Meharry Health Sciences Leadership Academy

描述（由申请人提供）：实现健康人2020目标取决于有能力、有创造力的劳动力队伍；基础科学、临床科学和转化科学的研究成果；提高公众对研究的理解、参与和支持；改善卫生保健的提供和利用。消除持续存在的健康差距需要有针对性的、在文化上适当的干预措施和多样化的劳动力队伍。培养未来的医疗保健领导者和提高公众对健康和科学的理解都取决于国家学校在提高所有学生，包括少数民族和低收入学生的表现方面的成功。梅哈里医学院一直是培养弱势少数族裔卫生专业人员的主要院校，21%的执业非裔美国医生和牙医以及15%的非裔美国生物医学博士毕业于该学院。Meharry健康科学领导学院将把Meharry的专业知识和资源与纳什维尔大都会公立学校（MNPS）合作，以增加少数民族和代表性不足的高中生进入卫生专业，加强中学健康科学教学，并提高对学校和周边社区健康和健康研究的理解。具体目标旨在解决进入（目标1）和通过（目标2-4）在4所MNPS高中实施的新的健康科学职业学院课程的问题。具体目标1：为九年级学生创建一个“健康人挑战”活动，向他们展示一个案例研究，其中包括基础科学、临床、转化和卫生政策领域的要素。学生将合作制定创新的建议，以解决由案例提出的问题，同时探索广泛的健康职业。具体目标2：为健康科学职业学院教学团队（英语、数学、科学和健康科学教师）设计和实施暑期工作坊，提高他们对特定疾病、生物医学研究、健康职业和健康政策的理解，强调研究和教学团队的跨学科和合作方面，并协助教师开发创新内容，以提高学生的动力和能力；具体目标3：开展协作性社区健康意识和筛查活动，使卫生专业学生能够与Meharry医学院学生和执业医生一起展示他们的能力，同时为学生社区提供健康筛查、健康教育和健康研究信息；4)从上到下：探索健康职业的媒体工作坊将在暑期将健康科学和媒体专业的学生带到Meharry校区，在一名媒体老师的指导下制作音频和视频材料，以支持其他三个项目。这些将包括各种卫生专业人员的简介，以Meharry多样化劳动力的经验为特色。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Achieving Healthy People 2020 goals depends on a competent, creative workforce; research achievements in basic, clinical and translational science; increased understanding, participation, and support of research by the general public; and improved delivery and utilization of health care. Eliminating persistent health disparities requires targeted, culturally appropriate interventions and a diverse workforce. Preparing tomorrow's health care leaders and increasing understanding of health and science by the public both depend on the success of the nation's schools in improving the performance of all students, including minority and low-income students. Meharry Medical College has been a leading producer of disadvantaged minority health professionals, graduating 21% of all practicing African American physicians and dentists as well as 15% of the African American Ph.D.s in the biomedical sciences. The Meharry Health Sciences Leadership Academy will bring the expertise and resources of Meharry into partnership with the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) to increase the entry of minority and underrepresented high school students into health professions, strengthen secondary school teaching of health sciences, and enhance the understanding of health and health research in the schools and surrounding community. The specific aims are designed to address entry into (Aim 1) and progression through (Aims 2-4) the new Health Sciences Career Academy curriculum being implemented in 4 MNPS high schools. Specific Aim 1: Create a "Healthy People Challenge" event for 9th grade students that will present them with a case study that encompasses elements across the basic science, clinical, translational and health policy spectrum. Students will collaborate to develop innovative proposals to address issues raised by the case while exploring a broad range of health careers. Specific Aim 2: Design and implement a Summer Workshop for Health Sciences Career Academy Teaching Teams (English, Math, Science, and Health Sciences teachers) that will increase their understanding of specific diseases, biomedical research, health careers, and health policy, emphasize the interdisciplinary and cooperative aspects of both research and the teaching teams, and assist the teachers in developing innovative content to increase motivation and competency of their students; Specific Aim 3: Develop collaborative Community Health Awareness and Screening Events that will allow health career students to demonstrate their competencies alongside Meharry medical students and practicing physicians while providing the students' communities with health screenings, health education, and information on health research; 4) Top-to-Bottom: Media Workshop exploring health occupations will bring health sciences and media students to the Meharry campus for three weeks in the summer under the direction of a media teacher to create audio and video materials to support the other three projects. These will include profiles of individuals in a variety of health professions, featuring the experiences of Meharry's diverse workforce. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): The Meharry Health Careers Leadership Academy was formed in partnership with the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools to enhance the secondary school Health Sciences Career program, to increase the number and diversity of students progressing to post-secondary training, and to raise awareness and understanding of the role of research in meeting health care challenges. Ninth grade students will test their ingenuity in developing solutions for real world health problems while 10th -12th grade students will gain confidence and experience working alongside Meharry physicians, dentists, researchers and students to provide health education and screening in their own communities. Teaching teams from the Health Career Academies will work with Meharry faculty on strategies to better integrate lessons across disciplines, meet the educational needs of underrepresented minorities, and incorporate the most up-to-date health research and practice information. Supporting materials, including video profiles of the diverse workforce at Meharry Medical College, will be developed by students and teachers in an annual media workshop.