Professional Development Seminar

描述（由申请人提供）：专业发展研讨会（PDS）由女性肾脏病（WIN）组织，自1996年以来每年都作为美国肾脏病学会（American Society of Nephrology）肾脏周期间研究生教育课程的一部分提供。PDS的总体目标是为肾病学学员和初级教师提供关键的知识基础和技能，以促进他们的专业成长，并帮助他们实现职业目标。具体而言，PDS提供了在当前劳动力环境中导致肾脏病事业成功的特征的见解，突出了获得这些特征所需的技能，并确定和制定克服障碍的策略。该研讨会还促进网络，汇集初级和高级医生和科学家在肾脏病，创造协同作用的群体之间的互动通常不会发生设置。PDS的独特设置（发生在美国肾脏病学会年会之前）允许在PDS发起的互动在整个星期及以后得到巩固。 今年的研讨会是为期两天的密集学习活动。各种交付方法和格式，从1：1的速度辅导，以促进小组讨论，以全体会议，是用来刺激和最大限度地提高有效的学习。将向每一位应邀发言者提供具体指示，说明在分配的时间内要实现的目标。全体会议的大多数发言者也被分配到小组讨论和1：1辅导，以进一步个性化的职业咨询。 随着慢性肾脏病（CKD）患者人数的不断增加，对CKD患者护理质量和肾脏病学研究进展的需求变得更加强烈。满足这些需求的一个关键方面是确保我们未来的劳动力的高素质，这取决于培养那些进入该领域的专业职业发展。肾脏病学奖学金培训不包括对专业成长的重点培训，这对实现成功的职业生涯至关重要。拟议的PDS旨在填补这一空白，提供关键的知识和技能，使参与者能够最大限度地发挥潜力，让他们有更多的机会蓬勃发展，从而更充分地贡献他们的才能，更好地了解肾脏疾病，诊断和治疗。因此，研讨会是及时的，显然是NIH/NIDDK的具体重点领域。研讨会的组织者和发言者都具有非凡的素质，非常适合他们所承担的任务。 根据多年来的反馈，公共部门发展方案一直在实现其目标。它对许多与会者的职业发展产生了强大的影响，他们不仅实现了自己的职业目标，而且每年都作为PDS的特邀演讲者和/或规划者返回。大约50%的PDS参与者是妇女和代表性不足的少数民族。 公共卫生相关性：拟议的专业发展研讨会（PDS）将提供关键的知识基础和技能，肾脏学学员和初级教师，以提高他们的专业成长。通过这样做，研讨会将使与会者能够最大限度地发挥他们的潜力，让他们有更多的机会蓬勃发展，从而更充分地贡献他们的才华，更好地了解肾脏疾病，他们的诊断和治疗。该研讨会显然是NIH/NIDDK的一个具体重点领域，将有助于维护医学价值和促进与肾脏疾病相关的公共卫生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Professional Development Seminar (PDS) is organized by Women in Nephrology (WIN) and has been offered annually since 1996 as a part of the post-graduate education courses during the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week. The overall objective of the PDS is to provide key knowledge base and skills to nephrology trainees and junior faculty to enhance their professional growth and to help them reach their career goals. Specifically, PDS offers insights into characteristics that lead to a successful career in nephrology in the current workforce environment, highlight skills necessary to acquire these characteristics, and identify and develop strategies to overcome barriers. The Seminar also fosters networking, bringing together junior and senior physicians and scientists in nephrology, creating synergy in a setting for groups among whom interactions do not typically occur. The unique setting of the PDS (occurring immediately prior to the American Society of Nephrology [ASN] annual meeting) allows the interactions initiated at PDS to solidify throughout the week and beyond. This year, the Seminar is an intensive two-day learning event. A variety of delivery methods and formats, from 1:1 speed-mentoring to facilitated group discussion, to plenary sessions, are employed to stimulate and maximize effective learning. Each invited speaker will be given specific instructions as to objectives to be achieved in their allotted time. Most of the speakers for the plenary sessions are also assigned to group discussions and 1:1 mentoring for further individualized career counseling. With growing population of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the demands for quality CKD patient care and advancement in nephrology research have become more intense. One critical aspect of meeting these demands is to ensure the high quality of our future workforce, which hinges on nurturing professional career growth for those coming into the field. Nephrology fellowship training does not include a focused training on professional growth, essential for achieving a successful career. The proposed PDS is an effort to fill this gap, providing key knowledge and skills to empower participants to maximize their potential and allow them to have more opportunity to flourish, thereby contributing their talents more fully to the better understanding of kidney diseases, their diagnosis and treatment. The Seminar is, therefore, timely and is clearly an NIH/NIDDK area of specific focus. The organizers and speakers of the seminar are of exceptional quality and uniquely suited for their assigned tasks. On the basis of feedback over the years, PDS has been consistently achieving its objectives. It exerts a powerful impact on the career development of many attendees who not only have achieved their professional goals but also return each year as invited speakers and/or planners of PDS. Approximately 50% PDS attendees have been women and under-represented minorities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed Professional Development Seminar (PDS) will provide key knowledge base and skills to nephrology trainees and junior faculty to enhance their professional growth. By so doing, the Seminar will empower participants to maximize their potential and allow them to have more opportunity to flourish, thereby contributing their talents more fully to the better understanding of kidney diseases, their diagnosis and treatment. The Seminar is clearly an NIH/NIDDK area of specific focus and will contribute to the preservation of the value of medicine and to the advancement of public health related to kidney diseases.