Resource in Education in Microbiology and Immunology

描述(由申请人提供)：这项准备的长期目标是从代表性不足的群体中招收学生，并为生物医学科学的职业生涯做好准备。我们将在我们已经成功的项目的基础上，以创新的方法帮助有动力的学生实现他们成为科学家的目标，从而定位为他人的榜样，并减少他们在社区中看到的医疗保健差距。通过使用详细的个性化发展计划，我们将帮助受训人员掌握自己的学习，让他们确定与自己的兴趣和价值观一致的学习目标，并开发系统来监测和评估他们在实现这些目标方面的进展。这些国内流离失所者与研究导师和项目领导一起开发，将作为该项目的基础。在评估个人的优势和劣势之后，将为每个学生设计计划，使他们能够增加他们的科学知识基础，发展研究和实验室技能，获得口头陈述和写作技能，并提高他们的领导力、人际关系和时间管理技能。这一基础将是在一个受资助的调查员实验室中开发一个独立的研究项目，使他们能够获得和练习成为一名科学家所需的所有技能。在这方面，他们将得到一个由教职员工和同行组成的指导委员会和一个定期监测他们进展的项目指导委员会的帮助。他们将参加每周一次的科学技能和沟通课程以及研究生水平的课程。他们将在申请研究生院的过程中得到建议和直接支持，包括准备GRE、协助选择学校、准备评估和模拟面试。他们将有机会参加地区和国家的科学会议，主持他们选择的访问研讨会演讲者，并将在项目结束时介绍和口头辩护他们的研究项目，以及协助撰写他们的科学发现的手稿。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of this PREP is to recruit and prepare students from underrepresented groups for careers in the biomedical sciences. We will build on our already successful program with innovative approaches to assist motivated students to achieve their goals of becoming scientists and thus be positioned to serve as role models for others and to reduce the health care disparities they view in their communities. By the use of detailed individualized developmental plans (IDPs), we will help the trainees take charge of their own learning by having them define learning goals consistent with their own interests and values and develop systems to monitor and assess their progress in achieving them. These IDPs, developed in conjunction with research mentors and program leadership, will serve as the foundation of the program. Following assessment of individual strengths and weaknesses, programs will be designed for each individual student that will allow them to increase their base of scientific knowledge, develop research and laboratory skills, acquire oral presentation and writing expertise and improve their leadership, interpersonal and time management skills. The basis of this will be development of an independent research project in a funded investigator's laboratory that will allow them to acquire and practice all of the skills necessary to be a scientist. They will be aided in this by a mentorial committee composed of faculty and peers and a program Steering Committee that will regularly monitor their progress. They will participate in a weekly Scientific Skills and Communication course as well as graduate level classes. They will be advised and provided direct support for the application process to graduate schools including preparation for the GRE, assistance in the choice of schools, preparation of assays, and mock interviews. They will have the opportunity to attend regional and national scientific meetings, host a visiting seminar speaker of their choice, and will be expected to present and orally defend their research project at the end of the program as well as assist in writing a manuscript of their scientific findings.