Requirements

Graduate students entering the Program may already have significant course loads within the various graduate departments, and may be unable to take on too many additional formal courses. Accordingly, we deliver an integrated combination of teaching techniques to enhance the skills of our trainees in identified strategic areas, while complementing their concurrent research activities.

Students accepted into the Collaborative Training Program in Musculoskeletal Health Research are expected to:

• Fulfill all requirements of their Home Department/School
• Successfully complete the MSK9000 and MSK9100 course requirement
• Attend and participate in the Bone & Joint Institute Retreat and sponsored conferences, or other opportunities hosted by the Institute such as theme-based workshops or the MSK Innovation competition as offered
• Participate in Health Leadership Training through the Ivey School of Business (organized by CMHR)
• Submit reporting, as requested by program administration.

Trainee membership, including funding, is contingent upon suitable participation and meeting the Terms of the CMHR, reviewed annually.

CMHR postdoctoral fellows must be registered, or in the process of registration, with the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at Western. Clinician Scientists in training must be registered, or in the process of registration, with an appropriately accredited training program. 

CMHR Postdoctoral fellows and Clinician Scientists in training must register as members of Western’s Bone and Joint Institute.

Postdoctoral and Clinician Scientists in Training programs are tailored to the individual's training needs, but include formalized cross-disciplinary mentoring team to enhance career development. CMHR Postdoctoral and Clinician Scientists in Training are expected to:

• Attend and participate in the Bone & Joint Institute Retreat and sponsored conference, or other opportunities hosted by the institute such as theme-based workshops or the MSK Innovation Competition as offered
• Participate in Health Leadership Training through the Ivey School of Business
• Contribute to undergraduate / graduate teaching and/or curriculum development (including the MSK9000/9100 courses, undergraduate student summer program, or Bone and Joint Workshops)
• Submit reporting, as requested by program administration.  
• Affiliation with CMHR should be acknowledged on publications and research outputs as follows: "Department/School of XXX, Faculty of XXX, Collaborative Training Program in Musculoskeletal Health Research, and Bone and Joint Institute, The University of Western Ontario"
• Funding should be acknowledged as follows: "XXX was/is supported in part by a Transdisciplinary Bone & Joint Training Award from the Collaborative Training Program in Musculoskeletal Health Research at The University of Western Ontario."

Students in the CMHR Summer Research Program are required to participate in regular meetings over the summer to discuss their projects. In addition, students must participate in Lunch & Learn Sessions provided over the course of the summer as well as prepare and present a power point slide show at the CMHR Summer Research Symposium. Each individual is instructed to prepare an 8-10 min presentation for the group regarding their project and the results of their summer research project.  The focus is on the transdisciplinary aspects of the project and results.