国际学生对遗传咨询申请流程的看法
Chelna Galada1,2, Alise K Blake3, Lori Williamson Dean1
1Department of Genetic Counseling, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Journal of genetic counseling
|March 21, 2024
概括
国际申请者在申请遗传咨询研究生课程时面临着独特的挑战,包括后勤障碍和时区差异. 解决这些障碍可以增强多样性,并支持专业的增长.
科学领域:
- 基因咨询 基因咨询
- 研究生招生研究生招生
- 国际学生招聘 国际学生招聘
背景情况:
- 国际申请人 (IA) 仅占遗传咨询研究生课程 (GCGP) 申请人的一小部分 (1%).
- COVID-19大流行改变了GCGP申请流程,通过虚拟面试和GRE豁免影响了IA.
研究的目的:
- 探索被录取到美国遗传咨询计划的国际学生的应用经验.
- 确定影响IA申请决策的关键因素以及在过程中面临的挑战.
主要方法:
- 涉及12名在2021或2022年入学的国际遗传咨询学生的定性研究.
- 面试的重点是应用因素,挑战和改进建议.
主要成果:
- 成本,节目地点和面试报告是IA的主要决策因素.
- 国际人员遇到困难,确保相关的影子/志愿者经验,并面临物流GRE,成绩单和英语能力测试的挑战.
- 虚拟面试,虽然标准化了体验,但给IAs带来了重大的时区挑战.
- 早期参与计划和寻求豁免是重新申请者的有益策略.
结论:
- GCGPs可以通过为IA和国际学生支持联系人提供清晰的在线信息来降低障碍.
- 提高对IA背景,本国经验和时区差异的认识对于公平的申请过程至关重要.
- 应对这些挑战可以促进多样性,公平性和包容性,促进遗传咨询专业的发展.
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