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What Predicts Undergraduate Students' Decision to Pursue a Career in Biomedical/Behavioral Research within an Upper-Division Research Training Program? A Study of Trainees' Science Identity and Educational Outcomes

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  • المؤلفون: Masunaga, Hiromi (ORCID Masunaga, Hiromi (ORCID 0000-0001-8801-8114); Chun, Chi-Ah (ORCID Chun, Chi-Ah (ORCID 0000-0002-1902-450X); Vu, Kim-Phuong L. (ORCID Vu, Kim-Phuong L. (ORCID 0000-0003-1823-1555)
  • اللغة:
    English
  • المصدر:
    International Journal of Research in Education and Science. 2023 9(4):920-936.
  • الموضوع:
    2023
  • نوع التسجيلة:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • معلومة اضافية
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • المصدر:
      18
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (DHHS/NIH)
    • Contract Number:
      UL1GM118979
      TL4GM118980
      RL5GM118978
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
    • الموضوع:
      Prediction; Undergraduate Students; Career Choice; Science Education; Self Concept; Outcomes of Education; Student Attitudes; Biomedicine; Behavioral Sciences; Minority Group Students; Disproportionate Representation
    • ISSN:
      2148-9955
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      This study examined how science identity and positive educational outcomes relate to student trainees' decision to pursue a research career in health-related sciences, within the context of a two-year research training program that prepares diverse undergraduate students for a research career. In analyses using the evaluation data, science identity and one of the positive educational outcomes significantly predicted trainees' decision to pursue a research career in biomedical and behavioral sciences. In general, students with stronger science identity and interest in pursuing research in academia exhibited a firmer decision to pursue a research career in sciences. In a separate analysis that examined the associations between the trainees' decision to pursue a health-related research career and their underrepresented minority identities, gender, and disciplinary track, results revealed that: (1) the interaction between trainees' disciplinary track (i.e., biomedical vs. behavioral sciences) and their total number of underrepresented minority status was associated with their decision to pursue a research career, but (2) the gender x disciplinary track interaction was not. Emphasizing the need for supporting diverse undergraduate trainees to solidify their science identity and prepare them for a research career in academia, we discuss implications of our findings for research training programs with similar aims.
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      As Provided
    • الموضوع:
      2023
    • الرقم المعرف:
      EJ1399309