Workforce Training for Stem Cell Research

这项干细胞研究奋进的劳动力培训是斯坦福大学努力开发一套指导性和基于实验室的材料，重点是干细胞生物学和研究，用于社区学院和四年制学校的本科课程。这项工作是响应所确定的需要：1）本科课程，整合科学，实验室培训，人文学科; 2）在教学法的创新，不常见的传统方法来教学生物学; 3）独立和灵活的模块，以适应“及时”的变化，以生物学的前沿领域;以及4）一种可扩展的方法来解决国家缺乏技术培训的干细胞研究学士后劳动力的问题。 该项目借鉴了在世界上最活跃的干细胞研究中心创建多学科团队授课课程的成功经验。 此外，社区大学教师还作为这项工作的合作者，利用他们的生物技术专业知识并确保材料满足学生的需求。训练有素的干细胞研究队伍有可能推动发现并最终转化为人类使用的技术。 这个专门为劳动力设计的干细胞课程就是为了实现这一目标。这一综合系列的教学模块涵盖了干细胞研究的科学，技术和社会层面。重要的是，将编制的材料包括实验室培训。 该课程将为教育工作者提供文字清晰、快速修订的核心材料和教学模块。 对于每个模块，首先确定学生需要知道的涉及干细胞研究的职业生涯，然后开发可以提供适当知识和技术能力的课程和教学法。该项目的产品包括一套教室和实验室为基础的教学和学习资源和评估材料，可以独立或加入创建新的课程。 该课程有可能对教师和学生产生广泛和直接的影响，以启动干细胞研究的技术职业。这些材料也有利于本科生物课程和技术重点证书课程，因为模块化方法允许四年制学校选择最适合其教学需求的主题和材料。 材料将通过网络和知名的国家和国际媒体渠道分发。此外，模块化方法可适用于远程学习和专题研讨会。对生命科学STEM专业人员的需求正在增加，其中一些人将监督数十名技术人员。 总而言之，该项目旨在解决生物技术、商业化和开发链中的重大教育差距。

This Workforce Training for STEM Cell Research endeavor is a Stanford University effort to develop a suite of instructive and lab-based materials focusing on stem cell biology and research for use in undergraduate courses in community colleges and four-year schools. This work is responsive to the identified need for: 1) an undergraduate curriculum that integrates science, laboratory training, and the humanities; 2) innovations in pedagogy not commonly seen in traditional approaches to teaching biology; 3) independent and flexible modules to accommodate "just-in-time" changes to a frontier area of biology; and 4) a scalable approach to address the nation's dearth of a technically-trained post-baccalaureate workforce for stem cell research. This project draws from prior successes in creating multidisciplinary, team-taught courses in the most active stem cell research centers in the world. In addition, community college faculty serve as collaborators in this work, drawing upon their biotechnology expertise and ensuring the materials meet the needs of their students.A well-trained workforce in stem cell research has the potential to fuel discovery and the eventual translation of technologies for human use. This stem cell curriculum--purpose-built for the workforce--is being designed to accomplish this end. This integrated series of instructional modules spans scientific, technical, and social dimensions of stem cell research. Importantly, the materials to be developed include laboratory-based training. The curriculum will provide educators with clearly written, rapidly revised core material and instructional modules. For each module, what students need to know for careers involving stem cell research is first determined, then development of a curriculum and pedagogy that can deliver appropriate knowledge and technical competency occurs. The products of this project include a suite of classroom and laboratory-based teaching and learning resources and evaluative materials that can stand-alone or be joined to create new courses. The curriculum has the potential for broad and immediate impact on teachers and students working to launch technical careers in stem cell research. These materials are also of benefit to undergraduate biology curricula and certificate programs with technical foci, as the modular approach allows four-year schools to pick topics and materials that best suit their teaching needs. Materials will be distributed through the web and well-known national and international media channels. In addition, the modular approach can be adapted for distance learning and subject-based seminars. The demand for life science STEM professionals, some of whom will supervise dozens of technicians, is increasing. In sum, this project is designed to address a major educational gap in the biotechnology, commercialization and development chain.