Preparation for Graduate and Medical Education(PreGAME)Program

描述（由申请人提供）：这个暑期课程的目标是介绍来自不同和代表性不足的少数民族背景的高素质本科生科学研究的概念，科学实验的原则，正确的方法， 数据分析，研究结果的解释，演示和翻译应用，以及在学术医疗中心执业的临床医生。每个学生将在教师导师的实验室工作，导师在指导学生方面有良好的记录，并且有一个积极资助的生物医学研究项目，专注于心血管，肺部或睡眠医学，以实现这一目标。此外，所有学生将通过在办公室环境和住院查房中跟踪临床医生调查员来了解学术医疗中心（AMC）的职业生涯。在该计划的第一个夏天结束时， 学生将撰写摘要，并参加当地和国家的海报展示， 他们的研究成果。在该计划的第二个夏天后，学生将给一个5-7分钟的“粉笔谈话”，以其他学生在培训计划，并将再次提出他们的研究在当地和全国。学生还将接受论文写作，MCAT准备和关键职业技能的指导。该计划的最终目标是为本科生提供对生物医学研究过程的理解和欣赏，以鼓励他们在研究生和医学教育的进一步研究生培训后从事研究患者及其疾病的职业。(End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this summer program is to introduce highly qualified undergraduates from diverse and underrepresented minority backgrounds to the concept of scientific research, the principles of scientific experimentation, the proper methods of data analysis, the interpretation, presentation, and translational applications of research results and to clinicians who practice at academic medical centers. Each student will work in the laboratory of a faculty mentor who has a proven track record in the mentoring of students and who has an actively funded biomedical research program focusing on cardiovascular, pulmonary or sleep medicine to accomplish this goal. In addition, all students will learn about careers in academic medical centers (AMCs) by shadowing clinician-investigators both in an office setting, as well as on in-patient rounds. At the end of the first summer in the program, the students will write an abstract and participate in both a local and national poster presentation of their research results. After the second summer in the program, students will give a 5-7 minute "chalk-talk" to other students in the training program, and will again present their research locally and nationally. The students will also receive instruction in essay writing, MCAT preparation, and critical career skills. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide undergraduate students with an understanding and appreciation of the biomedical research process so as to encourage them to pursue careers studying patients and their diseases after further postgraduate training in graduate and medical education. (End of Abstract)