Institutional Short-Term Research Training for Minority

(申请者摘要)梅奥诊所夏季研究项目的目标 是积极影响代表不足的少数族裔学生进行研究 职业，通过为他们提供一瞥兴奋和回报 与研究有关。在过去的9年里，我们的计划已经成熟和 稳定下来，但我们继续评估它是如何通过正式和 非正式机制，并不断寻找改进的方法。初级阶段 活动仍然是实验室的一小部分或 临床研究项目，但组织了一系列精心设计的 活动提供了比任何一个研究导师都更广阔的视角 提供。有几个要素也专门为学生提供了知识 以及帮助他们在未来的教育事业中取得成功的技能。 具体目标包括：1)为代表不足的少数族裔学生提供 在技术娴熟的导师指导下的动态研究体验 心血管、呼吸系统或血液系统疾病研究领域；2) 让学生接触到广泛的研究领域，包括基础科学和 以患者为中心，通过每周一次的科学研讨会 本科生和初级医学生；3)通过小组活动和 个人职业咨询，挑战学生走向临床 医学要考虑也要做临床研究；4)面向学生 在此培训补助金的支持下，提供额外的每周小组会议，以 确保获得少数群体研究人员的榜样和具体培训 沟通能力；5)激发和鼓励学生对基础知识的兴趣 科学研究继续这条职业道路，向他们展示直接的 这种研究对临床问题的适用性；以及6)提供直接的 为学生提供更长期的基础科学培训和 临床研究。

(Applicant's abstract) The goal of the summer research programs at Mayo Clinic is to positively influence underrepresented minority students toward research careers, by providing them with a glimpse of the excitement and rewards associated with research. Over the past 9 years our program has matured and stabilized but we continue to assess how it is working through both formal and informal mechanisms, and constantly look for ways to improve it. The primary activity continues to be a accomplishment of a small piece of a laboratory or clinical research project, but a series of carefully designed organized activities give a broader perspective than any one research mentor can provide. Several elements also specifically provide students with knowledge and skills that will help them succeed in their future educational endeavors. Specific Aims include: 1) Provide underrepresented minority students with dynamic research experiences under the guidance of a skilled mentor working in an area of cardiovascular, respiratory or hematologic diseases research; 2) Expose students to a wide array of research areas, both basic science and patient-oriented, through weekly scientific seminars designed for advanced undergraduate and beginning medical students; 3) Through group activities and individual career counseling, challenge students headed toward clinical medicine to think about also doing clinical research; 4) For students supported by this Training Grant, provide an extra weekly group meeting to ensure access to minority researcher role models and specific training in communication skills; 5) Motivate and encourage students interested in basic science research to continue this career path by showing them the direct applicability of such research to clinical problems; and 6) Provide direct linkages for students to longer-term training in both basic science and clinical research.