OHSU PREP - Guiding Promising Underrepresented Post-Baccalaureates to be Successful Biomedical Scholars

项目摘要 来自科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生往往缺乏积极指导的持续研究 在本科期间的经历。缺乏直接的支持和培训可能是一个障碍， 这些学生攻读高级生物医学学位。最终，代表性不足的个人 博士学位，有生物医学的职业生涯，从而加剧了美国的健康差距 （美国）。该计划的目标是每年招募和培训至少五名参与者， 生物医学研究的指导经验，目标是为他们攻读研究生学位做好准备， 生物医药在准备学者在研究生课程的竞争力和成功，我们将使用 在这方面，我们需要建立一个以能力为基础的教育框架，以培养他们的研究技能和自我效能。的主要目标 OHSU PREP是1）提供持续的研究密集型经验，为学生准备研究生 与接受过导师培训的研究教师导师合作的计划，以确保成功 学生人数; 2）提供基于能力的专业和职业技能发展。学者 将与教师导师配对，并进行为期一年的独立研究项目，与 学者的利益，并获得额外的导师从计划主任和计划协调员， 每周会议，建立他们的技能和自我效能和专业身份的信心。每个学者 将制定个人发展计划，以了解他们的职业和专业发展 需要，参加类似的活动作为即将到来的第一年博士生，并采取研究生水平的课程， 强调道德和数据分析。我们将为研究生院提供定向准备，包括 研究生院申请，学习技能和时间管理，批判性思维和弹性。学者们， 他们的导师，预计将制定他们的研究项目，在地方和国家会议上介绍 并准备研究论文发表和/或存放在OHSU机构知识库。 参与者还将根据需要接受个性化的写作指导以及GRE准备。 正如提议的那样，OHSU PREP将利用现有的机会，通过 与近同伴导师的交互（即，研究生和博士后研究员）和OHSU教师从 代表性不足的背景。我们预计，至少有75%的参与者将成功进入， 在生物医学科学完成研究生课程，该计划将作为一个桥梁，以缓解 最近的大学毕业生过渡到博士学位授予计划。

Project Summary Students from groups underrepresented in science often lack actively mentored, sustained research experiences during their undergraduate years. Absence of direct support and training can be a barrier when these students pursue advanced biomedical degrees. Ultimately fewer underrepresented individuals hold doctoral degrees, have careers in biomedicine, thereby exacerbating health disparities in the United States (U.S.). The objective of this program is to recruit and train at least five participants per year for an intensive, mentored experience in biomedical research with the goal to prepare them for pursuing a graduate degree in biomedicine. In preparing scholars to be competitive and successful in graduate programs, we will use a competency-based educational framework to build their skills in research and self-efficacy. The primary aims of OHSU PREP are to 1) provide a sustained research-intensive experience to prepare students for graduate programs with research faculty mentors who have received mentor training to ensure success with this population of scholars; and 2) provide competency-based professional and career skills development. Scholars will be paired with a faculty mentor and pursue a year-long independent research project aligned with the scholar’s interests and receive additional mentorship from the Program Directors and Program Coordinator in weekly meetings that build their skills and confidence in self-efficacy and professional identity. Each scholar will develop an individual development plan in order to understand their career and professional development needs, participate in similar activities as incoming first year PhD students, and take graduate-level courses with an emphasis on ethics and data analytics. We will offer directed preparation for graduate school, including graduate school applications, study skills and time management, critical thinking, and resilience. Scholars, with their mentors, are expected to develop their research projects for presentation at local and national meetings and prepare a research paper for publication and/or deposition in the OHSU Institutional Repository. Participants will also receive individualized writing instruction, as well as preparation for the GRE, as needed. As proposed, OHSU PREP will build on existing opportunities that allow for cultural immersion through interactions with near-peer mentors (i.e., graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) and OHSU faculty from underrepresented backgrounds. We expect that at least 75% of our participants will successfully enter and complete graduate programs in biomedical science and that the program will function as a bridge to ease the transition of recent college graduates into PhD-conferring programs.