Preparing Future Faculty Program at the Universidad Central del Caribe

描述（由申请人提供）：准备未来的教师计划将由中央加勒比大学（UCC）开发，以培养生物医学研究和教育方法方面的博士候选人，为他们未来作为学术科学家和教育工作者的职业做好准备。招募实习生将很容易完成，因为UCC的几乎所有学生都是在科学领域代表性不足的群体（西班牙裔和经济弱势群体）的成员。具体目标1将是招收、留住和毕业优秀的博士候选人，至少90%的支持学生完成博士学位，50%的学生未来将在波多黎各（PR）担任教职。该计划将包括公关拓展活动，包括访问大学、本科生暑期学院和年度科学研究研讨会。具体目标2将是提高学生在生物医学科学研究和教育领域所需的技能和态度，以实现博士学位学员的保留和毕业。这将通过创新的核心课程来实现，其中包括教学法、批判性思维、科学方法论和科学写作方面的培训，以培养科学家和教育者的专业知识和双重身份。一套支持机制将促进学生的发展，包括近同伴咨询，认知和软技能培训，专业发展和指导（包括教师和学生的指导和职业发展研讨会），学生辅导，学生主持的访问科学家研讨会，RISE学员的学生研讨会计划，年度科学研究研讨会，以及保密和免费咨询计划。与加州大学戴维斯分校临床与转化科学中心的合作将通过为UCC的教师和学生提供职业发展、指导培训和远程学习工具方面的专业知识，并为RISE毕业生提供博士后培训的机会，来加强这一项目。受训人员还将接受负责任的研究行为方面的培训，并将通过管理小型机构小额赠款和在辐射安全、实验室安全、机构动物护理和利用委员会以及机构审查委员会服务获得行政技能。评价工作将由一名外部评价员领导，他将参加外部咨询委员会的年度会议，并将为结合结果的定性和定量分析的混合方法方法开发新的工具。研究结果将在项目网站上发布，并通过在地方和国家会议上的演讲，以及向美国国立卫生研究院资助的RISE、PREP、Bridge、IMSD和IRACDA项目的项目主任报告，以及在教育期刊上发表。由于大多数PR专业的学生计划未来在波多黎各的职业生涯，预计该项目将对PR专业的本科研究培训产生重大影响，因为RISE的毕业生将成为波多黎各高校的教师。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Preparing Future Faculty Program will be developed by Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC) to train Ph.D. candidates in biomedical research and in educational methodology, to prepare them for future careers as academic scientists and educators. Recruitment of trainees will be easily accomplished, since nearly all students at UCC are members of groups underrepresented in the sciences (Hispanic and economically disadvantaged). Specific Aim 1 will be to admit, retain and graduate outstanding candidates for the Ph.D., with at least 90% of supported students completing the Ph.D. and 50% progressing in the future to faculty positions in Puerto Rico (PR). The program will include outreach activities in PR, including visits to colleges, an undergraduate summer academy, and an Annual Scientific Research Symposium. Specific Aim 2 will be to enhance the skills and attitudes of students needed for careers in biomedical science research and education, to achieve retention and graduation of trainees with the Ph.D. This will be done through an innovative core curriculum, which includes training in pedagogy, critical thinking, scientific methodology, and scientific writing, to develop both expertise and dual identity as scientists and educators. A suite of support mechanisms will promote student development, including near-peer advisement, cognitive and soft skills training, professional development and mentorship (including mentorship and career development workshops for faculty and students), student tutoring, student-hosted visiting scientist seminars, a student seminar program for RISE trainees, the Annual Scientific Research Symposium, and a confidential and free counseling program. Partnership with the Clinical & Translational Science Center at University of California-Davis will enhance this program, by providing expertise in career development, mentorship training and distance learning tools to faculty and students at UCC, and by providing opportunities for postdoctoral training for RISE graduates. Trainees will also be trained in Responsible Conduct of Research, and will gain administrative skills by managing small institutional mini-grants and by service on Radiation Safety, Laboratory Safety, Institutional Animal Care and Utilization Committees and on the Institutional Review Board. Evaluation will be led by an external evaluator, who will attend annual External Advisory Board meetings and who will develop new instruments for a mixed method approach combining qualitative and quantitative analysis of outcomes. Dissemination of results will be performed on the program website, and by presentations at local and national meetings, as well as reports to program directors of NIH-funded RISE, PREP, Bridge, IMSD and IRACDA programs and in publications in educational journals. Since most students from PR plan future careers in the island, it is anticipated that this program will have great future impact on undergraduate research training in PR, due to RISE graduates who become faculty at Puerto Rican colleges and universities.