Supporting underrepresented students in health sciences: a fuzzy cognitive mapping approach to program evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Students Training in Academia, Health, and Research (STAHR) Program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) strives to help students from low-income families that have experienced educational challenges due to poverty and prepare them to enter, persist, and graduate from a health sciences degree program at UMKC. Students in the program participated in fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) sessions to ensure that all voices of the program were heard to improve program implementation, and student success, and contribute to an equitable educational environment.

Methods

Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping sessions for the 2020-2021 cohort of students (n = 52) were conducted to assess the strengths and weaknesses in program implementation, especially through the beginning of

SUBMITTER: Chiang DF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10956253 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature