Ponce School of Medicine MBRS-RISE Program

描述(由申请人提供)：庞塞医学院(PSM)MBRS-RISE项目的主要目标是提高在波多黎各PSM的跨学科博士项目中参与生物医学研究的拉美裔学生的竞争力和留存率。PSM MBRS-RISE计划将解决我们目前博士项目的几个缺点，包括申请人数少，退学率高，需要更专业的研究生课程和研讨会，缺乏经济援助，需要改进指导，为研究生专业计划做准备，以及需要正式的评估系统来监督我们的研究生，并为改进我们学生的培训提供方向。该计划建议通过提高少数族裔学生的学术、研究、个人和专业能力来实现这些目标，这将为他们在生物医学科学领域的职业生涯做好更好的准备。 PSM Rise项目的具体可衡量目标如下：(1)提高博士项目学生的质量和留存率；(2)为PSM MBR-Rise学员提供持续的、新的和强化的职业发展和职业技能培训，以增强他们未来的竞争力；以及(3)进行关键评估和学生跟踪，以评估项目的有效性，跟踪Rise毕业生的职业道路，并为改进学生培训提供反馈。PSM MBRS-RISE计划将补充现有的MBRS-SCORE和RCMI计划，通过提供训练有素的学生队伍来实施资助的研究项目，并提供创建新研究计划的动力，从而显著增强整体研究计划。PSM MBRS-RISE计划提供的强化培训将增加从事生物医学研究的拉美裔美国人的数量，并鼓励波多黎各生物医学研究的增长。通过为更具文化多样性的研究队伍做出贡献，该计划将促进针对少数族裔健康差异的生物医学研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of the Ponce School of Medicine (PSM) MBRS-RISE Program is to increase the competitiveness and retention of underrepresented Hispanic students participating in biomedical research in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program at PSM in Puerto Rico. The PSM MBRS-RISE Program will address several shortcomings of our current Ph.D. program, including a low number of applicants, high withdrawal rates, the need for more specialized graduate courses and workshops, lack of financial assistance, the need for improved mentoring in preparation for post-graduate professional plans, and the need for a formal evaluation system to monitor our graduate students and provide direction for improving the training of our students. The program proposes to accomplish these goals through enhancement of the academic, research, personal, and professional competence of our underrepresented minority students, which will better prepare them for careers in the biomedical sciences. The specific measurable objectives of the PSM RISE program are as follows: (1) to increase the quality and retention of the students in the Ph.D. program; (2) to provide continuing, new, and enhanced professional development and career skills training for PSM MBRS-RISE trainees to strengthen their future competitiveness; and (3) to conduct critical evaluation and student tracking to assess program effectiveness, track the career paths of RISE graduates, and provide feedback for improving student training. The PSM MBRS-RISE program will complement existing MBRS-SCORE and RCMI programs to significantly enhance the overall research program by providing a better trained student workforce to conduct the funded research projects and provide the momentum to create new research initiatives. The enhanced training provided by the PSM MBRS-RISE program will increase the number of Hispanic Americans doing biomedical research and encourage the growth of biomedical research in Puerto Rico. By contributing to a more culturally diverse research workforce, the program will foster biomedical research of minority health disparities.