Post Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)

描述(申请人提供)：该计划旨在为代表不足的少数族裔学生和来自弱势群体的学生提供临时职位，这些学生拥有有兴趣攻读研究生教育的学士学位后学位。重点是在一位强大的研究导师的指导下进行研究培训，他将提供一个支持性的实验室环境，以开发受训者在生物医学研究领域的潜力。项目主任将根据学员声明的兴趣和与他们选择的教师的面谈，与学员合作，分配给导师。招募将通过访问地区少数民族机构、全国邮寄和参加全国少数民族会议、网站以及与该机构参与其他研究培训项目的学生联系来进行。该项目利用了维克森林大学医学院(WFUSM)广泛的、多学科的研究活动，以及文理研究生院院长对增加多样性的承诺。目标和目标：1)在五年内将少数族裔学生进入WFUSM研究生课程的人数从13%增加到18%；2)保持少数族裔研究生的留存率与多数族裔学生相当；3)提高参与者的GRE分数，以增加他们的研究生资格；以及4)100%的参与者申请，75%的参与者进入博士或MD/博士项目，60%的学生进入WFUSM的项目。该计划包括根据感兴趣的领域和先前的优势和劣势，进行课程工作以加强学术科学背景的机会。将提供其他课程/信息，以提高GRE成绩，介绍负责任的科学行为，改进申请和简历准备，并特别介绍WFUSM的生物医学研究生项目和一般的研究生教育。我们将通过亲身参与研究项目来介绍生物医学研究，并通过参加期刊俱乐部来对期刊论文进行批判性科学评估和展示。科学写作和口语是通过撰写摘要和以幻灯片和海报形式在每年的预备研讨会和讲座上介绍研究项目来培养的。学生将接触到基础科学和临床的研究人员，通过展示研究的兴奋和挑战的经历，培养在生物医学科学领域追求职业生涯的长期承诺。每年将由学生，包括以前的参与者和导师进行评估。 该计划是一个学士学位后的研究培训计划，旨在为代表不足的少数族裔学生和来自弱势群体的学生提供临时职位，以参与研究项目和学术技能发展，以鼓励进入博士课程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This program is designed to provide interim positions for under-represented minority students and students from disadvantaged groups with post- baccalaureate degrees interested in pursuing graduate education. The focus is on research training under a strong research mentor who will provide a supportive laboratory environment to develop the trainee's potential for a career in biomedical research. The Program Director will work with trainees for assignment to mentors according to their stated interests and interviews with faculty they select. Recruitment will be by visiting area minority institutions, national mailings and attendance at national minority conferences, a web site, and contact with students involved in other research training programs at the institution. The program takes advantage of broad, multidisciplinary research activities at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) and the commitment of the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences to increase diversity. Goals and objectives: 1) increase the number of minority students entering graduate programs at WFUSM from 13% to 18% over five years; 2) maintain retention of minority graduate students comparable to majority students; 3) increase GRE scores of participants to increase their credentials for graduate programs; and 4) have 100% of the participants apply, 75% enter a PhD or MD/PhD program and 60% enter programs at WFUSM. The program includes the opportunity for coursework to strengthen the academic scientific background, based on area of interest and prior strengths and weaknesses. Other courses/information will be provided to improve GRE scores, introduce responsible conduct of science, improve application and resume preparation, and inform on biomedical graduate programs at WFUSM in particular and graduate education in general. We will introduce biomedical research via hands-on participation in a research project and critical scientific evaluation and presentation of journal articles by participation in a journal club. Scientific writing and speaking is developed by writing abstracts and presentation of the research project as a slide and poster presentation each year at the PREP Symposium and lecture. Students will be exposed to research faculty, both basic science and clinical, to foster a long-term commitment to pursue a career in the biomedical sciences through an experience that exemplifies the excitement and challenges of research. Evaluation by students, including former participants, and mentors will be performed annually. This program is a post-baccalaureate research training program designed to provide interim positions for under-represented minority students and students from disadvantaged groups to participate in research projects and academic skills develop to encourage entry into a PhD program.