PSU INTREPID Program

描述（由申请人提供）：此应用程序的重点是传达科学发现的热情，代表那些在卫生保健劳动力中代表性不足的群体的本科生。这些学生在大学生涯中几乎没有参加“短期”研究接触计划。通过在国家心脏，肺和血液研究所（NHLBI）的基础任务的背景下为学生提供宾夕法尼亚州立大学（PSU）的动手研究机会，我们的目标是激发学生对生物科学的好奇心，并向他们灌输探索研究生途径的信心，从而在健康和生物科学领域实现富有成效的职业生涯。我们的计划，被称为PSU INTREPID（介绍一种新的分层研究经验，促进包容性和多样性），将逐步沉浸到研究竞技场的少数民族学生在第一年在医学院，在那里他们将在八周的指导教学期间提供动手实验室经验。该计划将包括教学模式，包括人体模拟器，台式实验，研究项目，计算机数据挖掘等;此外，学生将以两人一组的方式工作，探索四个学科领域（心脏，血液，肺和睡眠），将建立一个导师网络，他们将在两年的计划及以后支持学生。一旦对他们的实验室技能充满信心，并被介绍给负责任的研究行为的主题，学生将在大学公园进行第二层的研究培训，在那里他们将根据自己的兴趣进行特定的研究计划。PSU夏季研讨会和其他形式的科学支持（分组会议，小型讲座和研讨会）将在第二层提供。第三层将对应于创建一个导师的支持网络，该网络超出了INTREPID实验室的几年，将帮助有兴趣的学生进入研究生课程。确定方案的其他新内容是否有价值也很重要。这些措施包括：（1）在第一年采用模拟教学法和教学模式;（2）在第一年提供两个不同的场地（医学院）和第二年（大学/大学城）;（3）建立一个扩展的指导网络;（4）宾夕法尼亚州立大学和两个当地HBCU之间的密切伙伴关系（历史上的黑人学院/大学）的合作伙伴;（5）创建一个职业途径网络，从当地高中开始，延伸到HBCU和当地大学，并通过INTREPID计划，并在PSU和其他研究密集型大学的研究生课程;最后，（6）与巴勒斯坦权力机构卫生部、卫生公平办公室和巴勒斯坦权力机构Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield卫生公司建立伙伴关系，这些公司的代表将向受训者提供卫生职业机会。 公共卫生相关性：宾夕法尼亚州立大学将为八名少数民族本科生提供两次连续八周的夏季研究经历。学生将在第一年（医学院）通过实践实验加强概念和技能发展，逐步接触发现科学;这将在第二年通过大学公园的动态实验室进行独立研究。将检验的假设是，通过逐步沉浸，伴随着强大和广泛的辅导，少数民族学生将更好地发展兴趣，追求健康的职业生涯很少被认为是可行的未来选择，从而，在目前的劳动力中存在的多样性不平衡的水平。 (End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application focuses upon conveying the enthusiasm of scientific discovery to undergraduates representing those groups who are underrepresented in the health care workforce. Such students are virtually absent from "short-term" research exposure programs during their college careers. By providing students a hands-on research opportunity at the Penn State University (PSU) in the context of the foundational missions of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), it is our goal to pique student curiosity about the biosciences and to instill in them the confidence to explore postgraduate pathways leading to productive careers in the health and bioscience fields. Our program, termed PSU INTREPID (Introduction of a Novel Tiered Research Experience Promoting Inclusion and Diversity), will gradually immerse minority students into the research arena in year one at the College of Medicine, where they will be provided with hands-on laboratory experiences during the eight weeks of guided instruction. The program will consist of didactic modalities including human simulators, bench-top experiments, research projects, computer data mining, and others; moreover, the students, who will work in teams of two and explore the four subject areas (heart, blood, lung and sleep), will develop a network of mentors who will support the students through the two years of the program and beyond. Once confident in their laboratory skills and introduced to the subject of responsible conduct of research, the students will perform the second tier of their research training at University Park, where they will conduct a specific research program tailored to their interests. The PSU Summer Symposium and other forms of scientific support (breakout sessions, mini-lectures, and seminars) will be available in tier two as deemed necessary. The third tier will correspond to the creation of a support network of mentors extending beyond the INTREPID laboratory years that will aid interested students in the matriculation into postgraduate programs. It will also be important to determine whether other novel elements of the programs are of merit. These include (1) the application of simulation in concert with teaching/instructive modalities in year one; (2) the provision of two distinct venues in year one (medical school) and year two (university/college town); (3) the creation of an extended mentoring network; (4) the close partnership between Penn State and two local HBCU (Historically Black College/University) partners; (5) the creation of a career pathways network beginning with local high schools, extending to the HBCUs and local universities, and passing through the INTREPID program and on to postgraduate programs at both PSU and other research-intensive universities; and finally, (6) the generation of a partnership with both the PA Department of Health, Office of Health Equity, and the Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Company of PA, representatives of which will inform the trainees of health career opportunities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Penn State University will provide eight minority undergraduate students with two, successive eight-week summer research experiences. Students will undergo gradual exposure to discovery science in year one (at the College of Medicine) through the focus upon concept strengthening and skill development via hands-on experimentation; this will be followed in year two by independent research in dynamic laboratories at University Park. The hypothesis that will be tested is that by gradual immersion, accompanied by strong and extended mentorship, minority students will better develop an interest to pursue careers in health infrequently considered as viable future options, and thus, level the diversity imbalance extant in the current workforce. (End of Abstract)