OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Research Education Towards Opportunities (RETO) Mentoring Offering Training Opportunities for Research (MOTOR) 1 – 2 and the elective courses (INTD 5998/ MDCL 101) in CTR of Title V Coop were designed to provide the participants from higher education institution (HEI) in Puerto Rico (PR), interdisciplinary – interprofesional knowledge in CTR. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Since April 2017, Research Education Towards Opportunities (RETO) and Mentoring Offering Training Opportunities for Research (MOTOR) 1 - 2 trainings were offered as part of the Title V Coop. In addition, since January 2020, as part of the institutionalization of the trainings in CTR, two elective courses (INTD 5998 and MDCL 101) were created-offered. The trainings/courses present the main concepts underlying CTR performance through lectures, workshops and presentations, in hybrid modalities, as well as the services-resources of the Center Research Education and Science Commnunication Opportunities (CRESCO). These programs have given students (undergraduate and graduate) and faculty the opportunity to get started in CTR and to integrate in Clinical and Translational Mentoring Teams (CTMT). RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Eight (8) cycles of RETO-MOTOR 1 and seven (7) cycles of RETO-MOTOR 2; two sessions of INTD 5998 and one session of MDCL 101 were offered. The RETO-MOTOR 1 training was completed by 219 participants and RETO-MOTOR 2 by 130 participants. The INTD 5998 course was completed by 22 students and the MDCL 101 course by 18 students. A total of 389 participants have been initiated in the CTR. Of the trainings, 90% indicated that the knowledge acquired in CTR was invaluable, 85% understand that the most significant achievement, as students, was present at a scientific conference, and 100% indicated interest in continuing to do CTR. Of the courses, 100% indicated that they were a good learning experience, helped them increase their knowledge in CTR, met their expectations and would recommend other students to take the course. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The RETO-MOTOR 1, RETO-MOTOR 2 trainings and CTR courses provide a based of research knowledge and valuable interprofessional experience for those who whish to start in the clinical and translational research. The Title V Cooperative Project provides this opportunity to undergraduate and graduate students such as faculty of HEI in PR.
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: A group of leading students was integrated as part of the collaborators of the Title V MSC Project with the objective of promoting UgS and GS from Puerto Rico to start and get involved in CTR with an interdisciplinary approach (IA) through the course of INTD 5998: Clinical and Translational Research: Introduction and Principles. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The Title V MSC Project of the UPR institutionalized the INTD 5998 course. This course offers UgS and GS the opportunity to start and get involved in CTR. Students with leadership from different universities and from different geographic regions of Puerto Rico were identified and recruited to collaborate in the recruitment of students interested in taking the INTD 5998 course. Since April 2022, the student leaders implemented different strategies to make known about the course and its benefits among their peers. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: For the course of INTD 5998 that began in August 2022, they achieved a contact list of 97 interested students from different geographic areas of Puerto Rico, 21 students applied for the course and 15 enrolled (71% of those who applied and 75% of the maximum course quota). DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The student leaders have been an effective promotion and marketing strategy to make known the INTD 5998 course among their peers from the different Universities of Puerto Rico. Their integration as collaborators to the Title V MSC Project has been successful and valuable.
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