Vanderbilt ASPIRE Program

描述（由申请人提供）：范德比尔特ASPIRE计划范德比尔特ASPIRE计划的目标是授权和准备生物医学科学博士生和博士后学者（统称为受训者）做出明智的职业决定，并扩大受训者的经验，以便他们有效地过渡到非学术和学术场所的研究和研究相关的职业。ASPIRE将把职业和专业发展整合到博士课程中。我们将与外部和内部合作伙伴合作，提供新的教育和体验式培训机会，拓宽学员的经验。将开设新的商业与创业、传播学和临床研究等教学模块，以补充研究培训，并帮助学员发展学术研究以外的职业相关知识。ASPIRE计划将为感兴趣的学员创建一个新的实习和实习计划，以获得对感兴趣的职业领域的经验和实践。为了让受训者为这些经验机会做好准备，我们将提供新的职业规划和职业管理教育研讨会。总之，ASPIRE计划将提高我们学员的职业准备和适应能力，而不会延长博士生获得学位的时间或完成博士后研究培训的时间。因此，我们的学员将充分准备加入劳动力市场，并在一系列研究和与研究相关的职业中为科学和医学的进步做出最大贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Vanderbilt ASPIRE Program The goal of the Vanderbilt ASPIRE program is to empower and prepare biomedical sciences PhD students and postdoctoral scholars (collectively called trainees) to make well-informed career decisions, and to broaden the experiences of trainees so they transition efficiently to research and research-related careers in nonacademic and academic venues. ASPIRE will integrate career and professional development into the PhD curriculum. We will engage external and internal partners to offer new educational and experiential training opportunities that broaden the experiences of our trainees. New didactic modules in business and entrepreneurship, communication, and clinical research will be offered to supplement research training and help trainees develop knowledge related to careers outside academic research. The ASPIRE program will create a new Externship and Internship program for interested trainees to gain experiential, practical exposure to a career area of interest. To prepare trainees for these experiential opportunities, we will offer new educational seminars in career planning and career management. Together, the ASPIRE initiatives will enhance the career readiness and resilience of our trainees without lengthening time-to-degree for PhD students or time-to-completion of postdoctoral research training. Our trainees will thus be well-poised to join the workforce and contribute maximally to the advancement of science and medicine in a range of research and research-related careers.