Time *

Hour

Minute

Second

AM PM

Did you get what you wanted out of this experience? *

Yes

No

Do you plan to complete higher education (e.g. college, graduate school)? *

Yes

No

After having completed the HMS MEDscienceLAB Pathmaker Program, what is your career goal now? *

Same as before

Something new

Are you aware of the steps needed to pursue your career of interest? (e.g. have you started researching what you need to do?) *

Yes

No

Do you have an up-to-date resume? *

Yes

No

On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident are you in your ability to reach your career goals? *

1 - Very not confident

2 - Not confident

3 - Neutral

4 - Confident

5 - Very confident

On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident are you in your ability to network with others in the STEM (e.g. life science) fields? *

1 - Very not confident

2 - Not confident

3 - Neutral

4 - Confident

5 - Very Confident

How prepared do you feel for starting a career in your desired field? *

1 - Very not prepared

2 - Not prepared

3 - Neutral

4 - Prepared

5 - Very prepared

If you attended a job fair tomorrow, how confident would you be in your ability to secure a job? *

1 - Very not confident

2 - Not confident

3 - Neutral

4 - Confident

5 - Very confident

You pipetted 50 µL of a patient sample, but you are not sure if you actually have 50 µL. Which of the following is the MOST ACCURATE technique can you easily do at the lab bench to measure the exact amount of sample that is in your pipette tip? *

Weigh the volume using a weighing scale

Reverse pipette

Visually inspect the volume using your eyes

I don't know

Your lab intern is making some controls for your experiment. They have the following results. *

Controls Result Negative Control: + (color change) Positive Control: - (no change) Are these controls reliable? Why or why not? (Select all that apply)

Yes, because the negative control should have "color change" as a result.

Yes, because the postive control should have "no change" as a result.

No, because the negative control should have "no change" as a result.

No, because the positive control should have "color change" as a result.

I don't know

Your fellow lab technician needs to preserve a sample. What lab technique(s) could you use to help preserve the sample using wax? *

(select all that apply)

Desiccation

Formaldehyde

Parafinization

Cryopreservation

Vacuum Sealing

I don't know

A father and mother are concerned about their child and are given these results by the lab intern on a gel: Based on the gel results, do the parents have to be worried their child has a genetic mutation? *

Please see picture on the right (or scroll down below) or use the URL blow. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10D-B0bImDVT5zjdTi_dfDqMpuhooECVZ/view?usp=sharing

Yes

No

I don't know

The lab technicians choose to run an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test, and show you a diagram of a positive well model: You are suspicious of their diagram. Are all the steps there? *

Please see picture on the right (or scroll down below) or use the URL blow. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xf3bLQEjhxnZzto05GAVuf2kahJD_AzU/view?usp=sharing

Yes, all steps are there

No, missing an enzyme

No, missing wash buffer

I don't know