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Chu Kim-Prieto1, H Liesel Copeland, Rodney Hopson
1Department of Psychology, The College of New Jersey, New Jersey, USA.
Abstract:
We examined the relationship between sense of professional identity and academic success among under-represented minority graduate students in a biomedical doctoral program. We found that a sense of professional identity is related to science success among under-represented minority students, but not for non-underrepresented minority students. Sense of professional identity appears to be linked to the use of mentors and to development as a scientist and member of the professional community, rather than someone who simply performs laboratory experiments.
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