A curriculum description of a general introductory biology course titled “Introduction to Research Methods” is presented here. The course aims to provide a glimpse of biomedical research to students who have had no or limited exposure to research to encourage them to do research as freshmen. Thus, this course aims to better equip and invoke interest of high school and college students to undertake research by addressing specific knowledge gaps, recruiting students from underserved communities, and promoting teamwork, community learning, and equity. The course covers in broad strokes key topics like forming a hypothesis, chemical safety, research practices, chemical calculations, cloning and so forth, that is useful for undergraduate trainees initiated to research. The course also aims to put each topic in a social context that provides room for contemplating science for young trainee scientists thus addressing the gap between science and society. Student feedback reveals a positive learning experience and self-reported improvement of knowledge on the various topics taught. As a result, the concepts and pedagogical tools used in this course can be adapted to increase students' involvement and retainment in biomedical research from underrepresented communities.

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一个探索的想法：研究方法简介

这里介绍了题为“研究方法导论”的一般生物学入门课程的课程描述。该课程旨在让没有接触过或接触过研究有限的学生了解生物医学研究，鼓励他们作为新生进行研究。因此，本课程旨在通过解决特定的知识差距、从服务不足的社区招收学生以及促进团队合作、社区学习和公平，更好地装备和激发高中生和大学生进行研究的兴趣。该课程广泛涵盖了假设、化学安全、研究实践、化学计算、克隆等关键主题，对于开始研究的本科生来说非常有用。该课程还旨在将每个主题置于社会背景下，为年轻的见习科学家提供思考科学的空间，从而缩小科学与社会之间的差距。学生的反馈揭示了积极的学习体验和自我报告的对所教授的各个主题的知识的提高。因此，本课程中使用的概念和教学工具可以进行调整，以增加学生对代表性不足社区的生物医学研究的参与和保留。