Preparing Future Faculty Program at the Universidad Central del Caribe

为中央加勒比大学未来的教师计划做准备

• 批准号: 8919925
• 负责人: Luis Angel Cubano
• 金额: $ 21.25万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8919925
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Preparing Future Faculty Program will be developed by Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC) to train Ph.D. candidates in biomedical research and in educational methodology, to prepare them for future careers as academic scientists and educators. Recruitment of trainees will be easily accomplished, since nearly all students at UCC are members of groups underrepresented in the sciences (Hispanic and economically disadvantaged). Specific Aim 1 will be to admit, retain and graduate outstanding candidates for the Ph.D., with at least 90% of supported students completing the Ph.D. and 50% progressing in the future to faculty positions in Puerto Rico (PR). The program will include outreach activities in PR, including visits to colleges, an undergraduate summer academy, and an Annual Scientific Research Symposium. Specific Aim 2 will be to enhance the skills and attitudes of students needed for careers in biomedical science research and education, to achieve retention and graduation of trainees with the Ph.D. This will be done through an innovative core curriculum, which includes training in pedagogy, critical thinking, scientific methodology, and scientific writing, to develop both expertise and dual identity as scientists and educators. A suite of support mechanisms will promote student development, including near-peer advisement, cognitive and soft skills training, professional development and mentorship (including mentorship and career development workshops for faculty and students), student tutoring, student-hosted visiting scientist seminars, a student seminar program for RISE trainees, the Annual Scientific Research Symposium, and a confidential and free counseling program. Partnership with the Clinical & Translational Science Center at University of California-Davis will enhance this program, by providing expertise in career development, mentorship training and distance learning tools to faculty and students at UCC, and by providing opportunities for postdoctoral training for RISE graduates. Trainees will also be trained in Responsible Conduct of Research, and will gain administrative skills by managing small institutional mini-grants and by service on Radiation Safety, Laboratory Safety, Institutional Animal Care and Utilization Committees and on the Institutional Review Board. Evaluation will be led by an external evaluator, who will attend annual External Advisory Board meetings and who will develop new instruments for a mixed method approach combining qualitative and quantitative analysis of outcomes. Dissemination of results will be performed on the program website, and by presentations at local and national meetings, as well as reports to program directors of NIH-funded RISE, PREP, Bridge, IMSD and IRACDA programs and in publications in educational journals. Since most students from PR plan future careers in the island, it is anticipated that this program will have great future impact on undergraduate research training in PR, due to RISE graduates who become faculty at Puerto Rican colleges and universities.

描述（由申请人提供）：准备未来的教师计划将由Universidad Central del Caribe（UCC）开发，以培养博士。在生物医学研究和教育方法学的候选人，为他们准备未来的职业生涯作为学术科学家和教育家。学员的招聘将很容易完成，因为几乎所有的学生在UCC是在科学（西班牙裔和经济上处于不利地位）代表性不足的群体的成员。具体目标1将是录取，保留和毕业博士学位的优秀候选人，至少90%的受资助学生完成博士学位。和50%的进展，在未来的教师职位在波多黎各（公关）。该计划将包括公关外展活动，包括访问大学，本科夏季学院和年度科学研究研讨会。具体目标2将是提高生物医学科学研究和教育职业所需的学生的技能和态度，以实现博士生的保留和毕业。这将通过一个创新的核心课程来实现，其中包括教学法、批判性思维、科学方法和科学写作方面的培训，以发展作为科学家和教育家的专业知识和双重身份。一套支持机制将促进学生的发展，包括近同行交流，认知和软技能培训，专业发展和导师（包括教师和学生的导师和职业发展研讨会），学生辅导，学生主办的访问科学家研讨会，学生研讨会计划上升学员，年度科学研究研讨会，以及保密和免费的咨询计划。与加州大学戴维斯分校临床与转化科学中心的合作将加强这一计划，通过为UCC的教师和学生提供职业发展，导师培训和远程学习工具方面的专业知识，并为RISE毕业生提供博士后培训机会。受训人员还将接受负责任的研究行为培训，并将通过管理小型机构小额赠款和辐射安全，实验室安全，机构动物护理和利用委员会以及机构审查委员会的服务获得行政技能。评价工作将由一名外部评价员领导，他将出席外部咨询委员会的年度会议，并将开发新的工具，采用混合方法，将结果的定性和定量分析结合起来。结果的传播将在项目网站上进行，并通过在地方和国家会议上的演讲，以及向NIH资助的RISE，PREP，Bridge，IMSD和IRACDA项目的项目主任报告，并在教育期刊上发表。由于大多数PR学生计划在岛上的未来职业生涯，预计该计划将对PR的本科研究培训产生巨大的未来影响，因为RISE毕业生成为波多黎各学院和大学的教师。