| Curriculum Theme |
Activities |
Competencies |
| Week 1: Community Building and Working with Diversity |
| Assessment of working knowledge and understanding of “health disparities.” |
Program Pre-Assessment |
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| Cultivate team work and a sense of community among student participants |
Team building activities, such as “story of a name”, “what does cake represent in your community?”, “where do I come from?”, picture presentations, scavenger hunt, diagrams, etc. |
Sense of community and shared responsibility |
| Understanding human subjects research |
Interactive lectures on the history of human subjects’ research by Institutional Review Board staff |
Certification to conduct human subjects research |
| Week 2: Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health |
| Introduction to health disparities & the social determinants of health |
Community Assessment
Interactive activities with faculty facilitator
Multi-media presentations |
Increased understanding of the social-cultural and behavioral dimensions of health disparities |
| Health Behavioral Models |
Interactive facilitated activities and research workshops |
| Medical and Health Science Careers |
Presentation by the Office of Cultural Enhancement and Diversity |
Increased understanding of careers in medicine and health science.
Increased understanding of the state of underrepresented minorities in medicine and health science |
| Week 3: CBPR Research Design |
| Introduction to CBPR Research Methods |
Examining case studies of CPBR research
Problem posing and the road towards consciousness.
Activities facilitated by faculty around CBPR methods |
Increased understanding of the application of CBPR research methods |
| Introduction to Qualitative/Ethnographic Research |
Interactive facilitated workshops
Hands-on activities to practice observation and field-notes. |
Increased understanding of methodological approaches to research and its connection to sociopolitical factors |
| Problem Identification Constructing Research Questions |
Archival and online research
Writing activities to define problem
Writing research questions |
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| Research Modeling |
Interactive workshop on research modeling |
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| Week 4: Collecting and Making Sense of Data |
| Entering the Field: Issues in Data Collection |
Roundtable dialogue with research faculty |
Real-world perspective on conducting research in under-served communities |
| Methods for organizing your data |
Students work with faculty mentor |
Database |
| Conducting Preliminary Analysis & Refining Your Research Questions |
Individual meeting with faculty mentors and program staff |
Increased understanding of the scientific process |
| Week 5: Data Analysis and Interpretation |
| Introduction to procedures in data analysis: qualitative and quantitative coding |
Inductive workshops on data analysis
Work individually with program staff and faculty mentors |
First-hand experience conducting analysis and interpretation |
| Introduction to finding reports |
Writing workshop on developing findings reports |
Utilizing advance academic skills in developing scientific finding reports |
| Developing research posters |
Interactive workshop with experience program staff and mentors. |
Final draft of research poster |
| Week 6: Community Engagement |
| Presenting your findings |
Interactive workshop on presentation skills
Presentation practice |
Increased competency in presentation |
| Community Engagement: Presentation of findings to parents, teachers, peers, and community leaders |
Formal and informal research presentations |
Increased sense of contributing to the field of public health |
