Native American Short-Term Research Education Program in Children's Health

描述(由申请者提供)：本方案描述了一个创新的短期研究教育计划。该计划是利用社区参与的原则开发的，土著长老、教职员工和学生参与了设计。该方案支持原住民学生的文化价值观，并解决美洲原住民焦点小组所表达的优先事项。我们的方法包括一个为期10周的暑期项目，将向来自犹他州和西部山区的美国原住民学生开放。学生将有机会参加犹他大学连续两个暑期(暑期一和暑期二)，使他们能够与教师建立持续的指导关系。该计划将强大的基于疾病的基础或临床研究经验与致力于研究设计和方法、伦理和技能建设的教育课程结合在一起，并为参与者提供选择补充经验的机会，包括参与与健康相关的社区推广活动，以及跟踪学术和社区医生。当学生完成短期研究教育计划时，他们将获得研究经验，建立了支持网络，并对生物医学科学的职业机会有了更清晰的理解。这些学生将为完成本科和研究生学位做好更好的准备，将能够为科学劳动力做出贡献，并将对国家研究事业产生持久的影响。这项建议解决了美洲原住民参与生物医学研究的重大差距。这一短期研究教育计划的总体目标是通过以下具体目标支持本科生美洲原住民学生的科学发展，从而增加美国生物医学劳动力的多样性：目标1：扩大和加强现有的美洲原住民学生短期研究教育计划，为他们提供更广泛的机会，参与基础和临床心血管、肺部和血液疾病研究，并接受教育支持服务。目标2：指导和培训一批基础和临床研究方面的美洲原住民学生干部，他们将完成本科学位，申请并完成博士学位，并为美国的科学工作做出贡献。目的3：评估短期研究教育计划在提高美洲原住民在区域和国家健康相关研究中的代表性方面的有效性。 公共卫生相关性：拟议的创新短期研究教育计划将开始满足促进生物医学科学领域多样性的需求，为多达8名美国原住民学生提供机会，参与犹他大学心脏病学、肺病学和血液学领域的尖端研究、临床跟踪和社区健康推广。该计划将提供基础广泛的研究教育培训体验，为期10周(6-8月)，每个夏天连续两个夏天。学生将获得平衡的研究体验，对临床医学的需求有更清晰的了解，并通过参与该项目亲身了解社区卫生推广是如何进行的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal describes an innovative Short-Term Research Education Program. The Program was developed using the principles of community engagement and Native elders, faculty, and students were involved in the design. The Program supports the cultural values of Native students and addresses the priorities expressed by Native American focus groups. Our approach encompasses a 10-week summer program that will be available to Native American students from Utah and the Intermountain West. Students will have the opportunity to participate for two consecutive Summers (Summer I and II) at the University of Utah, allowing them to develop sustained mentored relationships with faculty. The Program combines a strong disease-based basic or clinical research experience with educational sessions devoted to research design and methodology, ethics, and skill building, and opportunities for participants to elect complementary experiences including participating in health-related community outreach and shadowing academic and community physicians. When students complete the Short-Term Research Education Program they will have gained research experience, have built a network of support, and developed a clearer understanding of the career opportunities in biomedical science. These students will be better prepared to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees, will be able to contribute to the scientific workforce, and will make a lasting impact on the national research enterprise. This proposal addresses the significant gap in Native American participation in biomedical research. The overarching goal of this Short-Term Research Education Program is to increase diversity of the US biomedical science workforce by supporting the scientific development of undergraduate Native American students through the following Specific Aims: Aim 1: Expand and enhance an existing Short-Term Research Education Program for Native American students to provide them with broader opportunities to participate in basic and clinical cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic disease research and to receive educational support services. Aim 2: Mentor and train a cadre of Native American students in basic and clinical research who will complete undergraduate degrees, apply for and complete doctoral degrees, and contribute to the scientific work force of the United States. Aim 3: Evaluate the effectiveness of the Short-Term Research Education Program on increasing Native American representation in health-related research regionally and nationally. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed innovative Short-Term Research Education Program will begin to address the need to promote diversity in the field of biomedical sciences, by offering up to eight Native American students the opportunity to participate in cutting edge research, clinical shadowing, and community health outreach in the fields of cardiology, pulmonology, and hematology at the University of Utah. The program will offer a broad based research education training experience for 10-weeks (Jun-Aug), per Summer for two consecutive Summers. Students will gain a balanced research experience, a clearer understanding of the demands of clinical medicine, and hands on look at how community health outreach is conducted by participating in this program.