Preparation for Graduate and Medical Education(PreGAME)Program

描述(由申请者提供)：这个暑期项目的目标是向来自不同和不具代表性的少数族裔背景的高素质本科生介绍科学研究的概念，科学实验的原则，适当的方法 数据分析，研究结果的解释、展示和翻译应用，以及在学术医学中心执业的临床医生。每名学生都将在一名教师导师的实验室工作，这名导师在指导学生方面有良好的记录，并有一项积极资助的生物医学研究计划，专注于心血管、肺部或睡眠医学，以实现这一目标。此外，所有学生都将通过在办公室和住院查房中跟踪临床医生和研究人员来了解学术医学中心(AMC)的职业生涯。在该计划的第一个夏天结束时， 学生们将写一篇摘要，并参与当地和国家的海报演示 他们的研究成果。在第二个暑期结束后，学生们将给培训项目中的其他学生做5-7分钟的粉笔演讲，并再次展示他们在当地和全国的研究成果。学生还将接受论文写作、MCAT准备和关键职业技能方面的指导。该计划的最终目标是为本科生提供对生物医学研究过程的理解和欣赏，以鼓励他们在研究生和医学教育的进一步研究生培训后继续从事研究患者及其疾病的职业。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this summer program is to introduce highly qualified undergraduates from diverse and underrepresented minority backgrounds to the concept of scientific research, the principles of scientific experimentation, the proper methods of data analysis, the interpretation, presentation, and translational applications of research results and to clinicians who practice at academic medical centers. Each student will work in the laboratory of a faculty mentor who has a proven track record in the mentoring of students and who has an actively funded biomedical research program focusing on cardiovascular, pulmonary or sleep medicine to accomplish this goal. In addition, all students will learn about careers in academic medical centers (AMCs) by shadowing clinician-investigators both in an office setting, as well as on in-patient rounds. At the end of the first summer in the program, the students will write an abstract and participate in both a local and national poster presentation of their research results. After the second summer in the program, students will give a 5-7 minute "chalk-talk" to other students in the training program, and will again present their research locally and nationally. The students will also receive instruction in essay writing, MCAT preparation, and critical career skills. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide undergraduate students with an understanding and appreciation of the biomedical research process so as to encourage them to pursue careers studying patients and their diseases after further postgraduate training in graduate and medical education. (End of Abstract)