Experiences of mentors training underrepresented undergraduates in the research laboratory.

ABSTRACT: Successfully recruiting students from underrepresented groups to pursue biomedical science research careers continues to be a challenge. Early exposure to scientific research is often cited as a powerful means to attract research scholars with the research mentor being critical in facilitating the development of an individual's science identity and career; however, most mentors in the biological sciences have had little formal training in working with research mentees. To better understand mentors' experiences working with undergraduates in the laboratory, we conducted semistructured interviews with 15 research mentors at a public university in the Midwest. The interviewed mentors were part of a program designed to increase the number of American Indians pursuing biomedical/biobehavioral r

SUBMITTER: Prunuske AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3763008 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature