In the present article, we describe a 3-day experimental workshop on @entity1723 aimed at helping high school students to understand how fundamental research on glycemia regulation contributes to the development of scientific knowledge and therapeutic strategies. The workshop engaged students in open-ended investigations and guided experiments. Each class was divided into three or four groups, with each group working with a trained doctoral student or postdoctoral fellow. During an initial questioning phase, students observed slides depicting the glycemia of individuals in various situations. Students identified @entity1602 individuals relative to the average glycemia of the displayed population. Students were asked to devise a treatment for these @entity6 . They quickly realized that they couldn't experiment on @entity1 and understood the need for laboratory models. Each group gave ideas of experiments to perform. We then explained, taking into account their propositions, the protocols students could execute to address one of the following questions: Which criteria must an animal model of @entity6 fulfill? How do pancreatic cells maintain glycemia? Is there a way to produce an @entity2690 protein similar to the one released by @entity1 pancreatic cells? We used two different evaluation metrics of the workshop: a questionnaire filled out by the students before and after the workshop and a poster produced by students at the end of the workshop. We found that this educational approach successfully improved student awareness and understanding of the scientific reasoning and research process.

A multidisciplinary guided practical on XXXX engaging students in inquiry-based learning.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['human', 'patients'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetics', 'diabetes'] @entity2690 :: ('3630', 'Gene') :: ['insulin'] @entity1723 :: ('MESH:D003922', 'Disease') :: ['type I diabetes'] @entity1602 :: ('MESH:D006944', 'Disease') :: ['hyperglycemic']
@entity1723 :: (MESH:D003922,Disease) :: ['type I diabetes']
