Kim Mi Ja, Holm Karyn, Gerard Peggy, McElmurry Beverly, Foreman Mark, Poslusny Susan, Dallas Constance
Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, and Dean Emerita, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Nurs Outlook. 2009 May-Jun;57(3):166-71. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2009.01.004.
Nursing has a shortage of doctorally-prepared underrepresented minority (URM) scientists/faculty. We describe a five-year University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Bridges program for URM master's students' transition to doctoral study and factors in retention/graduation from the PhD program. Four master' students from two partner schools were recruited/appointed per year and assigned UIC faculty advisors. They completed 10 UIC credits during master's study and were mentored by Bridges faculty. Administrative and financial support was provided during transition and doctoral study. Partner schools' faculty formed research dyads with UIC faculty. Seventeen Bridges students were appointed to the Bridges program: 12 were admitted to the UIC PhD program since 2004 and one graduated in 2007. Eight Bridges faculty research dyads published 5 articles and submitted 1 NIH R03 application. Mentored transition from master's through doctoral program completion and administrative/financial support for students were key factors in program success. Faculty research dyads enhanced the research climate in partner schools.
护理领域缺乏拥有博士学位的未被充分代表的少数族裔（URM）科学家/教员。我们描述了伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）为期五年的“桥梁”项目，该项目旨在帮助URM硕士研究生过渡到博士学习，并分析他们在博士项目中的留校/毕业因素。每年从两所合作学校招募/选拔四名硕士研究生，并为他们分配UIC教员作为导师。他们在硕士学习期间修满10个UIC学分，并接受“桥梁”项目教员的指导。在过渡阶段和博士学习期间，提供行政和资金支持。合作学校的教员与UIC教员组成研究小组。共有17名学生被纳入“桥梁”项目：自2004年以来，12人被UIC博士项目录取，1人于2007年毕业。八个“桥梁”项目教员研究小组发表了5篇文章，并提交了1份美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的R03申请。从硕士到博士项目完成的指导过渡以及为学生提供行政/资金支持是该项目成功的关键因素。教员研究小组改善了合作学校的研究氛围。
