BUILDing on UVI Success: A Creative Problem Solving Approach

以 UVI 成功为基础：创造性的问题解决方法

• 批准号: 8661845
• 负责人: Sandra Romano
• 金额: $ 14.92万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-25 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8661845
• 关键词: Active Learning; Biomedical Research; Boston; CCL7 gene; Commit; Complement; Country; Data; Data Analyses; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Faculty; Foundations; Goals; Grant; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Institution; Literature; Mentors; Minority; Modeling; North Carolina; Outcome; Preparation; Problem Solving; Process; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Review Literature; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education; Solid; Students; Surveys; Training; Underrepresented Minority; United States Virgin Islands; Universities; Work; career; college; experience; innovation; medical schools; programs; public health relevance; success; undergraduate research

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of the Virgin Islands will build on its success in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in biomedical research by developing a model program for similar universities across the country. The overall goal of the innovative planning process proposed here is to develop a transformative plan for exponentially increasing the number of underrepresented minority students going into biomedical graduate programs. This application builds on a solid foundation: in the last 10 years 27 UVI STEM alumni have earned PhDs and over 60 percent of MARC students go on to PhD programs. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Boston University School of Medicine have already committed to "two way" partnerships, and UVI students who have conducted research at these institutions are already in doctoral programs. An innovative plan for student development will be constructed during a four day Ideas Lab using a Creative Problem Solving approach whereby UVI faculty, staff. Partner Research Institutions and evaluators will come together, using data analyses, literature review, and personal expertise, to tailor an integrated program that will transform curriculum, pedagogy and co-curricular experiences to enhance student development. In preparation for the Ideas Lab, institutional data, complemented with surveys of faculty, students, alumni, and research mentors will be analyzed to better understand the barriers to recruitment and retention in STEM education at HBCUs. Also in preparation for the Ideas Lab, further research-intensive institutional partners will be identified who will collaborate with UVI to strengthen biomedical research infrastructure, undergraduate research opportunities and student development. Ideas such as active learning, deliberate practice, faculty development, and mentor training are have tremendous promise. UVI experiences, UVI programs working in synergy, strong partnerships, and exciting ideas from the literature coming together mean that UVI is poised to make transformative change. The Ideas Lab will be the first use of the Creative Problem Solving framework to develop an innovative plan to build students' identities as researchers and dramatically increase the success of minority students in biomedical research careers.

描述（由申请人提供）：维尔京群岛大学将通过为全国类似大学开发一个示范项目，在增加生物医学研究中代表性不足的少数群体数量方面取得成功。这里提出的创新规划过程的总体目标是制定一项变革性计划，以指数级增加进入生物医学研究生课程的代表性不足的少数族裔学生的数量。该申请建立在坚实的基础之上：在过去 10 年中，27 名 UVI STEM 校友获得了博士学位，超过 60% 的 MARC 学生继续攻读博士学位课程。北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校和波士顿大学医学院已经承诺建立“双向”合作伙伴关系，在这些机构进行研究的 UVI 学生已经在攻读博士学位。在为期四天的创意实验室中，UVI 教职员工将采用创造性解决问题的方法，制定学生发展的创新计划。合作研究机构和评估人员将齐心协力，利用数据分析、文献综述和个人专业知识，制定一个综合计划，改变课程、教学法和课外体验，以促进学生的发展。在创意实验室的准备过程中，将对机构数据进行分析，并辅以对教师、学生、校友和研究导师的调查，以更好地了解 HBCU 的 STEM 教育招聘和保留的障碍。此外，在筹备创意实验室的过程中，还将确定更多研究密集型机构合作伙伴，他们将与 UVI 合作，加强生物医学研究基础设施、本科生研究机会和学生发展。主动学习、刻意练习、教师发展和导师培训等理念有着巨大的前景。 UVI 的经验、协同工作的 UVI 项目、强大的合作伙伴关系以及来自文献的令人兴奋的想法意味着 UVI 已准备好做出变革。创意实验室将首次使用创造性问题解决框架来制定创新计划，以建立学生研究人员的身份，并显着提高少数族裔学生在生物医学研究生涯中的成功率。