Ohio State University DISCOVERY PREP for Biomedical Research

描述(由申请人提供)：发现准备的目标是增加在生物医学科学中代表性不足的博士毕业生的数量。我们建议通过实现以下具体目标来实现这一目标。目标1将是建立一个项目，为“目标群体”的应届学士学位毕业生提供机会，获得进入竞争激烈和研究密集的生物医学博士项目所需的研究经验，并在该项目中取得成功。我们将确定那些表现出从事基础科学研究的意愿的本科生，然后设计一个个性化的学生发展计划，其中将包括一名教员指导的广泛的研究经验，这名教员资金充足，对生物医学研究领导层的多样性愿景有着深切的承诺。AIM 2将建立一个项目，为发现预科学生提供机会，以加强在竞争激烈的生物医学博士项目中生存所需的专业技能。学生将参加独一无二的活动，以及与当前生物医学科学研究生合作的活动。学生小组活动将包括日记俱乐部、正在进行的研究研讨会、去看其他研究生项目的郊游，以及两年一度的静修周末，以及旨在增强口头能力、增强写作和沟通技能、改善学习习惯、强化面试技能以及培养批判性和分析性思维技能的研讨会。学生间小组活动将包括与研究生一起参加关于负责任的研究行为、职业道德、资质和提高科学交流技能的课程，每周一次的研究生研讨会系列，以及一年一度的研究日。目标3将确定发现准备对学生的态度、知识、技能和应变能力的影响，并建立一个反映每个发现准备学生的职业道路的数据库。为了达到这一目的，我们将使用Wagnild的25个项目的弹性量表和Phillip&Russell开发的33个项目的研究自我效能量表(SERM)对心理弹性进行前后测试，并研究自我效能。这些测试将有助于确定我们的课程和指导与学术成就和研究生产率相关的技能的有效性。提议的具体目标是相关的，因为它们将提供必要的研究和职业发展技能，使我们的发现预科学生更具竞争力和韧性，能够被竞争激烈的生物医学博士项目录取并取得成功。数据库之所以重要，是因为它将提供信息，评估我们的目标实现得有多好，直接改进计划的方法，并直接决定将哪些要素制度化。 公共卫生相关声明：需要实现博士水平的文化多样性，使来自代表性不足群体的个人受益于提供博士学位的智力和经济优势，并为其他人树立强有力的榜样。发现预科计划是为来自代表不足的群体的应届毕业生设计的，他们需要额外的毕业后研究和学术充实活动。该计划将增加进入竞争激烈的生物医学科学研究博士项目并从该项目毕业的可能性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of DISCOVERY PREP is to increase the number of Ph.D. graduates who are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. We propose to accomplish this goal by undertaking the following specific aims. Aim 1 will be to establish a program that will provide an opportunity for recent baccalaureate-degree graduates from "targeted groups" to obtain the research experience needed to gain admission to, and success in, a competitive and research-intensive biomedical science Ph.D. program. We will identify undergraduates who show an expressed desire to pursue basic science research and then design an individualized student development plan that will include an extensive research experience mentored by a faculty member who is well-funded and has a deep commitment to the vision of diversity for the leadership in biomedical research. Aim 2 will establish a program that will provide an opportunity for the DISCOVERY PREP students to strengthen professional skills that are needed to survive in a competitive biomedical science Ph.D. program. Students will participate in activities that are uniquely for them alone, as well as activities in conjunction with current biomedical science graduate students. Intra-student group activities will include journal clubs, research-in-progress seminars, outings to see other graduate programs, and a bi-annual retreat weekend, as well as workshops designed to enhance verbal abilities, bolster writing and communication skills, improve study habits, fortify interviewing skills, and foster techniques for critical and analytical thinking. The inter-student group activities will include participation with graduate students in courses on the responsible conduct of research, professional ethics, grantsmanship, and enhancing skills in scientific communication, a weekly graduate student seminar series, and the annual Research Day. Aim 3 will determine the impact of the DISCOVERY PREP on the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and resilience of the students, and establish a database reflective of the career path of each DISCOVERY PREP student. To accomplish this aim, we will conduct pre- and post-tests of resilience and research self-efficacy using the 25-item Resilience Scale by Wagnild and 33-item Self-Efficacy in Research Measure (SERM) developed by Phillip & Russell. These tests will help determine the effectiveness of our curriculum and mentoring for skills that are associated with academic achievement and research productivity. The proposed specific aims are relevant because they will provide the necessary research and career development skills needed to make our DISCOVERY PREP students more competitive and resilient for admission to, and success in, a competitive biomedical science Ph.D. program. The database is relevant because it will provide information that will assess how well our goal is achieved, direct ways to improve the program, and direct decisions on which elements to institutionalize. Public Health Relevance Statement: Cultural diversity at the Ph.D. level needs to be achieved to allow individuals from underrepresented groups to benefit from intellectual, as well as economic, advantages afforded a Ph.D., and serve as powerful role models for others. The DISCOVERY PREP Program is designed for recent graduates from underrepresented groups who require additional post-baccalaureate research and academic enrichment activities. The program will increase the likelihood of admission to, and graduation from, a highly competitive Ph.D. program in biomedical science research.