Features
Stipend, Tuition Waiver, and Benefits
Tuition waived for all years (MD and PhD phases)
Stipend: $46,300 per
year for all years
Medical Insurance
Subsidized on-campus housing
(guaranteed studio apartment 425 sq/ft, rent $894/month)
Free membership
to the
Falk
athletic facility
MSTP Retreat
MSTP Retreat
Every 18 months all MSTP students, their faculty mentors, and select alumni
guest speakers gather to discuss current topics in science, medicine, and
ethics and for enjoyable team- and community-building activities. This gives
MSTP students a chance for vertical integration with MSTP students in other
years, talk with numerous faculty members from all fields of science and
medicine, and discuss hot topics of ethics in the biomedical sciences. And do
not forget that everyone is required to relax and have some fun while enjoying
the beautiful Edith Macy Conference Center setting.
Continuity Clinic
Graduate electives, lab work, and time preparing and defending a thesis could
result in a student losing touch with medicine and the clinical environment.
At Einstein, however, MSTP students in the lab have the opportunity to attend
the Continuity Clinic, an MSTP-run ambulatory outpatient clinic. This weekly
clinical experience is designed and tailored for MSTP students in their
research years, to ensure they stay in touch with patients and the clinical
atmosphere in which they are treated. Specifically, the Continuity Clinic
teaches the concepts of history-taking, physical examination, patient
presentation, and primary care while reinforcing knowledge acquired in the
first two years of the curriculum.
Clinical Pathology Conferences
In addition to the Continuity Clinic, Clinical Pathology Conferences give MSTP
students the chance to keep in touch with medicine while pursuing their
research interests. In these conferences, which are open to all MSTP students,
participants are provided with a clinical case and the associated pathobiology
prior to a group meeting. Later in a small group setting, students meet with
an attending to discuss the case, the process of differential diagnosis, the
presentation and management of the patient, and the associated pathology.
Luncheon Series
The first year in a combined MD/PhD program can be a little intimidating. At
Einstein, all first year MSTP students gather together once a week for lunch
with the Program Director and/or Associate Director. This provides an
opportunity for students to seek guidance from their peers and the program
leadership, ask questions about the program, and give feedback to the program
director.
New Faculty Seminars & Career Speakers
Einstein MSTP students attend a variety of seminars. Some of these
opportunities, however, are tailored just for MSTP students. These include
talks given by new faculty members, faculty members with potential projects
for students, Einstein MSTP alumni, and career speakers addressing current hot
topics.
Laboratory and Clinical Environment
The students in our programs are an integral part of our research efforts.
They are considered to be colleagues in learning and discovery. The
traditional boundaries between academic departments are nonexistent at
Einstein, and laboratory doors are truly open to all students.
Multidisciplinary scientific interchange is a tradition at Einstein, and is
fostered both by physical proximity and the presence of a variety of
institutional interdisciplinary research centers.
Additionally, students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine are exposed
to patients in both public and private
hospitals. This results in a clinical education just as unique and valuable as
the student's research experience.
