Post Baccalaureate Research Opportunity To Promote Equity In Learning (PROPEL).

项目摘要/摘要 R25预科助学金将为加州大学旧金山分校一个新的学士学位后项目提供核心资金。这 该计划将建立在我们非常成功的试点计划PROPEL的基础上，该计划将于今年结束。的目标是 Prep计划将为来自历史上代表性不足背景的受训者提供研究 经验和加强的科学培训需要具有竞争力的顶级生物医学博士和 医学博士学位课程。为了实现这一目标，我们制定了一项研究教育计划，其中包括定义 目标和可衡量的结果。目标1是为预科学者提供获得 在全日制指导研究中进行严格的生物医学研究的丰富经验 位置。在实验室进行原创研究的实质性经验是最有力的预测因素之一 在研究生院取得成功。然而，在许多大学，研究实习的机会很少，而且 我们发现，研究经验不足是来自历史上的学员最常见的原因之一 代表性不足的群体对我们的研究生课程没有竞争力。目标1解决了体验中的这一差距 将学员安排到加州大学旧金山分校的实验室，在那里他们获得进行基于发现的研究的第一手经验 在支持性的、有指导的环境中进行研究。他们的研究进展以及他们的科学研究 和职业发展目标在指导计划中定义，并由他们的研究导师和 一年两次的委员会会议。目标2是促进科学知识的发展和 沟通技巧。广泛的现代生物医学知识基础对 在这个多学科的时代，让学者们为研究生水平的研究做好准备，并帮助他们了解情况 决定他们想要参加哪种类型的博士课程。为了发展这种知识，预科学者 参加讲座，参加文献回顾工作坊和生物统计学等教育活动 和编程课程。学者的科学发展由导师评估，项目 定期对内容进行评估和更新。目标3是促进职业发展技能和自我意识 强化科学认同感的社区。许多申请者进入研究生院的一个主要障碍是缺乏 对专业工作环境有足够的经验，缺乏对具体工作环境的了解 对生物科学研究生课程的期望。为了满足这种需求，我们的学者完成了一项 一系列的研讨会、指导活动和自我指导的练习，帮助发展这一重要知识 和专业技能。学者的职业发展通过与他们的定期会议进行监督 导师和结构化评估，以及来自这些活动的有形产品，如个人 发展计划和个人声明草案。这些是用来加强学者的科学认同感和 准备研究生院的申请。总体而言，我们希望预科计划中的经验将 使我们的学者在研究生院更具竞争力，并将极大地促进他们的职业生涯。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT An R25 PREP Grant would provide the core funding for a new postbaccalaureate program at UCSF. This program will build on our highly successful pilot program, PROPEL, which will end this year. The goal of the PREP program will be to provide trainees from historically underrepresented backgrounds with the research experience and enhanced scientific training needed to be competitive for top-tier biomedical science PhD and MD/PhD programs. To achieve this goal, we have developed a research education plan that includes defined Aims and measurable outcomes. Aim 1 is to provide PREP scholars with the opportunity to obtain substantive experience conducting rigorous biomedical research in a full-time mentored research position. A substantive experience conducting original research in a laboratory is one of the strongest predictors of success in graduate school. However, research internships are few and far between at many universities, and we find that insufficient research experience is one of the most common reasons why trainees from historically underrepresented groups are not competitive for our graduate programs. Aim 1 addresses this gap in experience by placing trainees into UCSF labs, where they obtain first-hand experience conducting discovery-based research in a supportive, mentored environment. Progress on their research as well as toward their scientific and career development goals are defined in a Mentoring Plan and monitored by their research mentor and in biannual committee meetings. Aim 2 is to promote the development of scientific knowledge and communication skills. A broad foundation of knowledge about modern biomedical science is important to prepare scholars for graduate level research in this multidisciplinary era, and to help them make informed decisions about what type of PhD program they want to go into. To develop this knowledge, PREP scholars attend lectures, and participate in educational activities such as a literature review workshop and biostatistics and programming classes. The scholars’ scientific development is assessed by the instructors, and the program content is evaluated and updated regularly. Aim 3 is to promote career development skills and a sense of community that reinforce scientific identity. A major barrier for many applicants to graduate school is a lack of sufficient experience with professional work environments as well as a lack of knowledge about the specific expectations of a graduate program in the biological sciences. To address this need, our scholars complete a series of workshops, mentored activities, and self-directed exercises that help to develop this crucial knowledge and professional skill set. The scholar’s career development is monitored through regular meetings with their mentors and with structured evaluations, and tangible products from these activities, such as an individual development plan and draft personal statement. These are used to reinforce the scholars’ scientific identity and prepare graduate school applications. Collectively, we expect that the experiences in the PREP Program will make our scholars more competitive for graduate school and will substantially advance their careers.