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（统称为学员）做出明智的职业决策，并扩大学员的经验，使他们有效地过渡到研究和研究相关的职业在非学术和学术场所。ASPIRE将职业和专业发展融入博士课程。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，以拓宽学员的经验。将提供商业和创业，沟通和临床研究方面的新教学模块，以补充研究培训，并帮助学员发展与学术研究以外的职业有关的知识。ASPIRE计划将为感兴趣的学员创建一个新的实习和实习计划，以获得经验，实际接触感兴趣的职业领域。为了让学员为这些体验机会做好准备，我们将提供职业规划和职业管理方面的新教育研讨会。总之，ASPIRE计划将提高我们的学员的职业准备和弹性，而不会延长博士生的学位时间或博士后研究培训的完成时间。因此，我们的学员将准备好加入劳动力队伍，并在一系列研究和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.