Resource in Education in Microbiology and Immunology

描述（由申请人提供）：这个PREP的长期目标是招募和培养来自代表性不足群体的学生从事生物医学科学的职业。我们将在已经取得成功的项目的基础上，采用创新的方法，帮助有动力的学生实现成为科学家的目标，从而成为其他人的榜样，并减少他们在社区中看到的医疗保健差距。通过详细的个性化发展计划（IDPs），我们将帮助学员掌握自己的学习，让他们定义符合自己兴趣和价值观的学习目标，并制定系统来监测和评估他们在实现这些目标方面的进展。这些国内流离失所者是与研究导师和项目领导共同制定的，将作为项目的基础。在评估了个人的优势和劣势之后，将为每个学生设计相应的课程，使他们能够增加科学知识的基础，发展研究和实验室技能，获得口头表达和写作技能，提高他们的领导能力、人际关系和时间管理技能。其基础将是在资助研究者的实验室中开展一个独立的研究项目，使他们能够获得并实践成为一名科学家所必需的所有技能。在这方面，他们将得到由教师和同行组成的指导委员会和一个定期监督他们进展的项目指导委员会的帮助。他们将参加每周一次的科学技能和沟通课程以及研究生课程。他们将在申请研究生院的过程中获得建议和直接支持，包括准备GRE考试、帮助选择学校、准备分析和模拟面试。他们将有机会参加地区和国家科学会议，主持他们选择的客座研讨会演讲者，并将被期望在项目结束时展示和口头辩护他们的研究项目，以及协助撰写他们的科学发现的手稿。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of this PREP is to recruit and prepare students from underrepresented groups for careers in the biomedical sciences. We will build on our already successful program with innovative approaches to assist motivated students to achieve their goals of becoming scientists and thus be positioned to serve as role models for others and to reduce the health care disparities they view in their communities. By the use of detailed individualized developmental plans (IDPs), we will help the trainees take charge of their own learning by having them define learning goals consistent with their own interests and values and develop systems to monitor and assess their progress in achieving them. These IDPs, developed in conjunction with research mentors and program leadership, will serve as the foundation of the program. Following assessment of individual strengths and weaknesses, programs will be designed for each individual student that will allow them to increase their base of scientific knowledge, develop research and laboratory skills, acquire oral presentation and writing expertise and improve their leadership, interpersonal and time management skills. The basis of this will be development of an independent research project in a funded investigator's laboratory that will allow them to acquire and practice all of the skills necessary to be a scientist. They will be aided in this by a mentorial committee composed of faculty and peers and a program Steering Committee that will regularly monitor their progress. They will participate in a weekly Scientific Skills and Communication course as well as graduate level classes. They will be advised and provided direct support for the application process to graduate schools including preparation for the GRE, assistance in the choice of schools, preparation of assays, and mock interviews. They will have the opportunity to attend regional and national scientific meetings, host a visiting seminar speaker of their choice, and will be expected to present and orally defend their research project at the end of the program as well as assist in writing a manuscript of their scientific findings.