Discovery Pathways Program
The Tracks
To complete a Track in the Discovery Pathways Program students must perform at least 10 weeks of research, supervised by a faculty mentor, during medical school.
This may include the following:
- Ten weeks of research performed in the summer between year 1 & 2 of medical school through the Medical Student Research Program. Summer Research Fellowship Scholarships are available to support the student during this time period.
- Workshops; courses; meetings; “field experience”.
- Research during the 4th year can be done by registering for Independent Study electives.
Track Descriptions
NIKOLAUS GRAVENSTEIN, SHARMA BLANKA, KYLE ALLEN
Business and Innovation in Medicine
The Business and Innovation in Medicine track is vital to providing UF students with the insights and tools to recognize and pursue improvement opportunities and medical inventions.
LINDSEY THOMPSON
Health Outcomes and Policy Track
This pathway is designed to help students answer the following crucial questions:What works? For which patients or populations? Under what circumstances?
ELIZABETH DEVOS and MEGHAN NODURFT-FROMAN
Local, Global Health Equity Track – LGHET
Students will gain an understanding of the environmental, social, cultural, political, economic and health system determinants of the health of individuals and population groups both in the US and abroad.
LOU ANN COOPER
Medical Education Track
Designed to expose students interested in education and academic medicine to the scholarship of teaching and learning in a medical/clinical environment.
LAUREN SOLBERG
Medical Ethics and Law Track
The Discovery Pathway in Medical Ethics and Law is a formal track in the University of Florida College of Medicine curriculum designed to provide students with a more in-depth look at legal and ethical issues in patient care and/or research.
NINA STOYAN-ROSENZWEIG and PAULETTE HAHN
Medical Humanities Track
Students who complete the Medical Humanities Pathway will understand the breadth of medical humanities and how the humanities are used in medical practice, medical education, healthcare, and in the larger societies.
GREGORY SCHULTZ, SALEEM ISLAM, SCOTT BERCELI
MSRP/Biomedical, Clinical and Translational
The Biomedical, Clinical, and Translational Research Track is a pathway is designed to help students investigate and answer various types of important medical questions.
CAROLYN HOLLAND and MICHELE LOSSIUS
Patient Safety and Quality Track
The Patient Safety and Quality Track is intended to prepare students to participate in one of the key trans-formative movements in American healthcare.
IRENE ESTORES and Brian Cooke
Promoting Resilience in Medicine – PRIMe
An experiential course to learn the science and practice of several mind-body practices such as meditation, guided imagery, autogenic training, breath work, art, music, and movement.
Discovery Tracks Award of Distinction Application
If you have participated in a Discovery track during your time at UF and qualify for the award, please complete the online application by 3/25/2020.
