IMPACT: Promoting Diversity and the Success of Underrepresented Minority Students in the Clinical and Research Workforce for Communication Sciences and Disorders

项目摘要 IMPACT（通过文化培训进行创新指导和专业发展）计划是一个 针对代表性不足的少数族裔（URM）的多维、跨机构、协作辅导计划 对沟通科学和障碍感兴趣的学生（CSD）。这个项目是一个合作 凯斯西储大学（CWRU）是美国顶尖的研究型大学，汉普顿大学 (HU)历史上排名第一的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）。CWRU以其创新而闻名， CSD，它位于一个黑人占主导地位的社区。HU拥有最古老的研究生课程， 语言病理学（SLP）在HBCU，并已毕业更多的黑色SLP比任何其他美国 程序. CWRU和HU，沿着他们的企业和机构合作伙伴以及许多同行的支持，将 提供结构化的指导和专业发展资源， 分别为42名和24名本科生和研究生建立了发展导师网络， 将在整个五年资助周期内参与IMPACT计划。本提案的目的是：1） 为CSD的URM学生建立发展网络，以及2）成功地将CSD的学生过渡到 临床和研究生课程。通过实现这些目标，CSD的URM学生将更有可能 从事研究工作，并为成功的研究事业奠定基础。IMPACT研究员 将与学术，研究，亲和力和同行导师配对，沿着写作，健康和职业 教练;他们将在每个学年定期与这些导师和教练会面。 本科研究员将完成至少150小时的学习经验，而研究生研究员将 完成至少50小时。这项五年计划的工作将用于创建一个模型和一个 其他少数民族服务机构之间的合作CSD指导计划手册（例如，HBCUs） 和研究密集型大学。IMPACT计划的长期成果包括： 保留URM学生在CSD的职业生涯。预计这反过来将支持防治荒漠化全国联盟更广泛的使命 通过促进思想的多样性来改善URM人群中沟通障碍的结果， 包容性评估和临床CSD研究中的公平待遇。

Project Summary The IMPACT (Innovative Mentoring and Professional Advancement Through Cultural Training) Program is a multi-dimensional, inter-institutional, collaborative mentoring program for underrepresented minority (URM) students who are interested in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). This program is a collaboration between Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), a top US research university, and Hampton University (HU), a top ranked Historically Black College and University (HBCU). CWRU is known for its innovation in CSD, and it is located in a predominately Black neighborhood. HU has the oldest graduate program in speech-language pathology (SLP) at an HBCU and has graduated more Black SLPs than any other US program. CWRU and HU, along with their corporate and institutional partners and many peer supports, will provide structured mentorship and professional development resources to build broad and diverse developmental mentorship networks for the 42 and 24 undergraduate and graduate students, respectively, who will participate in the IMPACT program throughout the five-year grant cycle. The aims of this proposal are to: 1) build developmental networks for URM students in CSD, and 2) successfully transition students in CSD into clinical and research graduate programs. By achieving these aims, URM students in CSD will be more likely to pursue a career in research and the foundation will be laid for a successful research career. IMPACT Fellows will be paired with academic, research, affinity, and peer mentors, along with writing, wellness, and career coaches; they will meet regularly with these mentors and coaches throughout each academic year. Undergraduate Fellows will complete at least 150 hours of learning experiences, while graduate Fellows will complete a minimum of 50 hours. Work from this five-year proposal will be used to create both a model and a manual for collaborative CSD mentoring programs between other minority-serving-institutions (e.g., HBCUs) and research-intensive universities. Long-term outcomes of the IMPACT program include the achievement and retention of URM students in CSD careers. This in turn is expected to support the broader mission of NIDCD by improving outcomes for communication disorders in URM populations by fostering diversity of thought, inclusive assessment, and equitable treatment in clinical CSD research.