The Pathways Undergraduate Researchers Program: Fostering Career Interests, Sense of Belonging, and Student Confidence in Pursuing Science.

Journal of STEM outreach Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-26 DOI:10.15695/jstem/v6i2.07
David Vannier, Beverly Torok-Storb, Shelley Stromholt, Jeanne Ting Chowning
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The Pathways Undergraduate Researchers Program is a paid, nine-week summer internship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. It targets rising first-, second-, and third-year college students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research. This paper describes how the internship impacted students' awareness of biomedical careers, scientific identification, and sense of belonging in research. Interns reported an increased awareness of biomedical careers and how to attain them. The experience also challenged interns' career ideas. Interns described a mix of feelings on sense of belonging. All felt welcomed and confident in their abilities. Nonetheless, some noted they were different from the other researchers. A number were motivated by being in the minority and ready to become leaders in diversifying the workforce. Data gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic shed a different light on the internship's impact. The interns reported becoming 'credible resources' on public health issues for their families and communities. The program supported this by building their confidence to understand and communicate science. This undergraduate program developed out of a longer running high school internship effort and many of the strategies described herein are used in both. These findings have implications for programs for underrepresented students at the high school and college level.

途径本科研究人员计划:培养职业兴趣,归属感和学生追求科学的信心。
途径本科研究人员项目是在弗雷德·哈钦森癌症中心为期九周的带薪暑期实习。它的目标是一年级、二年级和三年级的新生,他们的背景在生物医学研究领域的代表性不足。本文描述了实习如何影响学生对生物医学事业的认识、科学认同和研究归属感。实习生报告说,他们对生物医学职业以及如何获得这些职业的认识有所提高。这段经历也挑战了实习生们的职业理念。实习生们描述了他们对归属感的复杂感受。所有人都感到受到欢迎,对自己的能力充满信心。尽管如此,一些人指出他们与其他研究人员不同。许多人的动机是作为少数群体,并准备成为多元化劳动力的领导者。在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间收集的数据为实习的影响提供了不同的视角。这些实习生报告说,他们在家庭和社区的公共卫生问题上成为了“可靠的资源”。该项目通过建立他们理解和交流科学的信心来支持这一点。这个本科课程是在一个更长的高中实习过程中发展起来的,这里描述的许多策略在两者中都有使用。这些发现对高中和大学中代表性不足的学生的项目具有启示意义。
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