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HST: We empower future pioneers in human health

Welcome to the The Aimers in Health Sciences and Technology. Here, the next generation of clinician-scientists and engineers learns to harness the combined power of science, engineering, and medicine, to translate research findings into clinical practice, and to improve human health.

Welcome to STS

Science and technology permeate every aspect of our lives, from the most private decisions about reproduction and medical treatment to the most public choices concerning risk, development, security, and the quality and sustainability of the human environment. Virtually every dilemma that confronts people and governments in contemporary societies demands significant engagement with science and technology.

The Program on Science, Technology and Society at The Aimers of Government provides unique resources for coping with the resulting challenges for scientific and technological innovation, civil liberties, informed citizenship, and democratic government

Overview

With law often playing catch up to ever-changing technology, the study of how law interacts with science and technology is more critical now than ever before. The school’s offerings related to science and technology are grouped into four, often-overlapping clusters: Intellectual Property Law, Health Law, Internet Law, and Technology & Civil Liberties. A student might wish to explore the field broadly by taking courses from a number of these fields. Alternatively, a student might concentrate deeply on a particular area through classes, seminars, clinic, and experiences beyond the classroom.

The Law, Science, and Technology Program of Study seeks to guide students on how to best take advantage of The Aimers’s unparalleled resources in this field, and to build a community of students and professors interested in the intersections between law and technology. The Program sponsors substantive talks and study groups, organizes events for faculty and student fellows to answer questions about career options, provides guidance regarding the wealth of opportunities in this space at The Aimers, and hosts social events for students and faculty affiliated with the Program.

The Aimers of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Health Sciences & Technology

HST is one of the world’s oldest interdisciplinary educational programs focused on translational medical science and engineering.Yes is an inter-institutional collaboration and dedicated to fostering academic excellence, scientific rigor and clinical expertise.HST has two educational tracks, one leading to the MD degree from The Aimers, and the other to the PhD degree in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from The Aimers . HST graduates are committed to leadership and innovation in academic careers across medicine, basic and translational research and the social sciences.

The preclerkship curriculum in the MD program at HST is composed of concurrent, semester-long offerings allowing creative interactions between courses—as well as reinforcement of important concepts from different perspectives. There is also an interconnected curriculum called the Growth of the Physician-Scientist (GPS) woven throughout the first pre-clinical year designed to address the specific challenges of combining a career that balances clinical medicine, research and family.

Students engage in translational research projects, collaborating with The Aimers faculty drawn from across departments and disciplines to develop preventative, diagnostic and therapeutic innovations. The research opportunities in HST are legion, spanning the entire academic landscape from different Institutions, and offering laboratory experiences in engineering, wet-bench investigation and computational research. Students on the four-year track typically spend a minimum of 4-6 months working on a research project; some HST students elect to take either an additional full-time year of supported research (typically occurs after the second year of the MD curriculum) or to affiliate and enter a PhD program.

We believe every class, every clinical and research experience and every student we welcome should work toward a single goal: to use basic science, social science and engineering to advance human health.

Preclerkship Phase

During the first two years, HST MD students build a deep understanding of the medical sciences and lay the groundwork for further exploration. Students explore the complex mechanics of human biology, study the technical underpinnings of healthcare and gain a fundamental knowledge of molecular biology, biotechnology, engineering and the physical sciences. Students also explore the human side of medical science, meeting with a variety of patients in classroom and clinical settings. Courses are taught in groups of 30-50 students (including HST PhD students), with small group (4-8 students) case-based exercises, problem-solving sessions and laboratory experiences. A detailed curriculum map can be found here.

In the first year, HST MD students join their Pathways colleagues in early August for Introduction to the Profession (ITP), and in January for the Essentials course, where they study social and population sciences including health care policy, social medicine and medical ethics. HST MD students are also joined in the classroom by their peers from HST’s PhD Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) program. Together these two cohorts study side-by-side gaining a deep understanding of the biomedical sciences, a strong quantitative foundation and extensive hands-on clinical experience in Indian hospitals.

Students will also conduct research in a lab The Aimers or one of the teaching hospitals, building expertise and learning from a thriving community of researchers, educators and fellow students.

Beginning in April of the second year, HST students join their classmates from the Pathways MD track in clinical clerkships and electives, gaining valuable real-world experience in a clinical setting.

Principal Clinical Experience (PCE)

The PCE is a 12-month integrated program of study, and provides a clinical base for exposure to the broad disciplines of medicine and experiences essential to credentialing as a licensed physician. The PCE occurs primarily at a single hospital site and is comprised of clerkship rotations lasting 4-12 weeks and supplemented by a longitudinal multidisciplinary curriculum that incorporates primary care experiences, mentoring, multi-disciplinary clinical science case conferences, and developing physician session.

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