Enhancing Successful Post-Baccalaureate Intervention to Promote Research Careers

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究测试的因素假设增加的可能性，代表性不足的少数民族（URM）大学毕业生，谁是吸引生物医学博士培训，将“走的距离”，并发展一个独立的研究生涯。潜在的假设来自西奈山学士学位后研究教育计划（PREP）的初步结果数据。具体目标#1假设：个人素质是至关重要的，在一个研究事业的成功是通过参与高中和/或大学的活动，如管弦乐队或舞蹈团或校队体育培养;我们的数据来自体育。在拟议的工作中，一个更大的“运动员”队列将被招募到一个扩大的PREP。我们将跟踪进入博士和MD/博士课程的运动员和学生在大PREP队列的数据。对于每个队列中进入博士课程的所有PREP学者，我们将监测自然减员-完成数据以及：（i）一系列绩效指标;（ii）保留研究生涯作为目标。高性能和持续的动力，预计将与未来建立一个独立的研究生涯。我们进一步假设，参与长期的研究项目，一个激烈的，良好的指导性质建立类似的素质，以田径运动，而多个，不太激烈和严格的经验没有;相关数据将收集所有研究参与者。具体目标#2假设：URM学生发展成为独立研究人员的人数令人失望的一个主要原因，即使在特殊的大学课程之后，也是差距或障碍仍然存在。如果在博士培训之前没有得到充分解决，正如西奈山PREP所做的那样，这些差距和障碍阻碍了博士工作的高水平表现，从而支持随后追求从博士到独立研究生涯的道路。PREP学者在博士课程中的总保留率为92%，而同期进入西奈山博士课程的URM队列为54%。PREP类型的干预措施将部署在我们的博士课程，以评估差距是否缩小。这项研究解决了缺乏URM学生谁完成生物医学博士培训，并继续建立独立的研究生涯。这些研究测试了假设的因素作为成功的博士工作的预测因子/构建者，并测试了成功的PREP干预措施对博士课程设置的适应性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research tests factors hypothesized to increase the likelihood that an underrepresented minority (URM) college graduate, who is attracted to biomedical PhD training, will "go the distance" and develop an independent research career. The underlying hypotheses emerged from preliminary outcomes data from the Mount Sinai Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP). Specific Aim #1 hypothesis: individual qualities that are crucial to success in a research career are fostered by participation in high school and/or college activities such as orchestra or dance troupe or varsity athletics; our data derive from athletics. In the proposed work a larger "athlete" cohort will be recruited to an expanded PREP. We will track entry data of the athlete and student-at-large PREP cohorts into PhD and MD/PhD programs. For all PREP scholars from each cohort who enter doctoral programs, we will monitor attrition- completion data as well as: (i) a series of performance measures; (ii) retention of a research career as a goal. High performance and continued motivation are expected to correlate with future establishment of an independent research career. We further hypothesize that participation in long-term research projects of an intense, well-mentored nature build similar qualities to athletics whereas multiple, less intense and rigorous experiences do not; relevant data will be collected from all study participants. Specific Aim #2 hypothesis: a major reason for the disappointing numbers of URM students who develop into independent researchers, even after special college programs, is that gaps or impediments remain. If not adequately addressed before PhD training, as done by Mount Sinai PREP, these gaps and impediments preclude the high level of performance in PhD work that supports subsequent pursuit of the path from PhD to an independent research career. Aggregate retention-to-date of PREP scholars in the PhD programs entered is 92% while that of URM cohorts who entered Mount Sinai's PhD program during the same period is 54%. PREP-type interventions will be deployed in our PhD program to assess whether that gap narrows. The research addresses the paucity of URM students who complete biomedical PhD training and go on to establish independent research careers. The studies test hypothesized factors as predictors/builders of successful PhD work and test the adaptability of successful PREP interventions to a doctoral program setting.