Online Courses for Navigating Research Mentoring Relationships

项目摘要/摘要 研究辅导关系是学生获得核心能力的重要途径之一 研究能力，培养作为一名科学家的强烈自我认同感，为职业生涯做准备。 然而，缺少对学生如何启动和驾驭这些关键关系的实践培训 大多数生物医学研究培训项目。为了解决培训中的这种差异，iBiology将 与威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校​Entry Research​的作者合作，构建、测试和 评估一个名为“导航研究指导关系”的在线教学项目。本节目 将把重点放在本科生向研究生过渡的关键阶段，即高级研究 本科生和一年级研究生。“引导研究指导关系”将提供 可以整合到现有研究培训计划的课程中或与之相结合的教学 由选择不整合它的项目的学生独立完成，因为在线提供课程允许 无论个人或机构资源如何，都可以获取培训材料。该计划将解决 来自不同背景的​学生在从本科生过渡到研究生时面临的挑战 学校通过(1)教他们培养有意向性的指导关系并利用这些关系 建立有利于他们的教育、研究和事业的关系；(2)建立一个全国性的学生社区 从不同的机构和背景支持他们的集体学习/培训，(3)提供 免费、基于证据的、深入的、及时的研究培训指导，以及(4)强调 负责任地进行研究、可再现性、公平性和包容性的文化方面。该计划有 四个主要目标。第一，制定《导航研究辅导关系》网络课程内容。 第二，开发以证据为基础的策略，通过在线促进学生参与和学习 社区。第三，与本科生和学生试行“领航研究导师关系” 来自不同背景的研究生。第四，修订和分发在线课程给 公开的。该计划将使用教育专家的反馈以及学生对 不同阶段的课程和在线学习社区。评估数据将包括在线调查 学生、课程平台分析和试点考点机构数据。评估计划将考虑到 评估计划结果以及是否已达到预期目标。评估数据将 还允许在向公众发布课程之前对课程进行基于证据的修订和更新，其中 课程将提供给所有级别的生物医学研究实习生。本项目的预期成果 是建立关键的人际交往、沟通和协作技能，学生需要支持积极的 因此，这会增加他们在生物医学研究职业道路上的持久力。

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Research mentoring relationships are one of the most important means by which students acquire core research competencies, develop a strong sense of self-identity as a scientist, and prepare for careers. However, practical training for students in how to initiate and navigate these critical relationships is absent from most biomedical research training programs. In order to address this discrepancy in training, iBiology will partner with the authors of ​Entering Research​ at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to build, test, and evaluate a program of online instruction called “Navigating Research Mentoring Relationships.” This program will focus on students at the critical undergraduate to graduate transition, i.e., advanced research undergraduates and first year graduate students. “Navigating Research Mentoring Relationships” will provide instruction that can be integrated into the curriculum of an existing research training program or engaged with independently by students in programs that choose not to integrate it, as providing courses online allows the training material to be accessible regardless of personal or institutional resources. This program will address challenges that ​students ​from diverse backgrounds face as they transition from undergraduate to graduate school by (1) teaching them to cultivate mentoring relationships with intentionality and to leverage those relationships to benefit their education, research, and careers, (2) building a national community of students from diverse institutions and backgrounds to support their collective learning/training, (3) providing access to free evidence-based, in depth, just-in-time instruction in their research training, and (4) highlighting important cultural aspects of responsible conduct of research, reproducibility, and equity and inclusion. The program has four main aims. First, to develop the “Navigating Research Mentoring Relationships” online course content. Second, to develop evidence-based strategies to promote student engagement and learning through online communities. Third, to pilot test “Navigating Research Mentoring Relationships” with undergraduate and graduate students from diverse backgrounds. And fourth, to revise and disseminate the online courses to the public. The program will be evaluated using feedback from educational experts, as well as student testing of the courses and online learning communities at various stages. Evaluation data will include online surveys of students, course platform analytics, and pilot test site institutional data. The evaluation plan will allow for the assessment of program outcomes and whether the desired objectives have been met. The evaluation data will also allow for evidence-based revision and updating of the courses prior to release to the public, where the courses will be available to biomedical research trainees of all levels. The intended outcomes of this project are to build the critical interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills students need to support positive mentoring relationships and, therefore, increase their persistence in a biomedical research career pathway.