Minority Undergraduate MH Research Training Program

少数民族本科MH研究培训项目

• 批准号: 6673727
• 负责人: PETER J GUARNACCIA
• 金额: $ 16.72万
• 依托单位: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-08-15 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6673727
• 关键词: career; counseling; education; education evaluation /planning; ethnic group; health disparity; health science research potential; mental health; mental health personnel; minority health professional; training; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In accordance with the goals of the NIMH Mental Health Education Program, Project L/EARN recruits members of ethnic and cultural groups traditionally under-represented in mental health related graduate programs, with the intent of increasing the number of minority researchers in the mental health field. Project L/EARN is a program of the multi-disciplinary Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research (the Institute) at Rutgers University. Project L/EARN provides scientific training, experience and guidance to make undergraduate members of underrepresented groups successful candidates for admission to relevant graduate programs in mental health research. By increasing the number of well-trained undergraduates from underrepresented groups applying to graduate programs, Project L/EARN addresses the lack of diversity among health researchers. By providing sound training in statistics, sampling and study design we insure they will excel both in graduate training and as contributing members of the mental health research community. Our goal has been to increase the number of minority applicants to mental health related graduate programs through timely intervention early in the college experience while many students are exploring career options. The summer training component of Project L/EARN consists of a highly structured ten-week experience. During the first eight weeks, the program provides six hours of daily instruction in the principles of scientific inquiry including study design, methods of data collection, techniques of data management and statistical analysis, and fundamentals of statistical package programming. An instructor introduces the students to these topics in morning workshops. Teaching assistants reinforce the morning lessons in supervised homework sessions that meet in the afternoon. The instructor and teaching assistants are all Project L/EARN graduates. Faculty dedicate considerable time to Project L/EARN, providing guest lectures on a broad range of research issues, and serving as mentors. Each intern undertakes an independent research project under the guidance of their faculty mentor, and nightly reading assignments provide a broad foundation in current mental health research. The student poster session and oral presentations provide the opportunity for the interns to present their research projects, demonstrating the integration of the statistical, analytical and substantive issues. Project L/EARN successfully integrates its trainees into active research during the academic year. We request funds to support the summer training program as well as additional training/research experiences and attendance at professional conferences and other training programs.

描述（由申请人提供）：根据 NIMH 心理健康教育计划的目标，L/EARN 项目招募传统上在心理健康相关研究生项目中代表性不足的种族和文化群体的成员，目的是增加心理健康领域的少数民族研究人员。 L/EARN 项目是罗格斯大学健康、医疗保健政策和老龄化研究多学科研究所（以下简称“研究所”）的一个项目。 L/EARN 项目提供科学培训、经验和指导，使代表性不足群体的本科生成为成功进入心理健康研究相关研究生课程的候选人。 L/EARN 项目通过增加来自代表性不足群体的训练有素的本科生申请研究生项目的数量，解决了健康研究人员缺乏多样性的问题。通过提供统计、抽样和研究设计方面的良好培训，我们确保他们在研究生培训和作为心理健康研究界的贡献成员方面都表现出色。我们的目标是在许多学生正在探索职业选择的同时，通过在大学经历的早期进行及时干预，增加申请心理健康相关研究生课程的少数族裔申请人的数量。 L/EARN 项目的夏季培训部分包括为期十周的高度结构化的体验。在前八周内，该项目每天提供六个小时的科学探究原理教学，包括研究设计、数据收集方法、数据管理和统计分析技术以及统计包编程的基础知识。讲师在上午的研讨会上向学生介绍这些主题。助教在下午的督导作业中强化上午的课程。讲师和助教都是 Project L/EARN 的毕业生。教师们为 L/EARN 项目投入了大量时间，就广泛的研究问题提供客座讲座，并担任导师。每个实习生在导师的指导下承担一个独立的研究项目，每晚的阅读作业为当前的心理健康研究提供了广泛的基础。学生海报会议和口头报告为实习生提供了展示其研究项目的机会，展示了统计、分析和实质性问题的整合。 L/EARN 项目在学年期间成功地将其学员融入到积极的研究中。我们 请求资金支持夏季培训计划以及额外的培训/研究经验和参加专业会议和其他培训计划。