CyberSurgeons Live Simulation and PBL Development and Dissemination

描述（由申请人提供）：教育技术中心 (CET) 提出了一个名为 Cyber​​Surgeons 的为期五年的第一和第二阶段开发和传播项目。通过这个项目，大学英语四级考试将增加参加生物学、生理学或相关课程的高中生的知识。特别是，学生将更好地了解人类病理生理学以及生物医学研究和临床试验的过程。该项目将通过鼓励学生未来参与临床研究事业并提高这些领域职业的职业意识来影响公共卫生的未来。 CET将根据国家标准为学生开发两个部分。第一个组成部分是通过远程学习技术进行的网络外科医生实时模拟。在该模拟中，学生们作为医疗外科团队高科技“远程创伤单元”的一部分，在厄瓜多尔雨林深处诊断和治疗生病的研究人员。第二个组成部分是在线网络外科医生基于问题的学习（PBL）模块，其特点是关于癌症药物质量的“问题”，包括案例研究、科学文章、用于分析的数据集和图表、基于实践探究的活动以及教师支持材料。这两个部分都包括提高生物医学职业意识的可选活动。 在开发过程中，CET将进行基于设计的评估。实时模拟和 PBL 组件各有两个开发周期、课堂测试、形成性评估和修订。外部评估员将利用准实验设计进行总结性研究，以证明课堂模块的有效性。相关指标包括科学素养、科学相关态度和职业发展。 计划传播将采用多模式、多方面的方法，目标是在资助期结束后保持计划的可持续性。在前三年，合作伙伴关系将涉及三个学区参与开发和测试过程。在最后两年中，该计划将在地区范围内推广，然后每年在全国范围内扩大一倍。此外，该计划还将在科学中心和挑战者学习中心等非正式科学教育实体中推广。其他传播方式包括会议、研讨会、促销邮件和研究论文。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Educational Technologies (CET) proposes a five-year Phase I & II development and dissemination project called CyberSurgeons. Through this project, the CET will increase the knowledge of high school students taking biology, physiology, or related classes. In particular students will gain a greater understanding of human pathophysiology and the process of biomedical research and clinical trials. The project will influence the future of public health through encouraging students' future participation in the clinical research enterprise and promoting greater career awareness of occupations in these fields. The CET will develop two components for students based on national standards. The first component is the CyberSurgeons live simulation, conducted through distance learning technologies. The simulation features students working as part of a high-tech "remote trauma unit" in medical-surgical teams to diagnose and treat an ailing researcher deep in the rainforests of Ecuador. The second component is an online CyberSurgeons problem-based learning (PBL) module which features a "problem" about the quality of a cancer drug, with case studies, science articles, datasets and charts to analyze, hands-on inquiry-based activities, and teacher support materials. Both components include optional activities promoting awareness of careers in biomedicine. During the development process, the CET will conduct design-based evaluation. The live simulation and PBL components will each have two cycles of development, classroom testing, formative evaluation, and revisions. An external evaluator will conduct a summative research study utilizing a quasi-experimental design to demonstrate the effectiveness of the modules in classrooms. Dependent measures will be science literacy, science-related attitudes, and career development. Program dissemination will utilize a multimodal, multifaceted approach with the goal of program sustainability past the grant period. In the first three years, partnerships will involve three school districts in the development and testing process. In the final two years, the program will be promoted regionally, then nationally-doubling program outreach each year. Additionally, the program will be promoted among informal science education entities such as science centers and Challenger Learning Centers. Other dissemination means include conferences, workshops, promotional mailings, and research papers.