Preparation for Graduate and Medical education (PARAdiGM) program

这个暑期项目的目标是引进来自不同国家和地区的高素质本科生 对科学研究的概念、科学原则的少数群体背景的代表性不足 实验、数据分析的适当方法、解释、演示和翻译 研究成果的应用，以及在学术医学中心执业的临床医生。每个学生都会 在教师导师的实验室工作，该导师在指导学生方面有良好的记录，并且 有一个积极资助的生物医学研究项目，专注于心血管、肺部或睡眠医学 来实现这一目标。此外，所有学生都将了解学术医疗中心(AMC)的职业 通过跟踪临床医生和研究人员在典型的一天临床活动，领导责任， 教学和研究。在项目的第一个暑假结束时，学生们将写一篇摘要和 参与他们的研究成果的地方和国家海报展示。第二个夏天过后 在该计划中，学生将向培训计划中的其他学生进行Powerpoint演示，并将 再次介绍他们在当地和全国的研究成果。学生还将接受来自以下机构的指导和建议 论文写作、考试准备和关键职业发展方面的项目主管和近乎同行的导师 技能。该项目的最终目标是为本科生提供了解和 欣赏生物医学研究过程，以鼓励他们从事研究病人的职业 以及他们在研究生和医学教育方面的进一步研究生培训后的疾病。这个节目是 最初由NIH/NHLBI于2014年资助，在过去的4年中，我们有26名独特的学生参与 萨默斯。这些学生中62%是AA，35%是西班牙裔或拉丁裔，58%是女性，31%是弱势群体。的 有资格返回参加第二次范式暑假的学生，14/18人返回(78%)。中的 完成本科培训的范型实习生，几乎都被录取了 /参加优秀的内科-科学家、医学和/或毕业后/生物医学硕士课程 (13/17；76%)，所有人都认为我们暑期项目的研究经验是 他们的培训中有价值的组成部分。

The goal of this summer program is to introduce highly qualified undergraduates from diverse and underrepresented minority backgrounds to the concept of scientific research, the principles of scientific experimentation, the proper methods of data analysis, the interpretation, presentation, and translational applications of research results, and to clinicians who practice at academic medical centers. Each student will work in the laboratory of a faculty mentor who has a proven track record in the mentoring of students and who has an actively funded biomedical research program focusing on cardiovascular, pulmonary or sleep medicine to accomplish this goal. In addition, all students will learn about careers in academic medical centers (AMCs) by shadowing clinician-investigators during a typical day of clinical activities, leadership responsibilities, teaching, and research. At the end of the first summer in the program, the students will write an abstract and participate in both a local and national poster presentation of their research results. After the second summer in the program, students will give a Powerpoint presentation to other students in the training program, and will again present their research locally and nationally. The students will also receive instruction and advice from program directors and near-peer mentors in essay writing, test preparation, and critical career development skills. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide undergraduate students with an understanding and appreciation of the biomedical research process so as to encourage them to pursue careers studying patients and their diseases after further postgraduate training in graduate and medical education. This program was initially funded by the NIH/NHLBI in 2014 and we have had 26 unique students participate in the past 4 summers. Those students were 62% AA, 35% Hispanic or Latino, 58% female, and 31% Disadvantaged. Of the students who were eligible to return for a second PARAdiGM summer, 14/18 returned (78%). Of the PARAdiGM trainees who have completed their undergraduate training, almost all have gone on to be accepted /enrolled in excellent physician-scientist, medical, and/or postbacc/biomedical science masters programs (13/17; 76%), and all have viewed the research experience in our summer program as one of the most valuable components of their training.