Summer Research Institute at the Florida Mental Health Institute

项目总结/摘要 建立在全国成功的本科研究计划的经验，包括 在佛罗里达精神病院实施REU/SRI本科研究项目的十年 南方大学行为和社区科学学院内的健康研究所（FMHI） 佛罗里达，我们将在FMHI（SRI@FMHI）实施密集的夏季研究所。SRI@FMHI将 为本科生提供物质使用障碍（SUD）研究方面的高级教育和指导 鼓励他们进入行为健康研究生院， SUD领域的研究人员，他们获得了NIH/NIDA和其他联邦和国家的成功支持 研究机构本科课程将包括四个组成部分：（1）密集的研究 经验，（2）研究研讨会，（3）专业发展研讨会，和（4）技能建设讲习班。的 SRI@FMHI的目标如下：（1）增加学生在SUD研究领域的知识， 研究过程，研究道德，并通过提供一个为期11周的多， 60名本科生的学科暑期研究教育计划（每组12名学生 （2）通过以下方式提高学生在SUD研究方面的熟练程度： 使他们沉浸在研究实验室和实地经验中，并指导他们进行独立研究 与教师导师合作进行的项目;（3）增加本科生的数量， 参加SUD/行为健康研究生课程，并从事与SUD相关的研究事业;以及（4） 通过以下方式，增加少数种族/族裔背景的SUD领域训练有素的初级科学家人才库 有针对性的招聘策略，已在我们的REU/SRI计划的过去十年中得到完善。为了 为了实现这些目标，SRI@FMHI将以成功的本科生的经验为基础 全国各地的研究计划，包括我们自己的REU/SRI计划。SRI将基于 原则是学生学习研究的最佳方式是积极参与教师导师， 进行研究。推理，批判性思维和研究技能提高更多时，学生积极 参与研究比当他们从事被动教学的特点，大多数统计， 研究方法课程。将采用九种主要技术来促进在 SRI@FMHI计划：（1）体验式学习，（2）在教师导师的支持下进行独立项目，（3） 合作学习，（4）学生报告，（5）小组项目，（6）同行评审，（7）学生选择的主题， (8)小组讨论;（9）学生自主活动。基于问题的学习（PBL）包含许多 这些技术中，PBL将在SRI@FMHI中使用，以使学生研究团队参与发现 解决真实的世界问题。

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Building on the experience of successful undergraduate research programs throughout the country including the ten years of implementing REU/SRI undergraduate research programs at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) within the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences at the University of South Florida, we will implement an intensive Summer Research Institute at FMHI (SRI@FMHI). The SRI@FMHI will provide undergraduates with advanced education and mentoring in substance use disorders (SUDs) research to encourage their trajectory to matriculate to graduate school in behavioral health, and to enhance the pool of researchers in the SUDs area who achieve successful support from NIH/NIDA and other federal and national research institutions. The undergraduate program will consist of four components: (1) intensive research experience, (2) research seminars, (3) professional development seminars, and (4) skill building workshops. The objectives of the SRI@FMHI are as follows: (1) increase student knowledge in the area of SUDs research, research processes, research ethics, and the responsible conduct of research by providing an eleven week multi- disciplinary summer research education program for 60 undergraduate students (cohorts of 12 students for each of five consecutive years during the grant period); (2) increase student proficiency in SUDs research by immersing them in research laboratory and field experiences, and guiding their work on an independent research project conducted in collaboration with faculty mentors; (3) augment the number of undergraduate students who enroll in SUD/behavioral health graduate programs and pursue research careers related to SUDs; and (4) increase the pool of trained junior scientists in the area of SUDs from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds, through targeted recruitment strategies that have been refined in the past ten years of our REU/SRI programs. In order to accomplish these objectives, the SRI@FMHI will build on the experience of successful undergraduate research programs throughout the country including our own REU/SRI programs. The SRI will be based on the principle that the best way for students to learn about research is to be actively engaged with a faculty mentor in conducting research. Reasoning, critical thinking, and research skills improve more when students actively participate in research than when they engage in the passive instruction that characterizes most statistics and research methods courses. Nine primary techniques will be employed to facilitate active learning in the SRI@FMHI program: (1) experiential learning, (2) independent projects with support from a faculty mentor, (3) cooperative learning, (4) student presentations, (5) group projects, (6) peer review, (7) student-selected topics, (8) group discussions, and (9) student-developed activities. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) incorporates many of these techniques, and PBL will be used within the SRI@FMHI to engage student research teams in finding solutions to real world problems.