N. American Integrative Medicine Scientific Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：此R-13申请请求支持将于2006年5月24日至27日在阿尔伯塔班夫举行的题为“北美补充和综合医学研究会议”的会议。本次会议由整合医学学术健康中心联盟（CAHCIM）赞助，该联盟代表美国和加拿大25所拥有整合医学项目的医学院。会议的主办单位是阿尔伯塔大学和卡尔加里大学，后者也是CAHCIM的成员。本次研究会议旨在展示该领域最高质量，同行评审，原创研究。它的教师由来自美国和加拿大的互补医学研究社区的领导人组成，包括联邦和省级资助的调查人员，综合护理中心主任，教育工作者和政策研究人员。这是一系列非常成功的互补会议中的第三次，具有类似的重点、受众和同行审查过程。所要求的资金将用于以下目的： 1)为负责课程规划、实施和评价的关键人员提供部分支助; 2)为主要课程教师提供部分差旅和住宿支持，包括评审委员会主席; 3)为视听设备提供部分支持，以确保残疾人无障碍使用; 4)使课程主任能够进一步完善和扩大课程，包括努力增加少数族裔教员的人数; 5)增加国际社会CAM调查人员的参与; 6)使课程主任能够在课程结束后的第二天安排一次课后评估会议，以便组织委员会成员和教师能够提出具体的建议 在2006年会议的基础上，继续赞助以后的会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R-13 application requests support for a conference entitled North American Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medical Research to be held in Banff, Alberta on May 24-27, 2006. This conference is sponsored by the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM) which represents 25 medical schools in the U.S. and Canada that have integrative medical programs. The site hosts for the conference are University of Alberta and University of Calgary, the latter is also a member of CAHCIM. This research conference is intended to showcase the highest quality, peer-reviewed, original research in this field. Its faculty is composed of leaders from the complementary medical research communities of both the United States and Canada, including federally and provincially funded investigators, directors of integrative care centers, educators and policy researchers. This is the third in a series of highly successful complementary conferences with similar focus, audience and peer-review process. Funds being requested will be used to for the following purposes: 1) Provide partial support for key personnel responsible for course planning, implementation and evaluation; 2) Provide partial support for travel and accommodation associated with key course faculty including review committee chairs; 3) Provide partial support for audio-video equipment to ensure access for individuals with disabilities; 4) Enable the course directors to further refine and expand the course, including efforts to increase minority representation of course faculty; 5) Increase participation by CAM investigators from the international community; 6) Enable course directors to schedule a post-course evaluation session the day after the course so that organizing committee members and faculty can make specific recommendations towards the sponsorship of subsequent conferences expanding on the 2006 meeting.