Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

描述（由申请人提供）：后学士学位研究教育计划（PREP）在加州尔湾大学（UCI）的目的是增加承认代表性不足的少数民族研究生的池鼓励，定向和更好地准备最近的学士学位获得者在从本科工作的关键过渡到研究生研究博士学位课程招生。该计划的最终目标是培养训练有素的调查人员，以领导对少数民族和医疗服务不足人群造成不成比例影响的健康问题的研究。 在该计划的过程中，PREP学者作为学徒科学家工作，以获得先进的研究技能和成功追求研究生学位所需的竞争力。该计划还教育学者关于少数民族之间的健康差距，并激励学者在这一领域从事研究事业。学者在教师导师的实验室，本科和研究生课程，GRE考试准备，科学写作和口头交流培训以及参加有关健康差距和生物医学科学各种主题的教师研讨会的机会中获得有偿研究培训和实践经验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) at the University of California Irvine (UCI) aims to increase the pool of admitted underrepresented minority graduate students by encouraging, orienting and better preparing recent baccalaureate recipients during the critical transition from undergraduate work to enrollment in a graduate research doctorate program. The program ultimately aims to produce highly trained investigators to lead research in health problems that disproportionately affect minorities and the medically underserved population. During the course of the program, PREP scholars work as apprentice scientists to acquire advanced research skills and the competitiveness necessary for the successful pursuit of a graduate degree. The program also educates scholars about health disparities among minorities and motivates scholars to pursue research careers in this area. Scholars receive paid research training and practical experience in a faculty mentor's laboratory, undergraduate and graduate coursework, GRE test preparation, training in scientific writing and oral communication as well as opportunities to attend faculty seminars about health disparities and various topics in biomedical sciences.