Biomedical Explorations: Bench to Bedside

描述(由申请人提供)：目前佛罗里达州和NIH在转化性研究(NIH医学研究路线图)方面的倡议要求今天的学生理解并在学术上为从基础研究到适销对路的药物、诊断和设备等越来越多的研究、临床和技术职位做好准备。然而，很少有高中教师意识到或获得关于迅速发展的生物医学科学内容、技术和职业的信息。为了解决这一未得到满足的需求，我们建议建立和扩大合作伙伴关系，以(1)将跨学科生物医学科学的研究人员与高中教师联系起来，(2)促进对生物科学职业的兴趣和准备。 我们的建议，生物医学探索：从床到床，包括科学和教育合作伙伴，在一个创新的项目中，可以获得研究生学分，从而获得生物技术教育证书。该计划将暑期为期两周的学院的经验融入到学年的课堂行动中。在研究所期间，真实的基础科学、临床和应用研究环境中的实验序列将说明当前的科学内容、教学方法、多样化的职业选择以及从工作台到床边连续体的概念和技术相互关系。教师将与科学和教育研究人员一起开发适当和负担得起的课程和实验室练习，向他们的学生传达在职业选择的背景下进行转化研究和药物开发的原则。在本学年，行动研究提案、资源、正式陈述、课堂结果审查和持续专业发展激励措施旨在继续支持和鼓励将科学过程、现实世界技能和对生物科学职业的热情转移到农村和经济困难环境中的学校。 拟议模式的结构部分旨在向寻求通过持续的学校伙伴关系调整其学科优势的研究机构提供便利，以满足国家和区域改进科学教学/学习的需要，并加深学生对科学和技术职业的准备和兴奋。 公共卫生相关性(由申请人提供)：随着佛罗里达大学及其姊妹机构的转化研究取得成功并继续扩大，州政府促进了生物科学产业的快速发展，以及生物科学领域出现了学术/产业合作伙伴关系，佛罗里达州对生物技术教育的需求大幅增加。我们的生物医学探索：从板凳到床边的建议支持科学教师在生物技术教育中不断获得个人充实和专业进步的机会，并赋予他们在课堂上作为变革推动者的能力。该计划利用佛罗里达大学医学和生物技术研究和教育的所有组成部分，以促进高中教师的招聘、教育和认证，特别是那些来自农村和服务不足的社区的教师，这些地区对准备充分的劳动力的需求很高，而对生物科学职业的认识和准备程度较低。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Current Florida and NIH initiatives in translational research (NIH Roadmap for Medical Research) require that today's students understand, and are academically prepared for, the research, clinical and technical positions increasingly available in the continuum from basic research to marketable medicines, diagnostics and devices. However, few high school teachers have awareness or access to information about rapidly developing biomedical science content, technologies, and careers. To address this unmet need, we propose to create and expand partnerships that (1) connect researchers in interdisciplinary biomedical sciences with teachers in high schools and (2) promote interest in and preparation for bioscience careers. Our proposal, Biomedical Explorations: Bench to Bedside, includes science and education partners in an innovative program available for graduate credit leading to a Certificate in Biotechnology Education. The program integrates experiences from a two-week Institute in the summer into classroom action during the school year. During the Institute, an experimental sequence in authentic basic science, clinical and applied research environments will illustrate current scientific content, pedagogical methods, diverse career options, and conceptual and technological interrelationships within the bench to bedside continuum. Teachers, together with science and education researchers, will develop appropriate and affordable lessons and laboratory exercises that convey to their students the principles of translational research and drug development in the context of career choices. During the school year, action research proposals, resources, formal presentations, review of classroom outcomes, and incentives for ongoing professional development aim to provide continuing support and encouragement to transition scientific processes, real-world skills, and enthusiasm for bioscience careers to schools in rural and economically disadvantaged settings. The structural components of the proposed model are designed to be transportable to research institutions who seek to adapt their disciplinary strengths, through ongoing school partnerships, to meet national and regional needs to improve science teaching/learning and to deepen student preparation for, and excitement about, science and technical careers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): The need for Biotechnology Education in Florida has increased dramatically in response to the successes and continuing expansion of translational research at the University of Florida and its sister institutions, the rapid growth of the Bioscience Industry fostered by the State, and the emergence of academic/industrial partnerships in the biosciences. Our Biomedical Explorations: Bench to Bedside proposal supports science teachers in ongoing opportunities for personal enrichment and professional advancement in biotechnology education, and empowers them as agents of change in classroom. This Program draws on all components of medical and biotechnology research and education at the University of Florida in order to further the recruitment, education, and certification of high school teachers, especially those from rural and underserved communities in regions where the need for a well-prepared workforce is high and awareness of, and preparation for, careers in the biosciences is low.