Mentorship and Development Program for Biomedical Trainees

描述（由申请人提供）：在生物医学研究的快速发展领域，有一个越来越多的国家需要准备生物医学学员的广泛的职业生涯，这是至关重要的支持一个强大而有效的生物医学企业。拟议的方案将提供早期的专业发展和指导，以及为受训者建立网络的经验，使他们可以有效地确定和成功沿着定向职业道路。第二个目标是使受训人员了解和欣赏生物医学研究（和研究相关）工作人员所发挥的各种职能，并直接了解这些实体如何合作促进人类健康。为此，将实施一个创新的新的专业发展课程，来自整个大学的生物医学研究生和博士后研究员将全面了解推进和实施生物医学发现所涉及的许多重要和相互关联的角色，并培养对这些跨专业互动至关重要的沟通技能。本课程将包括学术和非学术客座讲师，他们将指导学生通过一系列不同的案例研究和沟通练习来实现这一目标。在这门课程中，学员将通过构建自己的个人职业发展计划来指导，以确定他们在这个计划中的位置，并将利用课程中的资源来概述最能帮助他们实现这些目标的技能和经验。该课程还将包括在当地组织的一系列可选的“小型实习”，以使学生接触各种专业环境。独立的课程，将提供一个导师计划，学员参加定期咨询会议与导师从学术和非学术合作伙伴机构和企业（根据学员的职业兴趣选择），并在年度职业发展和网络活动达到高潮。导师将为学员的个人发展计划提供额外的指导，并帮助确定进一步发展的机制，包括使用VT现有的课程，证书和学位课程，这些课程将提供政策，公共卫生，商业，管理或写作等方面的补充经验。总的来说，该计划将作为学员职业发展的第一步，提供基本的专业技能，瞥见来自多个工作部门的专业人士的角色，以及制定培训计划的论坛，最终可能包括追求更多的时间密集型和专业化的培训活动。该计划旨在广泛吸引生物医学学员，无论最终的职业道路如何，并且可以在一系列培训机构中实施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the rapidly advancing sphere of biomedical research, there is a growing national need to prepare biomedical trainees for the broad range of careers that are critical to supporting a strong and effective biomedical enterprise. The proposed program will provide early professional development and guidance, as well as networking experiences for trainees, such that they may efficiently identify and succeed along directed career paths. A second goal is to endow trainees with an understanding and appreciation for the diverse functions served by the biomedical research (and research-related) workforce, and learn firsthand how these entities cooperate to advance human health. To this end, an innovative new professional development course will be implemented, where biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from across the university will develop a comprehensive understanding of the many important and interconnected roles involved in advancing and implementing biomedical discoveries, and develop communication skills that are critical for these interprofessional interactions. This course will include academic and non-academic guest lecturers, who will guide students through a diverse set of case studies and communication exercises to achieve this aim. During this course, trainees will be guided through construction of their own individual career development plans to identify where they may fit in this scheme, and will utilize resources from the course to outline the skills and experiences that will best allow them to achieve these goals. The course will also include a series of optional "mini-internships" at local organizations to expose students to a variety of professional environments. Independently of the course, a mentorship program will be offered, where trainees participate in regular advisory meetings with mentors from academic and non-academic partner institutions and businesses (selected based on trainee career interests), and which culminates in an annual career development and networking event. Mentors will provide additional guidance for shaping the trainees' individual development plans, and help identify mechanisms for further growth, including use of existing courses, certificates, and degree programs at VT that would provide complementary experiences, such as in policy, public health, business, management, or writing. Overall, the program will serve as a first-step in trainee career development, offering essential professional skills, glimpses into the roles of professionals from a multiple job sectors, and a forum for carving out a training plan that may ultimately include pursuit of more time intensive and specialized training activities. The program is designed to be both broadly appealing to biomedical trainees, regardless of ultimate career path, and one that could be implemented across a range of training institutions.