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Examining Summer Laboratory Research Apprenticeships for High School Students as a Factor in Entry to MD/PhD Programs at Matriculation

Do summer laboratory research apprenticeships during high school have an impact on entry into MD/PhD programs? Apart from the nearly decade-long span of time between high school and matriculation into an MD/PhD program, young people have many life-shaping experiences that presumably impact their edu...

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Autores principales: Tai, Robert H., Kong, Xiaoqing, Mitchell, Claire E., Dabney, Katherine P., Read, Daniel M., Jeffe, Donna B., Andriole, Dorothy A., Wathington, Heather D.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Cell Biology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5459255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28572179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-07-0161
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author Tai, Robert H.
Kong, Xiaoqing
Mitchell, Claire E.
Dabney, Katherine P.
Read, Daniel M.
Jeffe, Donna B.
Andriole, Dorothy A.
Wathington, Heather D.
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Kong, Xiaoqing
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Read, Daniel M.
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description Do summer laboratory research apprenticeships during high school have an impact on entry into MD/PhD programs? Apart from the nearly decade-long span of time between high school and matriculation into an MD/PhD program, young people have many life-shaping experiences that presumably impact their education and career trajectories. This quantitative study (n = 236,432) examines the connection between early laboratory research apprenticeship experiences at the high school level and matriculation into one of the more rigorous educational programs for scientific research training. The span of time covered by this analysis reaches across more than a decade, examining the potential importance of research experiences during the precollege years in the educational trajectory of young people. Intertwined with this question on research experiences is a second major concern regarding diversity in the life sciences research corps. Diversity in this wide-ranging discipline refers specifically to the underrepresentation of Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latino/as, and American Indians/Alaska Natives among the ranks of research scientists. Thus, this study includes analyses that specifically focus on research apprenticeships of Blacks/African Americans and Hispanics/Latino/as and their entrance into MD/PhD programs.
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spelling pubmed-54592552017-06-12 Examining Summer Laboratory Research Apprenticeships for High School Students as a Factor in Entry to MD/PhD Programs at Matriculation Tai, Robert H. Kong, Xiaoqing Mitchell, Claire E. Dabney, Katherine P. Read, Daniel M. Jeffe, Donna B. Andriole, Dorothy A. Wathington, Heather D. CBE Life Sci Educ Article Do summer laboratory research apprenticeships during high school have an impact on entry into MD/PhD programs? Apart from the nearly decade-long span of time between high school and matriculation into an MD/PhD program, young people have many life-shaping experiences that presumably impact their education and career trajectories. This quantitative study (n = 236,432) examines the connection between early laboratory research apprenticeship experiences at the high school level and matriculation into one of the more rigorous educational programs for scientific research training. The span of time covered by this analysis reaches across more than a decade, examining the potential importance of research experiences during the precollege years in the educational trajectory of young people. Intertwined with this question on research experiences is a second major concern regarding diversity in the life sciences research corps. Diversity in this wide-ranging discipline refers specifically to the underrepresentation of Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latino/as, and American Indians/Alaska Natives among the ranks of research scientists. Thus, this study includes analyses that specifically focus on research apprenticeships of Blacks/African Americans and Hispanics/Latino/as and their entrance into MD/PhD programs. American Society for Cell Biology 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5459255/ /pubmed/28572179 http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-07-0161 Text en © 2017 R. H. Tai et al. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2017 The American Society for Cell Biology. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). It is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0). “ASCB®” and “The American Society for Cell Biology®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology.
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Andriole, Dorothy A.
Wathington, Heather D.
Examining Summer Laboratory Research Apprenticeships for High School Students as a Factor in Entry to MD/PhD Programs at Matriculation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5459255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28572179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-07-0161
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