UPenn Post Baccalaureate Research Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：宾夕法尼亚大学医学院高度致力于培训和教育代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生进行生物医学研究。为了增加这些学生的数量，我们开发了宾夕法尼亚大学本科后研究教育计划（Penn PREP），这将成为本科和研究生院之间的桥梁。该计划的具体目标是提供全面的培训经验，使这些学生能够成功地申请和成功地参加生物医学研究的研究生课程。宾夕法尼亚大学医学院在提供这样一个项目方面处于独特的地位，因为生物医学研究生课程（BGS）已经存在出色的基础设施，用于支持、培训和指导生物医学研究的学生，以及我们以前在指导各级少数民族学生方面的经验。宾夕法尼亚大学预科的基石是通过长期（一到两年）的研究项目，有机会沉浸在一流的研究中。预科学者将能够参加课程来补充他们的本科学术背景。所有预科学生都将受益于生物统计学、写作和公开演讲以及GRE准备课程。PREP学者将有自己的PREP系列研讨会，在这些研讨会中，他们将学习回顾文献并理解/综合研究。此外，他们将被邀请参加所有其他为研究生而存在的活动，包括研究研讨会、研讨会、务虚会、会议和生物伦理培训。PREP学者将被鼓励在国家科学会议上展示他们的研究。指导将由教师、学生和工作人员共同努力提供。最后，预科学生将在研究生院申请过程的每一步都得到协助。这些准备工作应该为宾夕法尼亚大学预科学院的学者提供在研究生院和未来职业生涯中脱颖而出的背景和基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is highly committed towards training and educating underrepresented minority (URM) students in biomedical research. In order to increase the number of these students, we have developed the Penn Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (Penn PREP), which will function as a bridge between undergraduate and graduate school. The specific aim of this program is to provide a comprehensive training experience that will empower these students to be successful at applying to and succeeding in graduate programs in biomedical research. The Un iversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is uniquely situated to provide such a program because of the outstanding infrastructure that already exists through Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) for supporting, training, and mentoring biomedical research students, as well as our previous experience at mentoring minority students at all levels. The cornerstone of Penn PREP will be the opportunity to become immersed in first-rate research by undertaking a long-term (one to two-year) research project. PREP scholars will be able to take courses to supplement their undergraduate academic background. All PREP scholars will benefit from courses in biostatisics, writing and public speaking, as well as GRE preparation. PREP scholars will have their own PREP seminar series, in which they will learn to review literature and understand/synthesize research studies. In addition, they will be invited to participate in all other activities that exist for graduate students, including research seminars, symposium, retreats, conferences, and Bioethics training. PREP scholars will be encouraged to present their research at a national science meeting. Mentoring will be provided from a combined effort of faculty, students, and staff. Finally, PREP scholars will be assisted through every step of the graduate school application process. This preparation should provide the Penn PREP scholars with the background and foundation to excel in graduate school and their future careers.