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）：超过一半的高中学生对科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）职业表达了低兴趣，即使在高能力的学生中也是如此。根据国家科学基金会的说法，由于STEM专业人员的不足，包括生物医学研究（BR），美国面临着“聚集风暴”。因此，我们提出了生物医学科学（EPIC）干预，研究大学，四所区域高中，职业规划专家，6至12年级的流行病学教育领导者之间的伙伴关系的早期准备和灵感。具体目的：1）确定在接受“像流行病学家挑战赛”（EPI挑战）（EPI挑战）干预的学生中，兴趣，动机和/或准备促进BR职业的兴趣是否更大； 2）确定高中职业辅导员对职业评估和计划工具的采用是否会影响从事BR职业的动机和/或准备。设计：在测试前/后测试的随机干预研究。方法：我们将在四所高中进行分层的9年级学生，按学校分层，STEM利息/熟练程度，对经济不利和种族/种族/族裔少数民族地位进行过多采样。为了在干预臂上达到平衡，四个阶层中的每个阶层都将被随机接收或不接受假设驱动的，以导师指导的基于项目的学习经验，并以后续行动至12年级。主要假设：参加新生和大二时期参加EPI挑战的学生更有可能在高中时宣布STEM专业。该干预措施将提供流行病学方法的基本培训，并将提供真实的经验，其中学生团队发展了自己的假设，计划，行为，分析，解释和交流结果。学生团队将受到宾夕法尼亚州立大学研究生二年级的指导。其他感兴趣的结果包括衡量有关科学灵感的衡量标准（自我报告的兴趣和自我效能感），熟练程度（科学素养，科学探究技能，科学和数学成绩和考试成绩）以及坚持不懈（自我报告的职业计划，工作阴影经验，选修课程选择和双重入学率）。预期的结果：EPIC将为与多元化高中学生的后期大学选择有关的早期高中干预提供重要的纵向观点。健康相关性：解决一般职业的STEM职业短缺，尤其是BR职业的短缺将维持和改善生物医学研究的知识和实践基础，包括健康促进和预防疾病。