“Researcher for a Day”: Creating and Shaping a New Generation of Scientific and Medical Researchers

Science is the engine of prosperity, helping society respond to the important issues it faces. We are presently witnessing a worldwide decline in high school students’ interest in science, regardless of gender. To overcome this problem, developing science promotion programs and activities that inspi...

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Autores principales: Jean-Luc Simard, Rabeea F. Omar, Maurice Boissinot, Michel G. Bergeron
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Sumario:Science is the engine of prosperity, helping society respond to the important issues it faces. We are presently witnessing a worldwide decline in high school students’ interest in science, regardless of gender. To overcome this problem, developing science promotion programs and activities that inspire young people to become the scientists of tomorrow is critical. We strongly believe in the leadership of research centers in creating such programs, which could have a significant impact on the next generation of scientists. Here we present the ‘Researcher for a Day’ program, which offers senior high school students immersion days in a scientific workplace dedicated to microbiology, as an example for other institutions that would like to implement such a program. Researcher for a Day has already helped more than 4,000 young students who are considering their career choices discover the world of science. Similar approaches could be implemented virtually anywhere to extend these efforts to promote science among young people.