present it to the student cohort for discussion. |
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| Those students who may need specific coursework to enhance their knowledge base for the particular laboratory chosen for dissertation research can design special one-on-one tutorials. |
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| During the first year in the program, students visit various clinics as observers. Three to four clinic visits are scheduled throughout the first year in the program. |
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| At the end of the second year in the program and in consultation with the mentor and advisory committee, students select a Clinical Mentor from the attending staff of Memorial Hospital who is involved in patient care and patient-oriented research. |
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