Ohio State University DISCOVERY PREP for Biomedical Research

描述（由申请人提供）：DISCOVERY PREP的目标是增加在生物医学科学领域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，为来自“目标群体”的近期学士学位毕业生提供一个机会，使他们获得必要的研究经验，以便在竞争激烈的研究密集型生物医学科学博士项目中获得录取和成功。我们将确定那些表现出追求基础科学研究的愿望的本科生，然后设计一个个性化的学生发展计划，其中将包括由一名资金充足的教员指导的广泛的研究经验，该教员对生物医学研究的多样性愿景有着深刻的承诺。目标2将建立一个项目，该项目将为DISCOVERY PREP学生提供一个机会，以加强在竞争激烈的生物医学科学博士项目中生存所需的专业技能。学生将参加他们自己的活动，以及与当前生物医学科学研究生一起的活动。学生内部团体活动将包括期刊俱乐部、研究进展研讨会、参观其他研究生项目的郊游、一年两次的周末休整活动，以及旨在提高口头表达能力、加强写作和沟通技巧、改善学习习惯、强化面试技巧、培养批判性和分析性思维技巧的讲习班。学生间小组活动将包括与研究生一起参加有关负责任的研究行为、职业道德、资助和提高科学交流技能的课程、每周一次的研究生系列研讨会和年度研究日。目标3将确定DISCOVERY PREP对学生的态度、知识、技能和适应能力的影响，并建立一个反映每个DISCOVERY PREP学生职业道路的数据库。为了实现这一目标，我们将使用Wagnild的25项弹性量表和Phillip & Russell开发的33项研究测量自我效能（SERM）对心理弹性和研究自我效能进行前、后测试。这些测试将有助于确定我们课程的有效性，并指导与学术成就和研究生产力相关的技能。提出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DISCOVERY PREP学生在竞争激烈的生物医学科学博士课程中更具竞争力和弹性，并取得成功。数据库是相关的，因为它将提供评估我们的目标实现程度的信息，指导改进计划的方法，并指导决定将哪些要素制度化。

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.