Early Preparation and Inspiration for Careers in the Biomedical Sciences

生物医学科学职业的早期准备和灵感

• 批准号: 8840977
• 负责人: Robin Taylor Wilson
• 金额: $ 26.78万
• 依托单位: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8840977
• 关键词: Accounting; Address; Adoption; Biomedical Research; Breathing; Categories; Communities; Counseling; Economically Deprived Population; Education; Enrollment; Epidemiologic Methods; Epidemiologist; Epidemiology; Equilibrium; Ethnic Origin; Face; Foundations; Gender; Health; Health Promotion; High School Student; Income; Internships; Intervention; Intervention Studies; Knowledge; Learning; Measures; Mentors; Methods; Minority Groups; Modeling; Motivation; New Jersey; Occupations; Outcome; Patient Self-Report; Pennsylvania; Performance; Persuasive Communication; Population; Pre-Post Tests; Preparation; Process; Professional counselor; Questionnaires; Race; Randomized; Readiness; Research; Research Design; Research Personnel; Sampling; Schools; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Self Efficacy; Shadowing (Histology); Source; Staging; Students; Testing; Training; Underrepresented Minority; United States; Universities; Vocational Guidance; Work; arm; base; career; career development; cohort; college; demographics; design; disorder prevention; experience; follow-up; graduate student; high school; improved; interest; literacy; mathematical sciences; ninth grade; randomized trial; response; skills; social cognitive theory; tool; twelfth grade

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over half of US high school students express a low interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers-even among students with high proficiency. According to the National Science Foundation, the US faces a "gathering storm" due to a deficit of STEM professionals--including biomedical research (BR). Therefore, we propose the Early Preparation and Inspiration for Careers in the Biomedical Sciences (EPIC) Intervention, a partnership between a research university, four regional high schools, career planning experts, leaders in epidemiology education for grades 6-12, and community stakeholders. Specific Aims: 1) Determine whether interest, motivation and/or preparedness to pursue a BR career are greater among students who receive the "Think Like an Epidemiologist Challenge" (Epi Challenge) intervention compared with students who do not; 2) Determine whether adoption of career assessment and planning tools by high school career counselors influences motivation and/or preparedness to pursue a BR career. Design: Randomized intervention study with pre-/post testing. Methods: We will conduct a stratified random sample of 9th grade students in four high schools stratified by school, STEM interest/proficiency, with oversampling for economically disadvantaged and racial/ethnic minority status. In order to achieve balance in the intervention arms, each of the four strata will be randomized to receive or not receive a hypothesis-driven, mentor-guided project-based learning experience with follow-up through 12th grade. Major Hypothesis: Students who participate in the Epi Challenge in their freshman and sophomore years will be more likely to declare a STEM major by their senior year of high school. This intervention will provide basic training in epidemiologic methods, and will provide an authentic experience wherein student teams develop their own hypothesis, plan, conduct, analyze, interpret, and communicate results. Student teams will be mentored by second year Penn State graduate students. Other outcomes of interest include measures of increased inspiration about science (self-reported interest and self-efficacy), proficiency (science literacy, science inquiry skills, science and math grades and test scores), and persistence (self-reported career plan, job shadowing experience, elective course selection and dual enrollment). Expected Outcome: EPIC will provide an important longitudinal perspective on an early high school intervention related to later college choices among students at diverse high schools. Health Relevance: Addressing shortages in STEM careers in general and BR careers in particular will maintain and improve the knowledge and practice base for biomedical research, including health promotion and disease prevention.

描述（由申请人提供）：超过一半的美国高中生对科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 职业兴趣较低，即使是熟练程度较高的学生也是如此。据美国国家科学基金会称，由于包括生物医学研究 (BR) 在内的 STEM 专业人员的短缺，美国面临着一场“聚集风暴”。因此，我们提议生物医学科学职业的早期准备和启发 (EPIC) 干预，这是一所研究型大学、四所地区高中、职业规划专家、6-12 年级流行病学教育领导者和社区利益相关者之间的合作伙伴关系。具体目标： 1) 确定与未接受“像流行病学家一样思考挑战”（Epi 挑战）干预的学生相比，接受 BR 职业的兴趣、动机和/或准备是否更大； 2) 确定高中职业顾问采用的职业评估和规划工具是否会影响追求 BR 职业的动机和/或准备。设计：带有前/后测试的随机干预研究。方法：我们将对四所高中的 9 年级学生按学校、STEM 兴趣/熟练程度进行分层随机抽样，并对经济弱势群体和种族/族裔少数群体进行过抽样。为了实现干预组的平衡，四个阶层中的每一阶层都将被随机分配接受或不接受假设驱动、导师指导、基于项目的学习体验，并跟踪至 12 年级。主要假设：在大一和大二参加 Epi 挑战赛的学生更有可能在高中四年级选择 STEM 专业。这种干预将提供流行病学方法的基本培训，并将提供真实的体验，让学生团队制定自己的假设、计划、实施、分析、解释和交流结果。学生团队将由宾夕法尼亚州立大学二年级研究生指导。其他感兴趣的结果包括增加对科学的灵感（自我报告的兴趣和自我效能）、熟练程度（科学素养、科学探究技能、科学和数学成绩以及考试成绩）和毅力（自我报告的职业计划、工作见习经验、选修课程选择和双重注册）的衡量标准。预期成果：EPIC 将为不同高中学生的早期高中干预与后期大学选择提供重要的纵向视角。健康相关性：解决 STEM 职业（特别是 BR 职业）的短缺问题将维持和改善生物医学研究的知识和实践基础，包括健康促进和疾病预防。