Use of the "Future Life Map" exercise to improve awareness of career options and opportunities in underrepresented minority undergraduate students pursuing STEM careers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There has long existed significant underrepresentation of minority students in STEM training and careers. Ongoing efforts to improve opportunities and participation for underrepresented minority students have focused on multiple areas, from increased funding to early exposure to research in STEM. We developed the novel Future Life Map career planning exercise with the goal of contributing to this multi-faceted approach. The exercise emphasizes on the consideration of multiple potential career destinations and routes to those destination. The exercise was designed with the goal of improving participant awareness of options and career planning self-efficacy to improve success and retention of underrepresented minority student participation and retention in STEM.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Whitehead A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830657 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature