UPenn Post Baccalaureate Research Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：宾夕法尼亚大学医学院高度致力于培养和教育生物医学研究中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生。 为了增加这些学生的数量，我们开发了宾夕法尼亚大学学士后研究教育计划（Penn PREP），这将成为本科和研究生院之间的桥梁。 该计划的具体目标是提供全面的培训经验，使这些学生能够成功申请并成功完成生物医学研究的研究生课程。 宾夕法尼亚大学医学院的独特地位，提供这样一个程序，因为已经通过生物医学研究生课程（BGS）支持，培训和指导生物医学研究生的优秀基础设施，以及我们以前在指导各级少数民族学生的经验。 Penn PREP的基石将是通过开展长期（一到两年）研究项目来沉浸在一流研究中的机会。 PREP学者将能够参加课程，以补充他们的本科学术背景。 所有PREP学者将受益于生物化学，写作和公开演讲课程，以及GRE准备。 PREP学者将有自己的PREP研讨会系列，在其中他们将学习回顾文献和理解/综合研究。 此外，他们将被邀请参加研究生的所有其他活动，包括研究研讨会，研讨会，务虚会，会议和生物伦理学培训。 将鼓励PREP学者在国家科学会议上介绍他们的研究。 指导将从教师，学生和工作人员的共同努力提供。 最后，PREP学者将通过研究生院申请过程的每一步得到帮助。 这种准备应该提供的背景和基础，在研究生院和他们未来的职业生涯中脱颖而出的宾夕法尼亚大学PREP学者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is highly committed towards training and educating underrepresented minority (URM) students in biomedical research. In order to increase the number of these students, we have developed the Penn Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (Penn PREP), which will function as a bridge between undergraduate and graduate school. The specific aim of this program is to provide a comprehensive training experience that will empower these students to be successful at applying to and succeeding in graduate programs in biomedical research. The Un iversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is uniquely situated to provide such a program because of the outstanding infrastructure that already exists through Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) for supporting, training, and mentoring biomedical research students, as well as our previous experience at mentoring minority students at all levels. The cornerstone of Penn PREP will be the opportunity to become immersed in first-rate research by undertaking a long-term (one to two-year) research project. PREP scholars will be able to take courses to supplement their undergraduate academic background. All PREP scholars will benefit from courses in biostatisics, writing and public speaking, as well as GRE preparation. PREP scholars will have their own PREP seminar series, in which they will learn to review literature and understand/synthesize research studies. In addition, they will be invited to participate in all other activities that exist for graduate students, including research seminars, symposium, retreats, conferences, and Bioethics training. PREP scholars will be encouraged to present their research at a national science meeting. Mentoring will be provided from a combined effort of faculty, students, and staff. Finally, PREP scholars will be assisted through every step of the graduate school application process. This preparation should provide the Penn PREP scholars with the background and foundation to excel in graduate school and their future careers.