Unertl Kim M, Yang Braden Y, Jenkins Rischelle, McCarn Claudia, Rabb Courtney, Johnson Kevin B, Gadd Cynthia S
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
JAMIA Open. 2018 Jul 30;1(2):178-187. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooy030. eCollection 2018 Oct.
To examine roles for summer internship programs in expanding pathways into biomedical informatics, based on 10 years of the Vanderbilt Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) Summer Research Internship Program.
Vanderbilt DBMI's internship program is a research-intensive paid 8-10 week program for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. The program is grounded in a "Windows, Mirrors, and Open Doors" educational framework, and is guided by an evolving set of design principles, including providing meaningful research experiences, applying a multi-factor approach to diversity, and helping interns build peer connections.
Over 10 years, 90 individuals have participated in the internship program, with nine students participating for more than one summer. Of 90 participants, 38 were women and 52 were men. Participants represented a range of racial/ethnic groups. A total of 39 faculty members have served as primary mentor for one or more interns. Five key lessons emerged from our program experience: Festina Lente ("Make haste slowly"), The Power of Community, Learning by Doing, Thoughtful Partnerships Lead to Innovation, and The Whole is More Than the Sum of Its Parts.
Based on our experience, we suggest that internship programs should become a core element of the biomedical informatics educational ecosystem. Continued development and growth of this important educational outreach approach requires stable funding sources and building connections between programs to share best practices.
Internship programs can play a substantial role in the biomedical informatics educational ecosystem, helping introduce individuals to the field earlier in their educational trajectories.
基于范德堡生物医学信息学系（DBMI）为期10年的暑期研究实习项目，探讨暑期实习项目在拓展生物医学信息学发展路径方面的作用。
范德堡DBMI的实习项目是一个为期8 - 10周、以研究为主且有报酬的项目，面向高中生、本科生和研究生。该项目基于“窗口、镜子和开门”的教育框架，并以一系列不断发展的设计原则为指导，包括提供有意义的研究经历、采用多因素方法促进多样性以及帮助实习生建立同伴联系。
在10年时间里，有90人参加了该实习项目，其中9名学生参加了不止一个暑期的项目。90名参与者中，38名是女性，52名是男性。参与者代表了一系列种族/族裔群体。共有39名教员担任过一名或多名实习生的主要导师。从我们的项目经验中得出了五个关键经验教训：欲速则不达、社区的力量、在实践中学习、深思熟虑的合作带来创新以及整体大于部分之和。
基于我们的经验，我们建议实习项目应成为生物医学信息学教育生态系统的核心要素。这种重要的教育推广方式的持续发展和壮大需要稳定的资金来源，并在各项目之间建立联系以分享最佳实践。
实习项目在生物医学信息学教育生态系统中可以发挥重要作用，有助于在个人教育轨迹的早期将他们引入该领域。
