Cancer Prevention Education: Student Research Experiences

描述(由申请者提供)：这是德克萨斯大学安德森癌症预防中心癌症预防教育：学生研究经验(该计划，www.ancerprevenentionTraining.org)16至20年级R25E的竞争性续签申请。自1992年开始，我们的目标是向学生提供短期的癌症预防研究和教育方面的研究经验，以此作为招募他们从事癌症预防研究的手段。我们开发了基于课程的方法，为基础生物医学、生物统计学、流行病学、遗传学、行为和社会科学、护理、医学和相关公共卫生学科的研究生和少数民族本科生提供新的知识和机会，与教师导师合作开展癌症预防研究项目。该方案从10个编入预算的职位开始，每年增加2个，从第5年开始每年支助18个职位，现在要求增加7个为期3个月的职位，以便为更复杂和更复杂的项目增加灵活性。这一要求是基于我们有文件证明的更大的教师能力，以提供高质量的指导研究机会，以及对现有职位的需求增加。到目前为止，所有职位每年都有人填补。在开始体验之前，每个学生与他或她的导师和项目主任一起制定一个教育计划，其中包括研究目标、时间表和学习目标。咨询委员会根据学生的教育目标和研究计划的优点进行审查和挑选。学生可以拿到有限的助学金，用于支付必修课“癌症预防专题I和II”的学费。学生在我们的癌症预防实习生Brown Bag研讨会上口头报告他们的研究经验。导师的评估和学生的自我评估根据学生教育计划中的具体目标确定研究经验的优势和局限性。具体目标是每年招聘和挑选学生填补25个职位；保持和增加潜在的教师导师库并表彰模范导师；保持创新和有效的招聘和申请程序；保持咨询委员会的审查和监督职能；保持对受训人员的过程和结果评估以及长期跟踪；以及更新和扩展该方案在癌症预防方面的多学科课程。该计划提出了几项创新：1)在课程中增加一门关于癌症预防的生物行为方法的课程和一系列研讨会，“癌症预防下一个职业步骤的决策”；以及改进该计划在招聘、指导和项目选择、校友跟踪和按需学习(如视频广播)方面的互联网工具。总体而言，该计划的成功有多种形式，从学生的研究报告和出版物，到硕士论文和博士论文的发展，以及越来越多的已完成培训并目前在癌症预防研究方面担任学术职位的校友。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competitive R25E renewal application for years 16 to 20 of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Cancer Prevention Education: Student Research Experiences (the Program, www.cancerpreventiontraining.org). Since the beginning in 1992, the objective has been to provide short-term research experiences in cancer prevention research and education to students as a means to recruit them to careers in cancer prevention research. We have developed curriculum-based methods that provide new knowledge and opportunities for graduate students and minority undergraduates from the basic biomedical sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, genetics, behavioral and social sciences, nursing, medicine, and related public health disciplines to work with faculty mentors on cancer prevention research projects. Beginning with 10 budgeted positions and increasing by 2 per year to 18 positions supported annually since year 5, the Program now requests 7 additional three-month positions to add flexibility for more involved and complex projects. The request is based on our documented greater faculty capacity to provide high-quality mentored research opportunities and increased demand for the existing positions. To date, all positions have been filled annually. Before beginning the experience, each student develops with his or her mentor and the Program Directors an educational plan with research objectives, a timeline, and learning objectives. The Advisory Committee reviews and selects the students based on the merit of their educational objectives and research plan. Students receive a stipend with limited funds available for tuition for required courses, "Topics in Cancer Prevention I & II." Students deliver an oral report on their research experience at our Cancer Prevention Trainee Brown Bag seminars. A mentor's evaluation and students self-evaluations identify strengths and limitations of the research experience, based on the specific goals in the student's educational plan. The Specific Aims are to recruit and select students to fill 25 positions annually; to maintain and increase pool of potential faculty mentors and to recognize model mentors; to maintain innovative and effective recruitment and application processes; to maintain the review and oversight functions of the Advisory Committee; to maintain process and outcome evaluation, and long-term tracking of trainees; and to update and expand the Program's multi-disciplinary curriculum in cancer prevention. Several innovations to the Program are proposed: 1) to add to the curriculum a course in bio-behavioral methods in cancer prevention and a seminar series, "Decision-making for Next Career Steps in Cancer Prevention"; and to improve the Program's Internet tools for recruitment, mentor and project selection, alumni follow-up, and on-demand learning (e.g., videocasting). Overall, the Program's success takes many forms, from students' research presentations and publications, to development of master's theses and doctoral dissertations, as well as the growing number of alumni who have completed training and currently hold academic positions in cancer prevention research.