EXPANDING THE HSTA MODEL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PHASE II

描述(由申请人提供)： 这是一份申请资金申请，以继续向西弗吉尼亚州四个县的经济困难或少数族裔高中生传播健康科学和技术学院(HSTA)模式的生物医学和行为科学。HSTA方案目前正在23个县开展。HSTA的长期目标是增加在医学、护理、牙科和药学等健康科学方面完成大专教育的人数不足的学生的数量。因此，结果是增加了该计划目标人群中在医疗服务不足的西弗吉尼亚州农村社区执业的医疗保健提供者的数量。实现长期目标的方法包括让学生在学年期间接触到具有挑战性的延长的课外科学学习，并在暑假让机构教职员工体验真正的延伸调查。学生还将被引导使用学生创建的以教师促进俱乐部为基础的网站，以进一步在全球传播他们通过这次曝光开展的学术丰富材料和基于探究的科学项目。 HSTA教育方法将影响正常的学校科学课程和当地 社区通过直接接触生物医学科学和行为健康科学的教师和学生。这一倡议受到了西弗吉尼亚教育学校部门、当地教育委员会和当地社区成员的称赞，认为这一计划有可能对学生的学习和西弗吉尼亚卫生统计状况产生巨大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application to request funding to continue the dissemation of the Health Science and Technology Academy (HSTA) model of biomedical and behavioral science to four counties in West Virginia high school students who are financially disadvantaged or are minorities. The HSTA programming is currently active in 23 counties. The long-term objectives of HSTA are to increase the number of underrepresented students who complete post-secondary education in the health sciences such as medicine, nursing, dentistry and pharmacy. Consequently the outcome is to increase the number of health care providers from the program's targeted population that practice in medically under-served West Virginia rural communities. Methods to achieve the long-term goals include the exposure of students to challenging extended extracurricular science learning during the school year, and to the institutional faculty during the summer for a real experience of extended investigations. The students will also be guided to use students created Teacher Facilitated Club-based Web Sites to further disseminate globally the academic enrichment materials and inquiry-based science project they carry out through this exposure. The HSTA educational approach will impact the regular school science curriculum and the local communities through direct biomedical sciences and behavioral health sciences exposure of both teachers and students. The initiative is applauded by the WV Educational Schools Department, by the local Education Board, and by the local community members as a program that has the potential of making a great impact on both the students' learning and the state of WV health statistics.