Workforce Training for Stem Cell Research

这项针对STEM细胞研究的劳动力培训是斯坦福大学致力于开发一套以干细胞生物学和研究为重点的指导性和基于实验室的材料，用于社区学院和四年制学校的本科课程。这项工作是为了回应已确定的需求：1)整合科学、实验室培训和人文学科的本科课程；2)在传统生物学教学方法中不常见的教育学创新；3)独立和灵活的模块，以适应生物学前沿领域的“及时”变化；以及4)一种可扩展的方法，以解决国家缺乏经过技术培训的毕业后干细胞研究劳动力的问题。这个项目借鉴了以前在世界上最活跃的干细胞研究中心创建多学科、团队授课课程的成功经验。此外，社区大学的教职员工在这项工作中发挥着合作者的作用，利用他们的生物技术专业知识，确保材料满足他们的学生的需求。一支训练有素的干细胞研究队伍有可能推动人类使用的技术的发现和最终的转化。这门专门为劳动力打造的干细胞课程就是为了实现这一目标而设计的。这一系列整合的教学模块横跨干细胞研究的科学、技术和社会层面。重要的是，要开发的材料包括以实验室为基础的培训。该课程将为教育工作者提供文字清晰、修改迅速的核心材料和教学模块。对于每个模块，首先确定学生在涉及干细胞研究的职业中需要知道什么，然后制定能够传授适当知识和技术能力的课程和教学方法。该项目的产品包括一套基于课堂和实验室的教学资源和评估材料，这些资源可以独立使用，也可以结合在一起创建新课程。该课程有可能对致力于开展干细胞研究技术职业的教师和学生产生广泛而直接的影响。这些材料对本科生物课程和以技术为重点的证书课程也有好处，因为模块化方法允许四年制学校选择最适合其教学需要的主题和材料。将通过网络以及国内和国际知名媒体渠道分发材料。此外，模块化方法可适用于远程学习和专题研讨会。对生命科学STEM专业人员的需求正在增加，其中一些人将指导数十名技术人员。总而言之，该项目旨在解决生物技术、商业化和发展链中的一个重大教育差距。

This Workforce Training for STEM Cell Research endeavor is a Stanford University effort to develop a suite of instructive and lab-based materials focusing on stem cell biology and research for use in undergraduate courses in community colleges and four-year schools. This work is responsive to the identified need for: 1) an undergraduate curriculum that integrates science, laboratory training, and the humanities; 2) innovations in pedagogy not commonly seen in traditional approaches to teaching biology; 3) independent and flexible modules to accommodate "just-in-time" changes to a frontier area of biology; and 4) a scalable approach to address the nation's dearth of a technically-trained post-baccalaureate workforce for stem cell research. This project draws from prior successes in creating multidisciplinary, team-taught courses in the most active stem cell research centers in the world. In addition, community college faculty serve as collaborators in this work, drawing upon their biotechnology expertise and ensuring the materials meet the needs of their students.A well-trained workforce in stem cell research has the potential to fuel discovery and the eventual translation of technologies for human use. This stem cell curriculum--purpose-built for the workforce--is being designed to accomplish this end. This integrated series of instructional modules spans scientific, technical, and social dimensions of stem cell research. Importantly, the materials to be developed include laboratory-based training. The curriculum will provide educators with clearly written, rapidly revised core material and instructional modules. For each module, what students need to know for careers involving stem cell research is first determined, then development of a curriculum and pedagogy that can deliver appropriate knowledge and technical competency occurs. The products of this project include a suite of classroom and laboratory-based teaching and learning resources and evaluative materials that can stand-alone or be joined to create new courses. The curriculum has the potential for broad and immediate impact on teachers and students working to launch technical careers in stem cell research. These materials are also of benefit to undergraduate biology curricula and certificate programs with technical foci, as the modular approach allows four-year schools to pick topics and materials that best suit their teaching needs. Materials will be distributed through the web and well-known national and international media channels. In addition, the modular approach can be adapted for distance learning and subject-based seminars. The demand for life science STEM professionals, some of whom will supervise dozens of technicians, is increasing. In sum, this project is designed to address a major educational gap in the biotechnology, commercialization and development chain.