EVALUATION OF AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE ON CLINICAL RESEARCH FOR INNER CITY

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 作为GCRC NIH资助资助的一部分，长滩理工学院的临床研究课程于2001年开始。修读荣誉课程或进修课程的高中生均有资格修读此课程。每年吸引10-17名学生，自2001年以来，已有66名学生完成了这门课程。课程为期14周，每周5个小时，包括在德州理工学院的活动和在医院现场的活动。理工学院的活动包括期刊俱乐部、研讨会、考试和生物医学伦理讨论。医院现场的活动包括实验设计、文献搜索、统计、研究伦理(包括人类受试者研究的伦理)、与研究导师一起的临床研究，以及研究工作的介绍。 我们假设，参加这门课程会导致人们对科学和研究产生更大的兴趣，从而增加成为一名内科科学家的兴趣。 为了验证我们的假设，一项长达20分钟，包含73个项目的电话调查被开发出来，以衡量课程参与者的高中后教育和研究活动。使用课程记录作为联系信息，所有66名课程参与者将被邀请参与调查。参与调查的邀请函将包括一份调查情况说明书、一份调查副本和一张写有地址、邮资已付的明信片，以拒绝参与。没有拒绝参加的课程参与者将被电话联系，询问他们是否愿意参与调查。接受调查的人将被问到15-73个问题，涉及他们的大学出勤率、研究领域、研究活动、未来计划以及LB Poly课程的影响。为了保密，回复将被安全地保存和匿名。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. As part of the GCRC NIH funded grant, the Long Beach Poly Technic High (LB Poly) course in clinical research began in 2001. Senior high school students taking honors courses or advanced placement courses are eligible to take this course. Attracting 10-17 students each year, 66 students have completed the course since 2001. The course is 14 weeks long, five hours per week consisting of activities at LB Poly and activities at a hospital site. Activities at LB Poly include journal club, seminars, exams and biomedical ethics discussions. Activities at the hospital sites include experimental design, literature searching, statistics, research ethics including the ethics of human subject research, clinical research with a research mentor, and presentation of research work. We hypothesize that participation in this course leads to a greater interest in science and research leading to increased interest in becoming a physician-scientist. To test our hypotheses, a twenty minute long, 73-item telephonic survey has been developed to measure the post-high school educational and research activities of the course participants. Using course records for contact information, all 66 course participants will be invited to participate in the survey. The invitation to participate in the survey will include an information sheet on the survey, a copy of the survey and an addressed, postage-paid postcard to decline participation. Course participants who do not decline participation will be contacted by telephone and asked if they would like to participate in the survey. Those ageeing to be surveyed will be asked 15-73 questions regarding their college attendance, field of study, research activities, future plans and impact of the LB Poly course. To maintain confidentiality, responses will be securely kept and anonymous.