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Reimagining a summer research program during COVID: Strategies for enhancing research workforce diversity
Well-designed, accessible short-term research training programs are needed to recruit and retain underrepresented persons into clinical and translational research training programs and diversify the workforce. The Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research developed a summer research progra...
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Cambridge University Press
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9003631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35433036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.371 |
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author | Eakin, Brenda L. Ianni, Phillip A. Byks-Jazayeri, Christy Ellingrod, Vicki L. Woolford, Susan J. |
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description | Well-designed, accessible short-term research training programs are needed to recruit and retain underrepresented persons into clinical and translational research training programs and diversify the workforce. The Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research developed a summer research program, training over 270 students in 15 years. In response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, we pivoted swiftly from an in-person format to a fully remote format. We describe this process, focusing on factors of diversity, equity, and inclusion including enabling student participation in remote research activities. We collected data about students’ learning experiences since the program’s inception; therefore, we could evaluate the impact of remote vs. in-person formats. We examined data from five cohorts: three in-person (2017–2019; n = 57) and two remote (2020–2021; n = 45). While there was some concern about the value of participating in a remote format, overall students in both formats viewed the program favorably, with students in the remote cohorts rating some aspects of the program significantly more favorably. In addition, more students who identified as Black or African American participated in the remote format than in the in-person format. We describe lessons learned from this unprecedented challenge and future program directions. |
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spelling | pubmed-90036312022-04-15 Reimagining a summer research program during COVID: Strategies for enhancing research workforce diversity Eakin, Brenda L. Ianni, Phillip A. Byks-Jazayeri, Christy Ellingrod, Vicki L. Woolford, Susan J. J Clin Transl Sci Special Communications Well-designed, accessible short-term research training programs are needed to recruit and retain underrepresented persons into clinical and translational research training programs and diversify the workforce. The Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research developed a summer research program, training over 270 students in 15 years. In response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, we pivoted swiftly from an in-person format to a fully remote format. We describe this process, focusing on factors of diversity, equity, and inclusion including enabling student participation in remote research activities. We collected data about students’ learning experiences since the program’s inception; therefore, we could evaluate the impact of remote vs. in-person formats. We examined data from five cohorts: three in-person (2017–2019; n = 57) and two remote (2020–2021; n = 45). While there was some concern about the value of participating in a remote format, overall students in both formats viewed the program favorably, with students in the remote cohorts rating some aspects of the program significantly more favorably. In addition, more students who identified as Black or African American participated in the remote format than in the in-person format. We describe lessons learned from this unprecedented challenge and future program directions. Cambridge University Press 2022-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9003631/ /pubmed/35433036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.371 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Special Communications Eakin, Brenda L. Ianni, Phillip A. Byks-Jazayeri, Christy Ellingrod, Vicki L. Woolford, Susan J. Reimagining a summer research program during COVID: Strategies for enhancing research workforce diversity |
title | Reimagining a summer research program during COVID: Strategies for enhancing research workforce diversity |
title_full | Reimagining a summer research program during COVID: Strategies for enhancing research workforce diversity |
title_fullStr | Reimagining a summer research program during COVID: Strategies for enhancing research workforce diversity |
title_full_unstemmed | Reimagining a summer research program during COVID: Strategies for enhancing research workforce diversity |
title_short | Reimagining a summer research program during COVID: Strategies for enhancing research workforce diversity |
title_sort | reimagining a summer research program during covid: strategies for enhancing research workforce diversity |
topic | Special Communications |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9003631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35433036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.371 |
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