Cetnar Ashley J
Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2025 Jul;26(7):e70169. doi: 10.1002/acm2.70169.
Many undergraduate students are eager to learn more about potential career opportunities. While physics majors are often aware of research opportunities within their home department, students may not be aware of how physics can be applied in medicine. An alternate framework for a 10-week summer undergraduate research experience using a collaborative Team Science approach is presented.
The Team Science program is described, with feasibility shared based on the experiences of four students who piloted the program. Students explored four different projects throughout the summer as part of the 10-week program and assumed different team roles for each project fostering experience understanding team dynamics. Changes in student attitudes toward science research were quantified using validated surveys and qualitative responses are also summarized.
Average self-reported student scores in the Attitudes and Approaches to Problem Solving Survey increased 9.8% and Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics increased 14.2% after the summer research experience. Areas with the highest reported gains from the program from the Undergraduate Research Student Self-Assessment Survey included understanding what everyday research work is like, engaging in real-world science research, and preparation for the future.
Using a Team Science approach allowed for students to explore multiple research questions during the summer and experience a more authentic and integrated approach to how research is conducted. This model can be expanded and adapted for students to identify medical physics as a career for applying their physics knowledge to solve problems that will advance human health earlier in their career.
许多本科生渴望更多地了解潜在的职业机会。虽然物理专业的学生通常了解本系内的研究机会，但他们可能不知道物理学如何应用于医学。本文介绍了一种采用合作团队科学方法的为期10周的夏季本科研究经历的替代框架。
描述了团队科学项目，并根据四名参与该项目试点的学生的经验分享了其可行性。作为为期10周项目的一部分，学生们在整个夏季探索了四个不同的项目，并在每个项目中担任不同的团队角色，以培养对团队动态的理解经验。使用经过验证的调查对学生对科学研究态度的变化进行量化，并总结定性回答。
在夏季研究经历后，学生在《问题解决态度与方法调查》中的自我报告平均得分提高了9.8%，在《科罗拉多实验物理科学学习态度调查》中的得分提高了14.2%。本科研究学生自我评估调查显示，该项目收获最大的领域包括了解日常研究工作是什么样的、参与实际的科学研究以及为未来做准备。
采用团队科学方法使学生能够在夏季探索多个研究问题，并体验到一种更真实、更综合的研究方式。这种模式可以扩展并适用于学生，让他们在职业生涯早期就将医学物理视为一种应用物理知识解决问题以促进人类健康的职业。
