An evaluation of a STEM summer undergraduate research internship scheme: student-perceived learning gains

Williams, Neil; Hussain, Humma; Manojkumar, Pinali; Thapa, Asim

doi:10.29311/ndtps.v0i11.581

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“…Both students and faculty talked about the importance of internships for nontraditional students and career changer as students are navigating their educational and career paths. First, internship provides students the opportunity to implement what they learned in the classroom in real work environments while being supported by college instructors and administrators (Johnson et al., 2017; Williams et al., 2016). In addition, students have hands-on experiences that give them a better sense of if that field is right for them.…”

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Formative study of non-credit students at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York

Davaasambuu

Zagari

2020

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education

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The study examined students’ needs and satisfaction at the Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY. Purposive sampling method was used to examine the needs and satisfaction of the allied healthcare programme and the English as a Second Language programme students. Results of the focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with students and faculty members demonstrate that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to assist non-credit students to complete their programmes. By learning the perceptions of the non-credit students, the college can make necessary changes for improvements, which ultimately will bring a higher return on investments and engagement of the non-credit student population. The needs and satisfactions of this population have to be taken seriously; whereby providing students by access to credit programmes, generating meaningful outcomes for a range of their needs, and facilitating the long-term pursuit of degree in connection to the academic departments.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Formative study of non-credit students at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York

Davaasambuu

Zagari

2020

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education

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“…Research in other STEM‐based undergraduate summer internship and research programs demonstrates that students identify improvement in critical professional development areas based on these types of experiences. Student self‐identified improvement areas included laboratory techniques, time management, comfort with reading scholarly literature, and independence 42–44 . Unfortunately, the AAPM offers a limited number of SUFP and DREAM opportunities each year, and many available mentors and institutions are not matched with student candidates.…”

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“…Through exit and follow-up interviews, APT graduates indicated that they perceived that the program gave them an advantage in competitive graduate school admissions processes and provided a solid foundational understanding of basic clinical physics for their graduate studies. [42][43][44] Unfortunately, the AAPM offers a limited number of SUFP and DREAM opportunities each year, and many available mentors and institutions are not matched with student candidates. However, the success of the NMPC internship program has shown that supporting early-career physicists through a summer undergraduate internship program is possible outside of the established AAPM program (and outside of academia), and can result in positive educational experiences for early-career physicists.…”

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Overview of medical physics education and research programs in a non‐academic environment

Fagerstrom,

Brown,

Kaurin

et al. 2023

J Applied Clin Med Phys

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Northwest Medical Physics Center (NMPC) is a nonprofit organization that provides clinical physics support to over 35 radiation therapy facilities concentrated in the Pacific Northwest. Although clinical service is the primary function of NMPC, the diverse array of clinical sites and physics expertise has allowed for the establishment of structured education and research programs, which are complementary to the organization's clinical mission. Three clinical training programs have been developed at NMPC: a therapy medical physics residency program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP), an Applied Physics Technologist (APT) program, and a summer undergraduate internship program. A partnership has also been established with a major radiation oncology clinical vendor for the purposes of validating and testing new clinical devices across multiple facilities. These programs are managed by a dedicated education and research team at NMPC, made up of four qualified medical physicists (QMPs). The education and research work has made a significant contribution to the organization's clinical mission, and it has provided new training opportunities for early‐career physicists across many different clinical environments. Education and research can be incorporated into nonacademic clinical environments, improving the quality of patient care, and increasing the number and type of training opportunities available for medical physicists.

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“…Participating in UGR promotes perceived gains in personal (e.g., understanding people of different backgrounds), practical (e.g., working effectively with others), and general education competency (e.g., solving complex real-world problems) areas, as well as higher satisfaction in their educational experience. These types of gains had been documented in both an apprentice-type research experience and a CURE (Kinner & Lord, 2018;Williams et al, 2016), though both these previous reports focused exclusively on self-reported gains immediately after a single STEM course or summer research experience at a research university. We demonstrate that these gains occur at teaching institutions and potentially persist far beyond the actual UGR experience.…”

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Undergraduate Research at a Teaching-Oriented College: Seniors’ Perspectives and Approaches to Consider

Cresiski

Shi

Thanki

et al. 2021

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This study examines the relationship of undergraduate research (UGR) participation on senior students’ reported engagement, perceived gains, satisfaction with their educational experience and retention, and graduation status compared to peers that have not participated in UGR. Data were drawn from 1,472 senior students at a comprehensive, teaching-oriented public college, and collected from administration of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) from 2015 to 2019, along with institutional data. This examination uniquely investigates outcomes of UGR participation besides persistence and graduation (which are already well documented) and leverages the lens of senior students in particular. In addition, this study contributes to the literature on UGR at teaching-oriented colleges, which has been sparse most likely because there are many more opportunities for UGR at research institutions. In line with several conceptual frameworks of student engagement, data analysis revealed that relative to their peers who have not participated in UGR, UGR-participating students have higher levels of engagement, perceived gains, and overall satisfaction. UGR-participating students also continued enrollment and/or graduated at a higher rate after reaching their senior status compared to non-participating peers. The implications for teaching-oriented colleges, as well as suggestions for how these institutions can enhance their undergraduate research programming, are discussed.

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An evaluation of a STEM summer undergraduate research internship scheme: student-perceived learning gains

Cited by 8 publications

References 8 publications

Formative study of non-credit students at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York

Formative study of non-credit students at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York

Overview of medical physics education and research programs in a non‐academic environment

Undergraduate Research at a Teaching-Oriented College: Seniors’ Perspectives and Approaches to Consider

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