Summer Program in Undergraduate Urology Research (SPUUR)

项目摘要 2016年，我们启动了威斯康星州大学（UW）-麦迪逊本科泌尿外科暑期课程 研究（SPUUR），以吸引和留住有抱负的科学家进入该领域。由我们的乔治M.奥布莱恩 良性泌尿外科研究中心，优秀导师包括NIDDK多学科泌尿外科研究 （KURe）职业发展计划（K12）获奖者，我们培训了28名学者。一半的学者合著了 至少有两份手稿，所有人都留在了与研究有关的职位或参加了高级学位课程。 我们完全从威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校招募，现在寻求扩大学者招聘到整个美国。我们 每年夏天将资助10名学生。我们将使用经过验证的主动学习模块，向学者介绍 从医学和公共卫生，药学， 护理和兽医。我们相信，良性泌尿外科的劳动力是由不同的加强 视角我们将采用最佳做法，从传统上代表性不足的国家招募参与者。 社区.我们的多元化招聘工作是有效的，迄今为止SPUUR培训的学者更加多样化 比他们被招募的威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的本科生人数要多。我们决心推动 我们的学者进入先进的临床和基础泌尿外科研究培训计划。我们将利用一个独特的 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校资源，全国唯一的U24泌尿中心互动核心，启动专业网络 学者和教师之间的泌尿中心在全国各地，并促进进入高级学位 程序.从历史上看，大多数NIDDK-KUH申办的R25项目都有肾脏或血液学重点。 下尿路的代表性不足，因此在未来的生物医学领域仍然没有得到充分的重视。 研究学者。我们的计划将通过集中关注下尿路来填补这一空白。学生将 从事精心构建的课程，以培养批判性思维，开发研究问题，进行 负责任的研究，网络几乎与其他暑期本科课程的同行，了解 研究生院申请过程，与当前的研究生和校园组织互动 （特别是那些代表有色人种和其他代表性不足的社区的学生），并收到一个- 来自在培养生物医学研究学者方面经验丰富的导师的一对一建议。我们专注于 下尿路，我们严格和循证计划，以招收代表性不足的学生，我们的上级 教师合作伙伴，我们在夏季本科研究计划的经验，我们以学习者为中心 培训和教育方法，以及无与伦比的威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的环境和资源预示着 我们计划的成功。

PROJECT SUMMARY In 2016, we initiated the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison Summer Program in Undergraduate Urology Research (SPUUR) to attract and retain aspiring scientists into the field. Supported by our George M. O'Brien Center in benign urology research, and excellent mentors including NIDDK Multidisciplinary Urologic Research (KURe) Career Development Program (K12) awardees, we trained 28 scholars. Half the scholars co-authored at least two manuscripts and all remained in research-related positions or joined advanced degree programs. We recruited exclusively from UW-Madison and now seek to expand scholar recruitment to the entire US. We will support 10 students per summer. We will use proven active learning modules to introduce scholars to research and clinical challenges from perspectives of the Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and Veterinary Medicine. We believe the benign urology workforce is strengthened by diverse perspectives. We will apply best practices in recruiting participants from traditionally underrepresented communities. Our diversity recruitment efforts are effective and SPUUR scholars trained to date are more diverse than the UW-Madison undergraduate population from which they were recruited. We are determined to propel our scholars into advanced clinical and basic urologic research training programs. We will leverage a unique UW-Madison resource, the nation's only U24 Urology Centers Interaction Core, to initiate professional networks between scholars and faculty at urology centers throughout the country and facilitate entry into advanced degree programs. Historically, most NIDDK-KUH-sponsored R25 Programs have had a kidney or hematologic focus. The lower urinary tract is underrepresented and thus remains under-appreciated by prospective biomedical research scholars. Our program will fill the void by intensively focusing on the lower urinary tract. Students will engage in a carefully constructed curriculum to cultivate critical thinking, develop research questions, conduct research responsibly, network virtually with peers from other summer undergraduate programs, learn about the graduate school application process, interact with current graduate students and campus organizations (particularly those representing students of color and other underrepresented communities), and receive one- on-one advising from mentors experienced in developing biomedical research scholars. Our unique focus on the lower urinary tract, our rigorous and evidence-based plan to recruit underrepresented students, our superior faculty partners, our proven experience in summer undergraduate research programs, our learner-centered training and educational approach, and the unparalleled UW-Madison environment and resources portend the success of our program.