MICR 6143 Internship in Vaccinology (SUMMER, FALL, SPRING)
Course Credit Hours: 1 credit hour
Room: TBA
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Prerequisites:
For graduate students, successful applicants must have completed all required BBSC and/or program coursework prior to commencing the internship. Written approval from the mentor is also required.
Course Description
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The Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences (SIVS), in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters, sponsors an annual internship program.
The UTMB-based internship program will form the basis of this course. Students will participate in the preparation of a report on a specific infectious diseases and vaccines topic that will be submitted to the WHO as a background/briefing
document for use by one of their expert committees. Students will work in small groups (2 or 3 students) under the supervision of a SCVD member to research and prepare the document. Activities associated with that work will be performed over an
approximately 3-month period, concurrent with the trainee's regular educational and research activities. It is estimated that this will involve 2 contact hours per week with the mentor plus 6 to 8 hours of independent time per week for document
search and review, or writing.
Course Objectives
The course objectives are for students to:
- Participate in team-based approaches to document and data review
- Gain a first-hand understanding of decision making processes for global public health policy, particularly as it pertains to development and use of vaccines
Course Outline
| Week 1 | Introduction to internship task; Definition |
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| Week 2 | Assignment of research/writing responsibilities; Discussion |
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| Week 3 | Literature/data search; Discussion of search outcomes |
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| Week 4 | Literature/data search; Discussion of search outcomes |
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| Week 5 | Development of skeleton document |
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| Week 6 | Report writing; Discussion |
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| Week 7 | Report writing; Discussion |
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| Week 8 | First draft of report sections due; Compilation and discussion |
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| Week 9 | Report writing; Discussion |
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| Week 10 | Report writing; Discussion |
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| Week 11 | Final draft of compiled report due; Discussion |
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| Week 12 | Proofing, formatting and editing of compiled report; Discussion |
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| Week 13 | Peer evaluation and discussion of positive outcomes, pitfalls and challenges |
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Grades
Grading (satisfactory/unsatisfactory) will be based on participation, attendance, completion of assigned task(s), evaluations/feedback received from UTMB mentor(s), and submission of a final report to the SCVD by the student summarizing their internship
experience and outcomes.
Any appeals for grading changes must be submitted to the instructors responsible for the writing and grading of the question within 5 business days after the return of the graded
assessment to the student. The instructors must report any grade changes to the course director.
Textbook and Reading Materials
There is no required textbook for this course. Mentors will assign general and specific reading, literature/data search and review tasks as appropriate to the requirements of the internship project.