Einstein Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：美国人口的种族和民族多样性没有反映在生物医学研究人员或研究型大学和医学院的教师中。由于在本科学习期间缺乏深入的研究经验，许多少数族裔学生没有准备好申请竞争激烈的博士学位和医学博士学位。项目。这个后学士学位研究教育计划（PREP）的目标是为那些想要从事生物医学研究的少数族裔学生提供丰富的研究经验和学术丰富，使他们成为严格的博士和医学博士学位的有竞争力的申请人。项目。爱因斯坦在通过博士和医学博士学位成功指导少数族裔学生方面有着悠久的历史。项目。我们将使用分层指导系统来支持PREP学员，并将他们融入爱因斯坦社区。每位学员将拥有URM博士学位和医学博士学位。同侪导师，教师项目顾问和研究导师。该项目将从为期两周的培训和新兵训练营开始。学员将与他们的项目顾问和研究导师一起制定个人发展计划（IDP）。受指导的研究项目将强调基于假设的研究过程，科学发现的兴奋和喜悦，以及取得成功所需的坚持和创造力。该计划的学术部分将包括：1)学习技巧/时间管理和图书馆/书目检索技术研讨会，2)生物医学研究方法和分析研究生课程，3)为期一个月的医学相关性，4)每周一次的PREP期刊俱乐部。本课程将提供现代生物医学研究中使用的主要实验方法的概念性理解。预备班期刊俱乐部将教授文学批判性阅读。在整个课程中，通过讲座、研讨会和个人实践，特别强调口头、书面和海报沟通技巧的发展。学员将通过职业和专业发展研讨会来完善他们的专业技能，并进行模拟面试的录像，以提高他们在博士或博士学位面试过程中表达自己优势的能力。项目。受训人员将与西班牙裔卓越中心合作，通过访问布朗克斯当地的高中，参与社区外展活动，这些高中的URM学生比例很高。这种教学和体验式学习的结合将为申请人成功申请竞争激烈的博士学位和医学博士学位做好准备。项目。我们预计75%以上的学员将顺利入学并完成这些课程。这将扩大我们自己的研究生项目的多样性，最终扩大爱因斯坦和其他学院的教职员工的多样性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The racial and ethnic diversity of the American population is not reflected in the biomedical research workforce or in the faculty at research universities and medical schools. Lack of intensive research experiences during their undergraduate studies leaves many underrepresented minority students unprepared to apply to highly competitive Ph.D. and MD-Ph.D. programs. The goal of this Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) is to provide underrepresented minority students who want to pursue a career in biomedical research with the intensive research experience and academic enrichment to make them competitive applicants to rigorous Ph.D. and MD-Ph.D. programs. Einstein has a long history of successfully mentoring underrepresented minority students through both its Ph.D. and MD-Ph.D. programs. We will use a layered mentoring system to support the PREP trainees and integrate them into the Einstein community. Each trainee will have a URM Ph.D. and MD-Ph.D. peer mentor, a faculty Program Advisor and a research mentor. The program will begin with a two week Orientation and Boot Camp period. Trainees will work with their Program Advisor and research mentor to formulate an Individual Development Plan (IDP). The mentored research project will emphasize the process of hypothesis-based research, the excitement and joy of scientific discovery, and the persistence and creativity needed to achieve success. The academic component of the program will include: 1) workshops on study skills/time management and library/bibliographic search techniques, 2) a graduate course in Biomedical Research Methods and Analysis, 3) a month long Medical Correlation and 4) a weekly PREP journal club. The course will provide a conceptual understanding of the major experimental approaches used in modern biomedical research. The PREP Journal Club will teach critical reading of the literature. Throughout the program special emphasis will be placed on development of oral, written and poster communication skills through lectures, workshops and individual practice. Trainees will perfect their professional skill through Career & Professional Development workshops and perform videotaped mock interviews to improve their ability to communicate their strengths in the interview process for Ph.D. or MD-Ph.D. programs. In collaboration with the Hispanic Center of Excellence, trainees will be involved in community outreach through visits to local Bronx high schools with a high percentage of URM students. This combination of didactic and experiential learning will prepare the applicants to apply successfully to highly competitive Ph.D. and MD-Ph.D. programs. We expect that more than 75% of the trainees will matriculate and successfully complete such programs. This will expand the diversity of our own graduate programs and ultimately the faculty at Einstein and beyond.