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Title: PROPEL: A Scalable Model for Postbaccalaureate Training to Promote Diversity in the Biomedical Workforce
Language: English
Authors: Jessica Allen, Ekland Abdiwahab, Meghan D. Morris, Claude Jourdan Le Saux, Paola Betancur, K. Mark Ansel, Ryan D. Hernandez (ORCID 0000-0001-5249-504X), Todd G. Nystul (ORCID 0000-0002-6250-2394)
Source: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. 2024 25(3).
Availability: American Society for Microbiology. 1752 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-737-3600; e-mail: journals@asmusa.org; Web site: https://journals.asm.org/journal/jmbe
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2024
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (DHHS/NIH)
Contract Number: GM136348
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Graduate Study, STEM Careers, Employees, STEM Education, Equal Education, Student Diversity, Minority Group Students, Curriculum, Student Recruitment, Enrollment Trends, Mentors, Doctoral Degrees, Financial Support, Readiness, Experiential Learning, Career Development
Geographic Terms: California (San Francisco)
ISSN: 1935-7877
1935-7885
Abstract: Promoting diversity in the scientific workforce is crucial for harnessing the potential of available talent and ensuring equitable access to Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEM-M) careers. We have developed an innovative program called Postbaccalaureate Research Opportunity to Promote Equity in Learning (PROPEL) that provides scientific and career development training for postbaccalaureate scholars from historically excluded backgrounds in STEM-M fields with an interest in pursuing a PhD or MD/PhD degree. Our program is distinct from other postbaccalaureate programs in that scholars are hired by individual labs rather than funded centrally by the program. This funding mechanism removes the idea that central funding is necessary to encourage faculty to train diverse scholars and allows the program to scale dynamically according to the needs of the scientific community. The PROPEL program started in 2020 with six scholars and has since grown to an enrollment of over 100, making it the largest postbaccalaureate program for biomedical research in the country. Here, we describe the program structure and curriculum, our strategy for recruitment, the enrollment trends, the program demographics, metrics of scholar engagement, and outcomes for scholars who completed the program in 2023. Our experience demonstrates the strong demand from both scholars and faculty for programming of this type and describes the feasibility of implementation.
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