SHORT-TERM TRAINING FOR MINORITY STUDENTS

少数民族学生短期培训

• 批准号: 6748567
• 负责人: CHARLES Vincent SMITH
• 金额: $ 11.45万
• 依托单位: RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-05-01 至 2008-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6748567
• 关键词: SHORT; TERM; TRAINING; MINORITY; STUDENTS

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Summer Research Program of the American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research was instituted in 1991, with the goal of recruiting and training highly qualified medical students for careers as pediatric clinician scientists. The Program is designed specifically for students seeking a research opportunity at an institution other than the medical school they attend. Students spend 8 to 10 weeks working under the supervision of an experienced scientist in one of the participating laboratories (559 at the present time) conducting research related to pediatrics. Applications are solicited from students at all medical schools in the US and Canada, and underrepresented minority students are recruited specifically and encouraged to apply. Applications are evaluated by a six-member Steering Committee, a final ranking is prepared, and the top-ranked students are matched with their respective mentors and laboratories, as they indicate on their applications. The students are paid $1,513 per month to help cover expenses. To date, the program has received 1359 applications, and 453 students have participated or are scheduled to participate this (2002) summer. Ethnic group self-identification was not requested of applicants prior to 1994, but 98 subsequent participating students self-identified as underrepresented minorities (African-American, Hispanic, or Pacific Islander). In addition, female applicants outnumber male applicants and participants at ratios of 1.5 to 1. By questionnaire, students and research mentors overwhelmingly report that the unique opportunities provided by this Program are strongly positive. Objective measures of Program success are more difficult to acquire in the short term The typical period of participation by the student, in the summer between his/her first and second years of medical school, is separated from the establishment of an independent research career by nine years or more. The training grant mechanism is not designed to include objective evaluations of program effects; however, a systematic search of PubMed-retrievable citations showed that 363 students participating in the Program from 1991-2000 published 330 papers, whereas 254 papers were identified as attributable to 819 non-participant applicants. Notably, African-American students who participated in the Program were four times as likely to have published at least one PubMed-retrievable paper as were African-American applicants who did not participate. Of the students who have progressed in their medical educations far enough to select residencies, participants in the Program have chosen Pediatric Residencies at well over twice the national average of 11%. Further, participant students who have completed Pediatric residencies have entered Pediatric subspecialty training programs at a rate (36%) well above the national average of 22%. The data thus indicate that the Program is contributing significantly to the recruitment and training of future pediatric clinician-scientists, particularly among previously underrepresented ethnic groups and women.

描述（由申请人提供）：1991年成立了美国儿科学会/儿科研究协会的夏季研究计划，目的是招募和培训高素质的医学生，以从事儿科临床科学家的职业。该计划是专门为在医学院以外的机构寻求研究机会的学生而设计的。在一位参与的实验室（目前559位）进行与儿科有关的研究的研究中，学生在经验丰富的科学家的监督下花费了8到10周的时间。从美国和加拿大的所有医学院的学生那里征求了申请，并专门招募了代表性的少数民族学生并鼓励申请。申请由六人组成的指导委员会评估，准备了最终排名，排名最高的学生与各自的导师和实验室相匹配，因为他们在申请中表明。这些学生每月支付$ 1,513，以帮助支付费用。迄今为止，该计划已收到1359份申请，453名学生已参加或计划参加此（2002）夏季。 1994年之前，申请人并不要求族裔自我认同，而是随后的98名参与的学生自我认同为代表性不足的少数群体（非裔美国人，西班牙裔或太平洋岛民）。此外，女性申请人人数超过男性申请人和参与者的比率为1.5至1。通过问卷，学生和研究导师以压倒性地报告说，该计划提供的独特机会是很积极的。在短期内，学生在医学院的第一年和第二年之间的典型参与期间，很难获得计划成功的客观度量，这与建立独立研究生涯的建立九年或更长时间。培训赠款机制并非旨在包括对程序效应的客观评估；但是，对PubMed-Retrover-Reclivections的系统搜索表明，从1991 - 2000年发表了330篇论文的363名学生参加该计划，而254篇论文被确定为可归因于819名非参与者申请人。值得注意的是，参加该计划的非洲裔美国学生发表了至少一份可退休论文的可能性是没有参加的非裔美国申请人的四倍。在其医学教育中进步足以选择居住的学生中，该计划的参与者选择了儿科住院医师，其远高于全国平均水平的两倍以上。此外，已经完成儿科住院医师的参与者已经进入小儿专科培训计划（36％），远高于全国平均水平22％。因此，数据表明该计划对未来儿科临床医生的招募和培训有重大贡献，尤其是在以前代表性不足的族裔群体和妇女中。