Summer Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health Research

描述(由申请者提供)：增加健康相关研究多样性的暑期研究教育计划(SPIDR)旨在增加在生物医学和健康相关领域接受高级培训的人数不足的个人的供应。学生有机会在职业决策的适时阶段探索研究和健康相关的科学，通过参与由威斯康星医学院全职调查人员监督的激动人心的动手实验室体验。来自不同人群的大学本科生和一年级医学生被NSF证明在全国范围内在健康相关科学中的代表性不足，他们在夏季从当地、州立和国家大学校园招募为期10周的学生。指导学员发展调查知识和技能，这可能会提高他们当前或潜在的研究兴趣和热情，同时也为他们配备有价值的工具，以实现未来的职业目标，并将学习作为终身过程。接触积极的职业榜样、导师和资源可以培养自信，并有助于成功进入医学和/或研究生院项目。SPIDR是医学院为高中、大学本科生和医学生实习生提供的管道项目组合的重要组成部分。SPIDR的目标是：1)在外部资助的威斯康星医学院(MCW)教员的指导下，为参与者提供心血管、肺、血液或睡眠研究方面的刺激性培训经验；2)让参与者接触到各种医学和生物医学学科的激励性临床、基础科学和转化研究模式；3)为参与者提供生物医学研究和健康科学(重点是心血管、肺科学、血液学和睡眠相关学科)的职业信息、指导和教育资源，帮助他们为进入科学和研究职业的高级学术项目做准备并获得资格，4)为参与者提供发展调查技能的机会，这些技能将有助于他们未来的学习和职业努力，以及5)为参与者提供经验和教师以及同伴指导，以建立自信并培养积极的学习态度。受训人员在特定研究项目可能需要的常规白天时间、晚上时间和周末时间内全职参加。研究项目活动约占每个学员时间的60%；然而，典型的一周还包括图书馆研究和科学阅读的时间(15%)，与教师导师和项目团队进行研究讨论的时间，积极参与MCW夏季本科生研讨会计划的时间(15%)，以及每周与参加MCW学位课程的多元化学生进行社交活动(10%)。这一时间表优化了教师指导和与接近同行的老年学生导师的个人互动的时间。我们的目标是与每个学生一对一地合作，帮助他们制定出进入学术道路上的下一步的计划，并为他们提供实现这一目标所需的工具。在过去10年中，这一引导过程为SPIDR取得了非常积极的成果，其中58.6%(62/116)的受训人员已经毕业或在生物医学或健康相关领域注册。7.

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):The Summer Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health Related Research (SPIDR) aims to increase the supply of underrepresented individuals who pursue advanced training in biomedical and health- related fields. Students are provided with opportunities to explore research and health-related science at a timely period in their career decision-making, by participating in stimulating, hands-on laboratory experiences supervised by full-time Medical College of Wisconsin investigators. College undergraduates and first year medical students from diverse populations that have been shown by the NSF to be underrepresented in health related sciences on a national basis are recruited from local, state and national college campuses for a 10-week period during the summer. Participants are guided in developing investigative knowledge and skills that may elevate their current or potential research interests and enthusiasm, while also equipping them with valuable tools to achieve future career goals and pursue learning as a lifelong process. Exposures to positive professional role models, mentors and resources foster self confidence and aid the successful matriculation into medical and/or graduate school programs. SPIDR is an important component of the portfolio of pipeline programs offered by the Medical College for high school, college undergraduates and medical student trainees. SPIDR aims: 1) to provide participants with stimulating training experiences in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic or sleep research, under the mentorship of extramurally funded, full-time Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) faculty, 2) to expose participants to a broad spectrum of stimulating clinical, basic science and translational research modalities in various medical and biomedical disciplines, 3) to provide participants with career information in biomedical research and the health sciences (emphasizing cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic and sleep related disciplines), guidance and educational resources that will help them prepare and qualify for entry into advanced academic programs in the sciences and research careers, 4) to provide participants with opportunities to develop investigative skills that will benefit their future learning and career endeavors, and 5) to provide participants with experiences and faculty and peer mentoring that build self-confidence and foster positive attitudes toward learning. Trainees participate on a full-time basis, during customary day-time hours and evening and weekend hours that may be required by a specific research project. Research project activities occupy approximately 60% of each Trainee's time; however, a typical week also incorporates time for library research and scientific reading (15%), research discussions with the faculty preceptor and project team, active participation at the MCW summer undergraduate seminar program (15%), and weekly socialization with diversity students enrolled in MCW degree programs (10%). This schedule optimizes the time available for faculty mentoring and individual interactions with closer-to-peer aged student mentors. The goal is to work one-on-one with each student to help them map out a plan for advancing to the next step in their academic path and providing them with the tools they need to get there. This shepherding process has contributed to SPIDR's very positive outcomes over the past 10 years, in which 58.6% (62/116) trainees have either graduated or are enrolled in biomedical or health related fields. 7.