Preparation for Graduate and Medical Education(PreGAME)Program

这个暑期项目的目标是引进来自不同国家和地区的高素质本科生 对科学研究的概念、科学原则的少数群体背景的代表性不足 实验、数据分析的适当方法、解释、演示和翻译 研究成果的应用，以及在学术医学中心执业的临床医生。每个学生都会 在教师导师的实验室工作，该导师在指导学生方面有良好的记录，并且 有一个积极资助的生物医学研究项目，专注于心血管、肺部或睡眠医学 来实现这一目标。此外，所有学生都将了解学术医疗中心(AMC)的职业 通过跟踪办公室环境和住院查房中的临床医生和研究人员。在结束时， 在这个项目的第一个暑期，学生们将写一篇摘要，并参与地方和全国的 他们研究成果的海报展示。在第二个暑假之后，学生们将给出一个5-7的 向培训计划中的其他学生进行分钟的“粉笔对话”，并将再次在当地和 全国范围内。学生还将接受论文写作、MCAT准备和关键职业生涯方面的指导 技能。该项目的最终目标是为本科生提供了解和 欣赏生物医学研究过程，以鼓励他们从事研究病人的职业 以及他们在研究生和医学教育方面的进一步研究生培训后的疾病。

The goal of this summer program is to introduce highly qualified undergraduates from diverse and underrepresented minority backgrounds to the concept of scientific research, the principles of scientific experimentation, the proper methods of data analysis, the interpretation, presentation, and translational applications of research results, and to clinicians who practice at academic medical centers. Each student will work in the laboratory of a faculty mentor who has a proven track record in the mentoring of students and who has an actively funded biomedical research program focusing on cardiovascular, pulmonary or sleep medicine to accomplish this goal. In addition, all students will learn about careers in academic medical centers (AMCs) by shadowing clinician-investigators both in an office setting, as well as on in-patient rounds. At the end of the first summer in the program, the students will write an abstract and participate in both a local and national poster presentation of their research results. After the second summer in the program, students will give a 5-7 minute "chalk-talk" to other students in the training program, and will again present their research locally and nationally. The students will also receive instruction in essay writing, MCAT preparation, and critical career skills. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide undergraduate students with an understanding and appreciation of the biomedical research process so as to encourage them to pursue careers studying patients and their diseases after further postgraduate training in graduate and medical education.