Development of Research And Writing Skills (DRAWS): A tool for broader assessment to enhance research and research training

摘要 A在两个主要的西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)之间架起通往博士项目的桥梁 加利福尼亚州的中央山谷被提议。该计划将帮助代表不足的少数族裔(URM)学生 从加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校(弗雷斯诺州立大学)获得硕士学位 在继续并完成加州大学戴维斯分校的博士课程之前，生物医学科学 (加州大学戴维斯分校)，这是一家研究密集型机构。这项提议将建立在主要研究主题、活动和 这两个机构的设施包括少数民族机构研究基础设施计划(RIMI)，地址为 弗雷斯诺州立大学、加州大学戴维斯综合癌症中心以及临床和翻译科学中心 (CTSC)在加州大学戴维斯分校。弗雷斯诺州立大学科学与数学学院(CSM)的教员 加州大学戴维斯分校专注于生物医学研究的研究生小组将创建一个高度互动的培训计划。 弗雷斯诺州立大学博士学位(B2D)项目的总体目标是增加 URM研究生进入并获得生物医学科学的博士学位。该计划将招募 每年有五名有潜在兴趣的研究生以研究为职业，并提供 分别设计了各自的学术和科研培训计划。B2D计划包括 以下是具体目标： ·通过培养学生阅读和批判性分析科学知识的能力，提高教育能力 文献，特别是同行评审的论文； ·通过展示能力培养对科学方法的欣赏和理解 提出假设驱动的、具有适当控制的实验方案，以解决 合乎逻辑、循序渐进的时尚； ·通过多个机会练习他们的口头和书面技能，并 与其他同行建立网络；积极参与并出席国内/国际研究会议 提高研究人员的认同感，提高自我效能感和科学认同感。 ·通过以下方式发展对他们负责任的研究行为的理解和欣赏 研究中的负责任行为(RCR)补充培训课程以及关于 增强科学的再现性； ·加强和提高科学素养，提供额外的写作指导、指导、 以及在批判性思维和分析性思维中带来直接好处的大手笔技能。最后， ·在加州大学戴维斯分校的研究密集型实验室提供暑期研究，供B2D学生整合 研究经验反映了他们在研究生院的经历。 来自两个校区的项目主任已经召集了一个教师导师团队，一个顾问 委员会和工作人员，他们致力于该计划的成功发展。全 弗雷斯诺-戴维斯大桥计划的组成部分将通过正在进行的评估进行严格评估 评估项目成功与否的流程。实现我们的目标将使我们能够实现我们的短期目标- 和长期目标，即： ·确保90%的B2D学者提交研究生院申请，有一半的学生 在助学金的头五年内被生物医学博士研究生项目录取 (短程)； ·在接下来的十年里，我们希望最大限度地(80%)让我们的B2D学者加入博士项目，并 从事生物医学研究(远程)；以及 ·在未来十年，创造一种文化，以扩大和加强生物医学科学课程 由B2D-学者方案制定，将这些做法制度化(长期)。 弗雷斯诺-戴维斯B2D计划将支持学者们，并为面对 在竞争激烈的氛围中，研究生教育的严酷。此磁盘备份计划将是 为我们在中央山谷的学生寻求和获得博士学位并建立职业生涯奠定坚实的基础 独立的调查人员，并担任美国科学界的领导职位。

Summary A Bridges to the Doctorate program between the two major Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) in California's Central Valley is proposed. This program will assist under-represented minority (URM) students from the California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) with completing a Master's program in the biomedical sciences before continuing and completing their Ph.D. program at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), a research-intensive institution. This proposal will build on major research themes, activities and facilities at the two institutions including Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions Program (RIMI) at Fresno State, the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) at UC Davis. Faculty members from the Colleges of Science and Mathematics (CSM) at Fresno State and biomedical research focused graduate groups at UC Davis will create a highly interactive training program. The overall aim of the Fresno State Bridges to Doctorate (B2D) program is to increase the number of URM graduate students entering and earning doctoral degrees in biomedical sciences. The program will recruit five graduate students each year with potential interests in pursuing research as a career and provide individually designed academic and research training plans to each. The B2D program consists of the following specific goals: • Enhance educational capabilities by developing their ability to read and critically analyze scientific literature, especially peer-reviewed papers; • Develop the appreciation for and understanding of the scientific method by demonstrating the capacity to propose hypothesis-driven, experimental protocols with appropriate controls that solve problems in a logical, stepwise fashion; • Refine professional skill sets through multiple opportunities to practice their oral and written skills and to network with other peers; actively participate and present at national/international research conferences to improve identification as a researcher and increase self-efficacy and science identity. • Develop an understanding of and appreciation for their responsible conduct in research through supplemental responsible conduct in research (RCR) training course as well as for instructions on enhancing scientific reproducibility; • Strengthening and improving science literacy by providing additional writing instruction, mentorship, and grantsmanship skills that will result in direct benefits in critical and analytical thinking. Finally, • Provide summer research at research-intensive labs at UC Davis for the B2D students to integrate research experience that mirrors what they will experience in graduate school. The Program Directors from both campuses have gathered a team of Faculty Mentors, an Advisory Committee and staff members, who are committed to the successful development of the program. All components of the Fresno-Davis Bridges program will be rigorously evaluated by an ongoing evaluation process to assess the success of the program. Addressing our objectives will allow us to achieve our short- and long-range objectives, which are: • To ensure that 90% of the B2D Scholars submit a graduate school application, with half the students being accepted into graduate Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences in the first five years of the grant (short-range); • Over the next decade we expect to maximize (80%) our B2D Scholars to join a Ph.D. program and pursue a career in biomedical research (long-range); and • Over the next ten years, create a culture to expand and enhance the biomedical science curriculum developed by the B2D-Scholars program by the institutionalization of these practices (long-range). The Fresno-Davis B2D program will support the Scholars and lay the essential groundwork required to face the rigors of graduate school education in a highly competitive atmosphere. This B2D program will be part of a firm foundation for our students in the Central Valley to seek and earn their Ph.D. and establish careers as independent investigators and assume leadership positions in American science.