CROSS-DISCIPLINE UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL RESEARCH AT THE*

描述(由申请者提供)：该计划的目标是从定量和物理科学学科招收本科生，并让他们接触到高水平的研究，特别是生物医学资助的研究。在这方面，该计划将填补我们在教育倡议方面的空白。我们有针对高中生和为期6个月的合作项目的项目，但几乎没有面向希望有3个月接触跨学科医学研究的本科生的项目。招生工作将特别强调经典的工程学科，如机械、电气、化学等，以鼓励这些学生将他们的技能和兴趣应用于生物医学领域。生物医学工程系内部的互动不仅包括拥有工程学学位的教员，还包括医学博士和生命科学家。广泛地说，这些教师专注于心血管生物工程、生物医学成像、生物力学、生物微机械和结缔组织生物学等领域的研究。 为期10周的课程包括实验室项目、工作人员报告、学生报告、关于该项目的书面报告，以及学生对他们总体经验的总结。评估标准包括学生对研究的知识和态度的前后调查，学生和导师对学生知识和能力变化的指导评估，以及后来进入研究生院、研究职业或在生物医学领域就业的学生数量。假设普通学生在二年级和三年级之间加入该项目，计划在参与后的三年内进行年度跟踪调查，以确定对学生职业选择的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of this program is to recruit undergraduate students from quantitative and physical science disciplines and expose them to high-level research, specifically to biomedical funded research. In this respect the program will fill a gap in our education initiatives. We have programs for high school students and 6-month co-op students, but little for undergraduates who wish to have 3-month exposure to cross-disciplinary medical research. Recruiting efforts will particularly emphasize classic engineering disciplines, such as mechanical, electrical, chemical, etc., to encourage these students to apply their skills and interests to the biomedical area. Interactions within the Department of Biomedical Engineering will include not only faculty with engineering degrees, but also M.D.s and life scientists. Broadly speaking, these faculty focus on research in the areas of cardiovascular bioengineering, biomedical imaging, biomechanics, bioMEMS, and connective tissue biology. The curriculum of the 10-week program includes a laboratory project, staff presentations, student presentations, a written report on the project, and a summary by the students of their overall experience. Evaluation criteria include before-and-after surveys of student knowledge of and attitudes toward research, guided student and mentor evaluations of the change in student knowledge and competence, and numbers of students who later proceed to graduate school, research careers, or employment in the biomedical field. Assuming that the average student joins the program between the sophomore and junior years, annual follow-up is planned for three years post participation to determine the impact on student career choices.