Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

描述(由申请人提供)：加州大学欧文分校(UCI)的研究生研究教育计划(PREP)旨在通过鼓励、引导和更好地为最近的学士学位获得者做好准备，在从本科工作到研究生研究博士课程的关键过渡期间，增加被录取的少数族裔研究生的人数。该计划的最终目标是培养训练有素的调查人员，领导对健康问题的研究，这些问题对少数族裔和医疗服务不足的人群造成了不成比例的影响。 在该项目期间，预科学者作为学徒科学家工作，以获得成功攻读研究生学位所必需的高级研究技能和竞争力。该方案还教育学者了解少数民族之间的健康差距，并激励学者在这一领域从事研究事业。学者在教师导师的实验室、本科生和研究生课程、GRE考试准备、科学写作和口头交流方面接受有偿研究培训和实践经验，并有机会参加关于健康差距和生物医学科学各种主题的教师研讨会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) at the University of California Irvine (UCI) aims to increase the pool of admitted underrepresented minority graduate students by encouraging, orienting and better preparing recent baccalaureate recipients during the critical transition from undergraduate work to enrollment in a graduate research doctorate program. The program ultimately aims to produce highly trained investigators to lead research in health problems that disproportionately affect minorities and the medically underserved population. During the course of the program, PREP scholars work as apprentice scientists to acquire advanced research skills and the competitiveness necessary for the successful pursuit of a graduate degree. The program also educates scholars about health disparities among minorities and motivates scholars to pursue research careers in this area. Scholars receive paid research training and practical experience in a faculty mentor's laboratory, undergraduate and graduate coursework, GRE test preparation, training in scientific writing and oral communication as well as opportunities to attend faculty seminars about health disparities and various topics in biomedical sciences.