Lessons Learned from ToxMSDT: A Pilot Innovative Toxicology Research Education Pipeline Program Targeting Underrepresented Undergraduate Students to the Field of Toxicology.
Lessons Learned from ToxMSDT: A Pilot Innovative Toxicology Research Education Pipeline Program Targeting Underrepresented Undergraduate Students to the Field of Toxicology.
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2020
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Inyang I
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Rumbeiha WK;Gilbreath E;Alexander D;Correia AP;Foertsch J;Danielson J;Kim D;Inyang I
毒理学作为一种职业，缺乏多样性。本科生，特别是代表性不足的学生，在美国学院和大学通常不会介绍毒理学。毒理学辅导和技能发展培训计划（ToxMSDT）旨在使就读于STEM领域的代表性不足的本科生熟悉毒理学基础知识和技能，以帮助他们进入研究生课程，并最终进入毒理学职业。ToxMSDT是三所大学的合作项目。这是一个为期一年的全面培训和指导计划，包括全年24/7可访问的网络资源和广泛的一对一导师-学员互动。为期两年的试点计划的评估表明，学生们表达了对毒理学职业的认识显着增加，与毒理学领域的人员建立联系，成为毒理学社区的一部分的感觉，并将自己视为将学习毒理学的人，与他们在ToxMSDT计划中参与之前的感觉相比。30名学生已经完成了ToxMSDT计划，所有10名（100%）毕业生都加入了毒理学或毒理学相关STEM领域的研究生院。截至2019年8月，在20名（66.6%）仍以本科生身份入学的校友中，有5名（25%）正在申请研究生课程和医学院。
Toxicology, as a profession, lacks diversity. Undergraduate students, and especially underrepresented students, are not commonly introduced to toxicology at US colleges and universities. The Toxicology Mentoring and Skills Development Training Program (ToxMSDT) seeks to acquaint underrepresented undergraduates enrolled in STEM fields with toxicology fundamentals and skills to aid their entry into graduate programs and, ultimately, careers in toxicology. ToxMSDT is a collaboration among three universities. It is a year-long holistic training and mentoring program comprised of web resources accessible 24/7 and extensive one-to-one mentor-mentee interactions throughout the year. Evaluation of the two-year pilot program shows that students expressed a significant increase in knowledge about toxicology careers, networking with people involved in the field of toxicology, feelings of being part of the toxicology community, and seeing themselves as someone who will study toxicology, compared with their feelings prior to their participation in the ToxMSDT program. Thirty students have completed the ToxMSDT program and all 10 (100%) of those who have graduated have joined graduate school in toxicology or toxicology-related STEM fields. Of the 20 (66.6%) program alumni still enrolled as undergraduates, five (25%) are in the process of applying to graduate programs and medical schools as of August 2019.