To engage the future clinical research workforce earlier, our team created a collaborative summer camp for high school students. This session explores the facilitators and barriers to designing and implementing a curriculum across multiple academic institutions. Attendees will learn strategies to address challenges such as inter-institutional coordination, resource allocation, and maintaining consistent quality and engagement. We will share insights on effectively reaching high school students and fostering their interest in clinical research. Key findings include identifying success factors and obstacles in multi-institutional collaboration, applying a team science framework, and integrating Bandura’s Four Elements of Social Learning Theory into lesson planning. We will also present our evaluation methods, including pre- and post-tests, self-efficacy measures, and participant feedback. Finally, we will introduce a comprehensive toolkit for replicating the camp model, featuring lesson plans, evaluation tools, and best practices.
CEU: 1.00 ACRP
Speaker:
Jessica Fritter, DHSc, MACPR, ACRP-CP, Associate Clinical Professor & Director, Master of Clinical Research and Certificate Programs, The Ohio State University