2026 Individual Development Plan for Rising 3rd year MD-PhDs

The purpose of the end-of-Year-2 IDP is to summarize your activities in the second year of the MSTP, reflect on your experiences so far and plan for Year 3. This form should be completed by August 15th -upon submission you and your MSTP Program Advisor (PA) will automatically receive a copy of this form (in addition to the MSTP office). It's also recommended you schedule a meeting with your applicable graduate program advisor (ie GG Chair, Track Chair or MD-PhD advisor depending on GG) and discuss your IDP with them.

After Submission- you must schedule a 30 minute meeting with your MSTP Program Advisor to review (to be scheduled no later than October, but ideally by September). Once that meeting has taken place, you'll submit a 2nd short survey confirming that meeting occured (more details to come in your submission confirmation email).

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Reflections on Year 2
What do you view as your most significant accomplishments and challenges during Year 2 of the MSTP?
Which clerkships have you completed so far? How do you feel about your performance in those clerkships?
Have you passed USMLE Step 1? If not, when will you take it?
PhD Related Activities so far:
How many research rotations have you done so far?

How many research rotations have you done so far? 1 2 3 4 5
For each one, enter the 1. name of the PI, 2. the start/end dates of the rotation, 3. a one sentence description of the topic and 4. any comments, including whether you are considering this PI for your thesis.
Rotation #1: Name of PI or PIs
Start & End dates
Topic
Comments
Rotation #2 (if app): Name of PI or PIs
Start & End dates
Topic
Comments
Rotation #3 (if app): Name of PI or PIs
Start & End dates
Topic
Comments
Rotation #4 (if app): Name of PI or PIs
Start & End dates
Topic
Comments
Rotation #5 (if app): Name of PI or PIs
Start & End dates
Topic
Comments
Any add'l comments you'd like to include in relation to your rotation experiences thus far? (can write N/A if not)
Have you identified your thesis advisor? If yes, who is it? If not, who are you actively considering? Are you considering co-mentorship? Are you working with a new assistant professor who will require a thesis coach? If yes, who will it be?
Have you taken any graduate courses so far other than TiMM and CSTR? If yes, what were they and how did they go?
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2026 Individual Development Plan for Rising 3rd year MD-PhDs

2026 Individual Development Plan for Rising 3rd year MD-PhDs

Reflections on Year 2

PhD Related Activities so far:

For each one, enter the 1. name of the PI, 2. the start/end dates of the rotation, 3. a one sentence description of the topic and 4. any comments, including whether you are considering this PI for your thesis.