Let's strengthen the HCI community by taking a gap year!

interactions ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Lazar
Keyword(s):  
Gap Year

scholarly journals The representations of the regional university students about the “gap year” in conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 08008
Author(s):  
Sergei Kremen ◽  
Kseniya Tsitsikashvili
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Gap Year

The article examines the phenomena of the “gap year” in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to analyze the regional university students’ perceptions of this phenomenon in general and in the context of the pandemic, in particular. The results of the study showed that many students have only a superficial understanding of the “gap year” and most would not want to take a year of gap in education for a number of reasons. The authors conclude that in the Russian reality it is quite difficult to implement the “gap year” due to the low level of awareness about it among schoolchildren and students, weak financial and mobile opportunities for the majority of Russians, and conservative views of most parents.

scholarly journals U-Hack Med Gap Year—A Virtual Undergraduate Internship Program in Computer-Assisted Healthcare and Biomedical Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Daetwyler ◽  
Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf ◽  
Gaudenz Danuser ◽  
Rebekah Craig
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Healthcare Crisis ◽  
Bioimage Analysis ◽  
Gap Year ◽  
New Research ◽  
Analysis Platform

The COVID-19 healthcare crisis dramatically changed educational opportunities for undergraduate students. To overcome the lack of exposure to lab research and provide an alternative to cancelled classes and online lectures, the Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics at UT Southwestern Medical Center established an innovative, fully remote and paid “U-Hack Med Gap Year” internship program. At the core of the internship program were dedicated biomedical research projects spanning nine months in fields as diverse as computational microscopy, bioimage analysis, genome sequence analysis and establishment of a surgical skill analysis platform. To complement the project work, a biweekly Gap Year lab meeting was devised with opportunities to develop important skills in presenting, data sharing and analysis of new research. Despite a challenging year, all selected students completed the full internship period and over 30% will continue their project remotely after the end of the program.

scholarly journals Mind the Gap: An Analysis of “Gap Year” Prevalence, Productivity, and Perspectives Among Radiation Oncology Residency Applicants

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 456-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baho Sidiqi ◽  
Erin F. Gillespie ◽  
Chunyu Wang ◽  
Melissa Dawson ◽  
Abraham J. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Oncology ◽  
Gap Year
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