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

项目摘要 来自科学界代表性不足的群体的学生往往缺乏积极指导的持续研究 他们在大学期间的经历。在以下情况下，缺乏直接支持和培训可能成为障碍 这些学生攻读高等生物医学学位。归根结底，代表不足的个人持有 博士学位，从事生物医学工作，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，以进行强化、 生物医学研究方面的指导经验，目标是为攻读研究生学位做好准备 生物医学。为了使学者在研究生课程中具有竞争力并取得成功，我们将使用 以能力为基础的教育框架，以建立他们的研究技能和自我效能。的主要目标是 OHSU准备1)提供持续的研究密集型体验，为学生毕业做好准备 与接受过导师培训的研究人员导师一起实施的计划，以确保这方面的成功 2)提供以能力为基础的专业和职业技能发展。学者 将与一名教师导师配对，并进行一项为期一年的独立研究项目，与 学者的兴趣，并从项目主任和项目协调员那里获得额外的指导 每周召开会议，培养他们在自我效能感和职业认同感方面的技能和信心。每位学者 将制定个人发展计划，以了解他们的职业和专业发展 需要，参加与即将入学的一年级博士生类似的活动，并与 强调道德和数据分析。我们将提供研究生院的定向准备，包括 研究生院申请、学习技能和时间管理、批判性思维和应变能力。学者，与 他们的导师，预计将开发他们的研究项目，以便在地方和国家会议上展示 并准备一份研究论文，以供发表和/或存放在OHSU机构储存库中。 参与者还将接受个性化的写作指导，以及根据需要为GRE做准备。 按照建议，OHSU Prep将建立在现有机会的基础上，通过 与来自OHSU的近同行导师(即研究生和博士后研究员)和OHSU教师的互动 代表不足的背景。我们预计至少75%的参与者将成功进入并 完成生物医学科学的研究生课程，该课程将作为一座桥梁，缓解 应届大学毕业生向博士学位授予项目的过渡。

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.