Educational Pathways for Cancer Research (EPCR)

印第安纳大学癌症研究教育途径(EPCR)的目标西蒙综合 癌症中心(IUSCCC)和印第安纳大学布鲁明顿(IUB)教育学院将提供癌症 为来自代表性不足人群的学生提供的研究职业道路最终会增加 生物医学劳动力的数量和多样性。这一目标将通过重点关注三个方面来实现 目标：1)培养中级教师，为学生提供必备知识和 对医学研究的倾向；2)为高中教师提供综合实验室研究 经验和课程发展机会，以提升他们的生物和癌症相关教学技能 并为他们的学生创造与科学相关的职业的兴奋；以及3)提供有指导的、高质量的、 以癌症为重点的研究经验，以及讲授和专业开发研讨会 来自代表性不足背景的学校和早期本科生，为他们的医学准备--或 癌症相关领域。为实现目标1，将有45名城乡中级教师参加专业 发展侧重于以项目为基础的研究活动，特别强调癌症研究。致信地址 目标2，利用我们与当地高中教师建立的关系，我们将提供15所高中 教师通过四周的实验室研究对来自代表性不足背景的学生进行教育 在课程开发活动中的经验和参与，这些活动将癌症相关主题纳入 州立课程。与教师及其学校的关系将通过实地考察持续一整年 旅行和学校旅行。为了实现目标3，每年将招募30名高中/本科实习生 两年中每年花三个月进行癌症研究。项目实习生将获得增强 实验室和研究技能，包括对癌症研究企业和患者护理的欣赏， 了解职业机会，并与导师建立长期的学术关系。项目评估 将定期评估EPCR是否达到基准和实现里程碑。基准包括 在初中和高中阶段开发癌症相关课程，促进初中生的职业发展 和高中老师，可以归功于参加了EPCR，我们高中和本科生 受训人员追求健康科学，特别是癌症研究方面的职业。大约60名教职员工 通过研究计划和指导、培训和经验，将担任导师，并将增加教职员工 在需要时被招募。EPCR延续了我们之前成功的治愈计划，并将范围扩大到 履行IUSCCC的使命，教育代表人数不足的不同背景的学生和教师 在生物医学研究方面谁将成为癌症研究和知识的大使。

The aim of Educational Pathways for Cancer Research (EPCR) at the Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center (IUSCCC) and the Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) School of Education is to provide cancer research career pathways for students from underrepresented populations in a manner that ultimately increases the quantity of and diversity within the biomedical workforce. This aim will be achieved by focusing on three goals: 1) Prepare middle-level teachers to provide their students with the prerequisite knowledge and dispositions toward medical research; 2) Provide high school teachers with integrated laboratory research experience and curriculum development opportunities to enhance their biology and cancer-related teaching skills and to create excitement for their students for science-related careers; and 3) Provide mentored, high-quality, cancer-focused research experiences along with didactic and professional development workshops to high school and early undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds to prepare them for medicine-, or cancer-related fields. To address goal 1, 45 urban and rural middle-level teachers will take part in professional development focused on project-based research activities, specifically highlighting cancer research. To address goal 2, using our established relationships with local high school teachers, we will provide 15 high school teachers educating students from underrepresented backgrounds with four weeks of laboratory research experience and participation in curriculum development activities that integrate cancer-related topics into the state curriculum. Relationships with teachers and their schools will continue throughout the year through field trips and school trips. To address goal 3, 30 high school/undergraduate trainees will be recruited every year to spend three months for each of two years performing cancer research. Project trainees will gain enhanced laboratory and research skills, including appreciation of the cancer research enterprise and patient care, understanding of career opportunities, and a long-term academic relationship with mentors. Program evaluation will periodically assess EPCR for meeting benchmarks and achieving milestones. Benchmarks include the development of cancer-related curriculum at middle and high school levels, advancement in the careers of middle and high school teachers that can be attributed to participation in EPCR, and our high school and undergraduate trainees pursuing careers in health sciences, particularly cancer research. Approximately 60 faculty members with research programs and mentoring training and experience will serve as mentors, and additional faculty will be recruited as needed. EPCR continues the success of our previous CURE program and expands the scope to fulfill the mission of the IUSCCC to educate students and teachers from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research who will become ambassadors for cancer research and knowledge.