Diabetes Institute Summer Interprofessional Research Experience (DISIRE) for Undergraduates

摘要： 这项建议寻求发展一项“糖尿病学院夏季跨专业研究” 体验(DISIRE)“计划培养本科生。DISIRE的愿景 教育计划是增加代表不足的少数民族和阿巴拉契亚人的数量 进入生物科学、健康科学或研究生课程的本科生 相关字段。俄亥俄大学糖尿病研究所将招募10个不同的小组 每年的参与者，重点是少数族裔学生，第一代阿巴拉契亚学生， 和几乎没有接触过生物和健康科学的残疾人毕业 程序。DISIRE参与者将在为期10周的时间里接受经验丰富的糖尿病研究人员的培训 暑期计划。招聘将针对少数族裔服务机构的高年级学生， 小型文理学院和阿巴拉契亚大学，没有研究生课程或广泛的 糖尿病方面的教育。DISIRE课程将以跨学科为重点，包括 在线教学，每周研讨会，杂志俱乐部教学，一个团体顶峰项目，以及 与导师一起进行研究。该在线课程将是《糖尿病：摘录》的节本 这是一门现有的综合性课程，探索遗传学、生理学、 糖尿病的治疗、自我管理和心理社会护理。一个创新的组件 DISIRE计划是团体顶峰项目，是一种学习途径体验，旨在 鼓励参与者批判性思考，发展解决问题的技能，鼓励设定目标， 并促进团队合作。Capstone项目将解决一个重要的问题或问题 糖尿病在他们的学院或大学校园里。因此，Capstone项目不仅将受益 参与者的社区，但也有助于促进终身社区参与 参与者，因为他们将能够直接观察到科学实施的好处 知识。以学徒为基础的研究经验，这将发展研究技能和 在参与者中建立自我效能感，是DISIRE计划的关键组成部分。每个人 参与者将与他们选择的导师一起设计一个研究项目，并参与所有 从假设的产生到研究结果的传播，进行研究的各个方面。这个 期末研究项目将与其他研究项目一起在一个研究研讨会上发表。 俄亥俄大学的暑期本科课程和研究生课程。项目导师 将与参与者保持长期的指导关系，并提供指导和 在申请研究生院的过程中鼓励参与者。

Abstract: This proposal seeks to develop a “Diabetes Institute Summer Interprofessional Research Experience (DISIRE)” program to train undergraduate students. The vision for the DISIRE education program is to increase the number of underrepresented minority and Appalachian undergraduates who enter graduate programs in the biological sciences, health sciences or related fields. The Diabetes Institute at Ohio University will recruit a diverse group of 10 participants each year with a focus on minority students, first-generation Appalachian students, and persons with disabilities with little to no exposure to biological and health sciences graduate programs. DISIRE participants will train with experienced diabetes researchers in the 10-week summer program. Recruitment will target upperclassmen from minority serving institutions, small liberal arts colleges, and Appalachian universities without graduate programs or extensive education in diabetes. The DISIRE curriculum will be interdisciplinary-focused consisting of online instruction, weekly seminars, journal club didactics, a group capstone project, and research with a mentor. The online course will be an abridged version of “Diabetes: From Bench-to-Bedside”, an existing, comprehensive course that explores the genetics, physiology, treatment, self-management, and psychosocial care of diabetes. An innovative component of the DISIRE program is the group capstone project, a learning-pathway experience designed to encourage participants to think critically, develop problem-solving skills, encourage goal setting, and promote teamwork. The capstone project will address an important issue or problem about diabetes on their college or university campuses. Thus, the capstone project will not only benefit the participants’ communities, but also serves to foster a life-long community engagement of participants, as they will be able to directly observe the benefit of the implementation of scientific knowledge. The apprentice-based research experience, which will develop research skills and build self-efficacy in the participants, is a critical component of the DISIRE program. Each participant will design a research project with their selected mentor and be involved in all aspects of conducting research from hypothesis generation to dissemination of findings. The final research projects will be presented at a research symposium in conjunction with the other summer undergraduate programs and graduate programs at Ohio University. Project mentors will maintain a long-term mentoring relationship with participants and provide guidance and encouragement to the participants during the application process to graduate school.