Dear Students,

A semi-comprehensive set of MSTP Guidelines are posted below for your reference.

Please view these guidelines as a living document that will evolve with the changing needs and experiences of the Program (feedback welcomed!).

There are only a few activities that are "mandatory" with respect to your participation:

Clinical Scientist Dinners (monthly during academic year except in December)
Journal Club/CPC (monthly)
Annual poster session (December )
Annual Retreat (May)

Special Symposia (as scheduled, every few years)
Training grant renewal activities (as scheduled, every 3-5 years)

I-chat is now working from MSTP to CSHL for the Clinical Scientist Dinner Seminars to permit CSHL students who have personal conflicts to use this mechanism to participate. The other three require your physical presence.

Other events in the year - welcoming barbeque, holiday parties, graduation dinner, etc - are recommended but not required. With respect to seminars such as EGADS, the GCRC series, or Departmental Seminars, that's up to you based on your time and interest, but as one of the several entities in charge of making sure you are aware of all of the great opportunities here for self-enrichment and training, I'll continue to bring them to your attention.

Guidelines for Incoming Students

Guidelines for Picking A Thesis Lab

Guidelines for Med 1st Year Students

Guidelines for Med 2nd Year Students

Guidelines for 1st Year PhD Students

Guidelines for 2nd Year PhD Students

MSTP Guidelines for Returning In Year 3
MSTP Guidelines for Returning In Year 3, additional info.

Guidelines re timing of termination of financial support at the end of the MSTP training period.

We will send you the appropriate guideline at each phase of your training - but please check the web file(s) as needed subsequently to ensure that you are working with the most recent version(s). The version date of each guideline will be stated at the bottom of the document, and the web site will display the version date to make the comparison check convenient. Needless-to-say, program policy will be determined by the most current version.

Best wishes, and please don't hesitate to suggest ways in which this new resource can be improved.

"Version: March 7, 2008. This version supersedes all previous versions."