IMPACT: Promoting Diversity and the Success of Underrepresented Minority Students in the Clinical and Research Workforce for Communication Sciences and Disorders

项目摘要 IMPACT(通过文化培训进行创新指导和职业发展)计划是一个 针对代表不足的少数群体的多层面、跨机构、协作的辅导计划(URM) 对传播科学和障碍(CSD)感兴趣的学生。这个项目是一个合作项目 在美国顶尖研究型大学凯斯西部储备大学(CWRU)和汉普顿大学之间 (HU)，历史上排名第一的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)。CWRU以其在 CSD，它位于一个以黑人为主的社区。胡的研究生课程是世界上最古老的 HBCU的言语语言病理学(SLP)，毕业的黑人SLP比其他任何美国人都多 程序。CWRU和HU以及他们的企业和机构合作伙伴以及许多同行支持将 提供结构化的指导和专业发展资源，以建立广泛和多样化的 分别为42名本科生和24名本科生和研究生建立发展导师网络， 将在整个五年赠款周期中参与IMPACT计划。这项建议的目的是：1) 为CSD的URM学生建立发展网络，以及2)CSD的学生成功过渡到 临床和研究研究生课程。通过实现这些目标，惩教署的市建局学生将更有可能 投身于研究事业，将为成功的研究事业奠定基础。Impact研究员 将与学术、研究、亲和力和同伴导师配对，以及写作、健康和职业 教练；他们将在每个学年定期与这些导师和教练会面。 本科生将完成至少150小时的学习经历，而研究生将完成至少150小时的学习经历 至少完成50小时。这个五年计划的工作将用于创建一个模型和一个 其他少数群体服务机构(如HBCU)之间的合作CSD指导计划手册 以及研究密集型大学。影响方案的长期成果包括取得的成果和 在惩教署的职业生涯中挽留市建局学员。这反过来预计将支持NIDCD更广泛的使命 通过培养思维的多样性来改善URM人群中沟通障碍的结果， 临床CSD研究中的包容性评估和公平待遇。

Project Summary The IMPACT (Innovative Mentoring and Professional Advancement Through Cultural Training) Program is a multi-dimensional, inter-institutional, collaborative mentoring program for underrepresented minority (URM) students who are interested in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). This program is a collaboration between Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), a top US research university, and Hampton University (HU), a top ranked Historically Black College and University (HBCU). CWRU is known for its innovation in CSD, and it is located in a predominately Black neighborhood. HU has the oldest graduate program in speech-language pathology (SLP) at an HBCU and has graduated more Black SLPs than any other US program. CWRU and HU, along with their corporate and institutional partners and many peer supports, will provide structured mentorship and professional development resources to build broad and diverse developmental mentorship networks for the 42 and 24 undergraduate and graduate students, respectively, who will participate in the IMPACT program throughout the five-year grant cycle. The aims of this proposal are to: 1) build developmental networks for URM students in CSD, and 2) successfully transition students in CSD into clinical and research graduate programs. By achieving these aims, URM students in CSD will be more likely to pursue a career in research and the foundation will be laid for a successful research career. IMPACT Fellows will be paired with academic, research, affinity, and peer mentors, along with writing, wellness, and career coaches; they will meet regularly with these mentors and coaches throughout each academic year. Undergraduate Fellows will complete at least 150 hours of learning experiences, while graduate Fellows will complete a minimum of 50 hours. Work from this five-year proposal will be used to create both a model and a manual for collaborative CSD mentoring programs between other minority-serving-institutions (e.g., HBCUs) and research-intensive universities. Long-term outcomes of the IMPACT program include the achievement and retention of URM students in CSD careers. This in turn is expected to support the broader mission of NIDCD by improving outcomes for communication disorders in URM populations by fostering diversity of thought, inclusive assessment, and equitable treatment in clinical CSD research.