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Medical Student Research

Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MEDSTAR)

The MEDSTAR program is designed for medical students to immerse themselves in research and educational experiences around Geriatric topics. The 8-week program consists of didactics, guided learning and research projects. Didactics include faculty presentations, journal clubs and student presentations. The research projects entail the “nuts and bolts” of research activities including regulatory aspects, statistical analysis, and presentation of research findings both oral and written.  At the end of the program, students are expected minimally to have an abstract of their work for a future poster presentation, if not a full-fledged article for peer review. 

The learning objectives for MEDSTAR participants include:

  1. Report biological and physiological changes with age
  2. Conduct Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Health Promotion
  3. Identify and treat key Geriatric Syndromes
  4. Utilize functional assessment and patient management around the Geriatric 4Ms
  5. Understand how to design a research or quality improvement project
  6. Apply evidence based medicine to older adult care
  7. Critically review medical literature

 Geriatrics Special Interest Group

Class of 2023 Class of 2024
Joseph Wood Covey Wong
Heidi Bau Carter Schimke
Erin Eidness Dakota Snustad
Mitchell Floura Torrin Pass

For more information, contact the Director of Medical Student Research:

Gunjan Manocha, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UND Department of Geriatrics
gunjan.manocha@und.edu 

Department of Geriatrics
SMHS Rm E271
1301 N Columbia Rd
Grand Forks ND 58202-9037
P 701.777.6949
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