UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #950

Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Christopher Richard Ripley
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): cr09c@fsu.edu
Position Title: Graduate Student
Faculty Advisor Name: Carlos Urrutia
Faculty Advisor's FSU Email: currutia@fsu.edu
FSU College (if applicable): Nursing
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: graduate
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Bedside microscopy
Project Keywords: performing differential stains of live specimens uncultured for bacterial diagnosis in less than 30 minutes
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: No
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 1
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Preference - Medical/Biological/Nursing. Students that will have direct interactions with patients.

Project Location:: On FSU Main Campus
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?: No, the project is remote
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: In-person
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 5-10 we can make happen
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work?: Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description:
On my own time I purchased a high power microscope and have started to collect live samples from patients. I have been performing differential stains to see if i could develop a technique of identifying bacterial infection characteristics within 30 minutes. It works!

Typical antibiotic prescription for sepsis involves evaluation of signs and symptoms with best guess of appropriate broad spectrum antibiotics until cultures ect resolve which normally takes 3-5 days. The purpose of project is to create a quick and efficient technique of identifying bacterial characteristics that can provide more actuate antibiotic prescription in that 0-3 day window.

*******Currently Do not have clearance to collect samples*********
I previously had access to live samples when I  was working in the hospital as a nurse in Virginia. I worked as a travel nurse all through covid and enrolled in the FSU DNP acute care program part time. I am transitioning to full time school this semester and will be working as a TA instead of working full time in the hospital. However I have already hundreds of hours perfecting a technique and beginning to create a data base.

If UROP is looking for extra people to work with students I would be happy to do so. It would also provide me with some motivation. 

It would not be difficult to start right back up. There are no overhead costs to the patient or the facility at all. I would just have to ask around for a clinic, hospital, infectious disease doc... ect that would allow us to collect samples. FSU has a walk in clinic that may be a good place to start. I MAY HAVE ENOUGH SAMPLES AND WORK TO OCCUPY STUDENTS FOR GREATER THAN 5 HOURS PER WEEK WITHOUT CLINIC ACCESS. 

Research Tasks:
I will teach them everything. The students will have to learn to work with a microscope, take pictures of organisms, potentially speak with patients, collect live specimens, perform differential stains.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
Drive. Desire to learn. The ability to see these skills as something they can use in their career later in life. 

Mentoring Philosophy:
There are no silly questions, I am just as much a student as they are, mutual respect, Its okay for teachers to be wrong and students to be right this does not intimidate me in fact I hope these students can teach me something new, Motivate, if students can see what i'm teaching as something useful for their careers then they will be more motivated, Practice makes perfect, repetition, practice, and committing time to things is what makes us better. 

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The first email I received about the UROP opportunity I was excited about but I feared I may not have enough resources to offer students. The second email and the extension was an indicator to me that I should go ahead and submit the information I have and see what happens. I can hustle and find a new source to collect specimens and when I think about it further it will take students awhile before they are ready for live specimens. 

I am not sponsored, I do not have a link, publications, or video clips. I do have plenty of microscope images I can submit. 

I would consider my project if you are looking for extra mentors or if there is a high demand from medical/bio majors to learn this process. I started learning out of curiosity and so I could potentially incorporate this in my as an acute care NP. I can see how someone that would like to be a infectious disease doctor would greatly benefit from learning bedside microscopy


Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable?: Yes
Roundtable times and Zoom links:
Wednesday September 6th 12:30pm-1:00pm zoom link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83488739148?pwd=yqmlWwIO50am5vs1l7Nj3S5uN8VB3d.1
Meeting ID: 834 8873 9148
Passcode: 9N9b0n

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UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes
Faculty Advisor Confirmation: No

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Year: 2024
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