Ohio State University DISCOVERY PREP for Biomedical Research

描述（由申请人提供）：探索准备的目标是增加博士学位的数量。在生物医学科学领域代表性不足的毕业生。我们建议通过实现以下具体目标来实现这一目标。目标1将是建立一个计划，将提供一个机会，为最近的学士学位毕业生从“目标群体”获得所需的研究经验，以获得录取，并成功，一个有竞争力的和研究密集型的生物医学科学博士。程序.我们将确定本科生谁表现出追求基础科学研究的愿望，然后设计一个个性化的学生发展计划，将包括由教师谁是资金充足，并有一个深刻的承诺，以多样性的愿景指导广泛的研究经验，在生物医学研究的领导。目标2将建立一个计划，为DISCOVERY PREP学生提供一个机会，加强在竞争激烈的生物医学科学博士学位中生存所需的专业技能。程序.学生将参加活动，是独一无二的，为他们自己，以及与当前的生物医学科学研究生结合的活动。学生内部小组活动将包括期刊俱乐部，研究进展研讨会，郊游，看看其他研究生课程，和一年两次的务虚会周末，以及旨在提高口头表达能力，加强写作和沟通技巧，改善学习习惯，强化面试技巧，培养批判性和分析性思维的技巧的研讨会。学生小组活动将包括与研究生一起参加关于负责任地进行研究，职业道德，granitarian和提高科学交流技能的课程，每周一次的研究生研讨会系列和年度研究日。目标3将确定DISCOVERY PREP对学生的态度，知识，技能和弹性的影响，并建立一个反映每个DISCOVERY PREP学生职业道路的数据库。为了实现这一目标，我们将使用Wagnild的25项复原力量表和菲利普和罗素开发的33项研究自我效能感量表（SERM）进行复原力和研究自我效能感的前测和后测。这些测试将有助于确定我们的课程的有效性，并指导与学术成就和研究生产力相关的技能。所提出的具体目标是相关的，因为它们将提供必要的研究和职业发展技能，使我们的发现准备学生更有竞争力和弹性的录取，并成功，有竞争力的生物医学科学博士。程序.数据库是相关的，因为它将提供信息，将评估我们的目标是如何实现的，直接的方法来改善计划，并直接决定哪些要素制度化。 公共卫生相关性声明：博士学位的文化多样性需要达到一个水平，让来自代表性不足群体的个人受益于博士学位所提供的智力和经济优势，并为他人树立强有力的榜样。DISCOVERY PREP计划专为来自代表性不足的群体的应届毕业生而设计，他们需要额外的学士后研究和学术充实活动。该计划将增加录取的可能性，并从毕业，竞争激烈的博士学位。生物医学科学研究项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of DISCOVERY PREP is to increase the number of Ph.D. graduates who are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. We propose to accomplish this goal by undertaking the following specific aims. Aim 1 will be to establish a program that will provide an opportunity for recent baccalaureate-degree graduates from "targeted groups" to obtain the research experience needed to gain admission to, and success in, a competitive and research-intensive biomedical science Ph.D. program. We will identify undergraduates who show an expressed desire to pursue basic science research and then design an individualized student development plan that will include an extensive research experience mentored by a faculty member who is well-funded and has a deep commitment to the vision of diversity for the leadership in biomedical research. Aim 2 will establish a program that will provide an opportunity for the DISCOVERY PREP students to strengthen professional skills that are needed to survive in a competitive biomedical science Ph.D. program. Students will participate in activities that are uniquely for them alone, as well as activities in conjunction with current biomedical science graduate students. Intra-student group activities will include journal clubs, research-in-progress seminars, outings to see other graduate programs, and a bi-annual retreat weekend, as well as workshops designed to enhance verbal abilities, bolster writing and communication skills, improve study habits, fortify interviewing skills, and foster techniques for critical and analytical thinking. The inter-student group activities will include participation with graduate students in courses on the responsible conduct of research, professional ethics, grantsmanship, and enhancing skills in scientific communication, a weekly graduate student seminar series, and the annual Research Day. Aim 3 will determine the impact of the DISCOVERY PREP on the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and resilience of the students, and establish a database reflective of the career path of each DISCOVERY PREP student. To accomplish this aim, we will conduct pre- and post-tests of resilience and research self-efficacy using the 25-item Resilience Scale by Wagnild and 33-item Self-Efficacy in Research Measure (SERM) developed by Phillip & Russell. These tests will help determine the effectiveness of our curriculum and mentoring for skills that are associated with academic achievement and research productivity. The proposed specific aims are relevant because they will provide the necessary research and career development skills needed to make our DISCOVERY PREP students more competitive and resilient for admission to, and success in, a competitive biomedical science Ph.D. program. The database is relevant because it will provide information that will assess how well our goal is achieved, direct ways to improve the program, and direct decisions on which elements to institutionalize. Public Health Relevance Statement: Cultural diversity at the Ph.D. level needs to be achieved to allow individuals from underrepresented groups to benefit from intellectual, as well as economic, advantages afforded a Ph.D., and serve as powerful role models for others. The DISCOVERY PREP Program is designed for recent graduates from underrepresented groups who require additional post-baccalaureate research and academic enrichment activities. The program will increase the likelihood of admission to, and graduation from, a highly competitive Ph.D. program in biomedical science research.