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Katherine Ann Ayers; Robyn Ann Pennella; Olayinka Mohorn-Mintah; Summer Jane Jasper; Susan Naomi Nordstrom – Science Education, 2024
Lack of access to STEMM mentors has been identified as a critical barrier to biomedical research careers, leading to a lack of diversity in this field. To address such a barrier, the National Institutes of Health invested funds to support institutions in developing research immersion programs to provide "underrepresented" students with…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Medical Education, Medical Research, Research Projects
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Qua, Kelli; Pinkard, Otis; Kundracik, Emma C.; Ramirez-Bergeron, Diana; Berger, Nathan A. – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
A Near Peer Mentoring Program (NPMP) was developed in which Medical Student Training Program (MSTP) students met weekly with small groups of high school students who were participating in an intensive summer biomedical research immersion program. The goal of the NPMP was to provide and engage the high school students with opportunities to express…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Mentors, High School Students, Summer Programs
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Wright, A. S.; Wu, X.; Frye, C. A.; Mathur, A. B.; Patrick, C. W., Jr. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2007
A Biomedical Engineering Internship Program conducted within a Comprehensive Cancer Center over a 10 year period was assessed and evaluated. Although this is a non-traditional location for an internship, it is an ideal site for a multidisciplinary training program for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. We made a…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Engineering Education, Internship Programs, Summer Programs