Minority Initiative for Students and Teachers (MIST)-Ph*

背景：少数民族在医学教育、实践和研究中的代表性不足仍然是一个重大问题。 全国范围尽管美国学生在科学和数学方面的表现总体上比其他国家的学生差， 在许多其他国家，黑人和西班牙裔儿童的平均科学水平远远低于美国儿童。 白色孩子。随着美国人口结构的变化，必须为贫困和少数民族儿童提供机会， 更好的机会获得强大的科学，研究和数学背景。设计：这是一个为期五年的教育 程序.拟议的计划将支持一个新的课程设计，将利用主要的临床疾病， 少数群体的兴趣，并教少数民族学生有关研究和卫生事业。每年的补助金 将有一个对这个国家的医疗保健很重要的临床焦点：肥胖，癌症预防，哮喘， 高血压和冠心病。每年秋季，课程委员会将在一个 全面需求评估和对上一年课程的评价。目标是教解剖学， 病理生理学、流行病学、遗传学、行为学、药理学和使用这些疾病模型的研究应用 以获得和保持学生的兴趣。此外，还将为初中和高中提供课程 教师和家长，因为他们在美国儿童的教育未来发挥着非常重要的作用。具体目标： (1)为城市中代表性不足的少数民族学生（以及其他有 在8-12年级，加强：在健康科学，研究和 数学;学术和工作场所成功所需的独立领域能力;以及高等教育技能 为了批判性思维和解决问题，（2）促进对生物科学职业的认识和兴趣， 研究和卫生专业的8和12年级学生从大纽瓦克地区，（3）扩大，为大学预科 科学教师，健康相关知识的基础，基于表现的评估的实践，以及使用 创新教学模式，（4）通过提供 研讨会/讲习班，教授技能，将支持他们的孩子的进步，和（5）评估的有效性， 该计划通过使用各种评估策略来实现其目标。设置：UMD-新泽西州医疗 学校和圣詹姆斯预备学校在纽瓦克，新泽西州。学生：125名学生将 在项目的第一年招募。初中和高中教师将在第一年招聘到 四是方案。参加该计划的儿童的父母和/或法律的监护人。

Context: Minority under-representation in medical education, practice, and research remains a significant problem nationwide. Even though American students in general perform more poorly in science and math than do students of many other countries, the average science proficiency among black and Hispanic children is far below that of American white children. With American's changing demographics, poor and minority children must be provided with access and better opportunities to acquire strong science, research, and math backgrounds. Design: This is a five year educational program. The proposed program will support a new curriculum design that will utilize major clinical diseases affecting minority populations to interest and teach minority students about research and health careers. Each year of the grant will have one clinical focus that is important to the health care of this country: obesity, cancer prevention, asthma, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Each fall the Curriculum Committee will develop the curriculum after a comprehensive needs assessment and evaluation of the previous year curriculum. The goal will be to teach anatomy, pathophysiology, epidemiology, genetics, behavior, pharmacology and research applications using these disease models to gain and hold the student's interest. Additionally, there will be programmatic offerings for middle and high school teachers and parents as they play a very significant role in the educational future of American children. Specific Aims: (1) To implement age-appropriate programs for urban underrepresented minority students (and other students with a demonstrated need) in grades 8-12 that strengthens: Domain-specific knowledge in health science, research and mathematics; domain-independent competencies necessary for academic and workplace success; and skills in higher order critical thinking and problem solving, (2) To promote awareness of and interest in careers in biological science, research and health professions among 8thand 12thgraders from the greater Newark area, (3) To expand, for pre-college science teachers, the base of health-related knowledge, the practice of performance-based assessments, and the use of innovated teaching modalities, (4) To enhance parent's and involvement in their children's education by offering seminars/workshops that teach skills that will support their child's progress, and (5) To evaluate the effectiveness of the program in reaching its objectives by using a variety of assessment strategies. Settimzs: UMD-New Jersey Medical School and St. James Preparatory School in Newark, NJ. Particioants: One hundred twenty five students will be recruited during the first year of the program. Middle and high school teachers will be recruited in years one through four of the program. Parents and/or legal guardians of the children who participate in the program.