Institutional Short-Term Research Training for Minority

（申请人摘要）马约诊所夏季研究项目的目标 是积极地影响少数民族学生的研究 职业生涯，通过为他们提供一个兴奋和回报一瞥 与研究有关。在过去的9年里，我们的计划已经成熟， 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，并不断寻求改进的方法。 活动仍然是一个实验室的一小部分的成就， 临床研究项目，而是一系列精心设计组织的 活动提供了比任何一个研究导师更广阔的视角 提供.几个要素还专门为学生提供知识 和技能，这将有助于他们在未来的教育事业取得成功。 具体目标包括：1）为代表性不足的少数民族学生提供 在一位熟练的导师的指导下， 心血管、呼吸或血液疾病研究领域; 2） 使学生接触到广泛的研究领域，包括基础科学和 以患者为导向，通过每周一次的科学研讨会， 本科生和初入医学院的学生; 3）通过小组活动， 个人职业咨询，挑战学生走向临床 医学也要考虑做临床研究; 4）对于学生 在此培训补助金的支持下，提供额外的每周小组会议， 确保获得少数群体研究人员的榜样和具体培训， 沟通技巧; 5）激励和鼓励学生对基础知识感兴趣 科学研究，继续这一职业道路，向他们展示直接 这种研究对临床问题的适用性;和6）提供直接的 学生与基础科学和 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.