This Is How We Role: Inspiring Future Researchers through Veterinary Medicine

这就是我们的角色：通过兽医学激励未来的研究人员

• 批准号: 8895460
• 负责人: Sandra F San Miguel
• 金额: $ 23.84万
• 依托单位: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-06-01 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8895460
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 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The lack of diversity in the clinician-scientist workforce is a "very serious concern to the NIH" and to health care professions. Current efforts to broaden participation in STEM fields typically target high school and college-age students. Yet, history and national trends suggest that these efforts alone will not result in rapid or significant change because racial and ethnic disparities are already evident by this time. Children are forming career preferences as early as elementary school, a time when they have little exposure to science and STEM career options. The overall vision of this team is to meet the nation's workforce goal of developing a diverse, clinician-scientist workforce while meeting the nation's STEM goals. As a step toward this vision, the goal of This Is How We "Role" is to inspire elementary school students towards careers as clinician-scientists by increasing the number of K-4 students with authentic STEM experiences. This goal will be attained through two specific aims. The focus of Aim 1 is to distribute and evaluate a K-4 afterschool program across the diverse geographic regions of the US, to support the development of a robust and diverse clinician-scientist workforce. Aim 2 is focused on developing the community resources (afterschool program curriculum, informational books and online certificate program) for promoting health science literacy and encouraging careers in biomedical and clinical research for K-4 students from underserved and underrepresented communities. Combined, these aims will enhance opportunities for young children from underserved communities to have authentic STEM experiences by providing culturally responsive, afterschool educational programs which will be delivered by university student and clinician-scientist role models who are diverse in gender, race, and ethnicity. Books and an online certificate program about health issues impacting people and their animals (i.e. diabetes, tooth decay) will be developed and distributed to children unable to attend afterschool programs. Further, by engaging veterinary programs and students from across the US, along with practicing veterinarians, this program will examine whether the approaches and curriculum developed are effective across the diverse communities and geographic regions that span the country. Elementary school teachers will serve as consultants to ensure that educational materials are consistent with Next Generation Science Standards, and will assist in training university students and clinician-scientists to better communicate the societal impact of their work to the public. The program will continue to use the successful model of engaging elementary school students in STEM activities by using examples of health conditions that impact both people and their animals. Ultimately, this project will educate, improve the health of, and attract a diverse pool of elementary school students, particularly those from underserved communities, to careers as clinician-scientists.

 描述（由申请人提供）：临床医生科学家队伍缺乏多样性是“NIH 和医疗保健专业人士非常关注的问题”，目前扩大 STEM 领域参与的努力通常针对高中和大学年龄的学生。然而，历史和国家趋势表明，仅靠这些努力不会带来快速或重大的变化，因为此时种族和民族差异已经很明显，孩子们早在小学时就已经形成了职业偏好，而那时他们几乎没有接触过职业。科学和STEM 职业选择 该团队的总体愿景是实现国家的劳动力目标，即培养一支多元化的临床医生科学家队伍，同时实现国家的 STEM 目标。作为实现这一愿景的一步，我们的“角色”目标是这样的。目标是通过增加具有真实 STEM 经验的 K-4 学生的数量来激励小学生成为临床医生科学家。这一目标将通过两个具体目标来实现。目标 1 的重点是分发和评估 K-4。课后项目遍布美国不同的地理区域，支持发展一支强大且多样化的临床医生科学家队伍。目标 2 侧重于开发社区资源（课后项目课程、信息书籍和在线证书项目）以促进健康科学。结合起来，这些目标将通过提供文化响应性的课外教育计划，增加来自服务不足社区的幼儿获得真正的 STEM 体验的机会。由不同性别、种族和民族的大学生和临床医生科学家榜样将开发并分发给无法理解的儿童。此外，通过吸引来自美国各地的兽医项目和学生以及执业兽医，该计划将检查所制定的方法和课程是否在全国不同社区和地理区域中有效。充当顾问，以确保教育材料符合下一代科学标准，并将协助培训大学生和临床科学家，以更好地向公众传达他们的工作的社会影响。该计划将继续使用吸引小学的成功模式。通过使用影响人类及其动物的健康状况的例子，帮助小学生参与 STEM 活动，最终，该项目将教育、改善小学生的健康并吸引不同群体的小学生，特别是来自服务不足社区的小学生，从事职业生涯。临床医生科学家。