RCMI Biannual Intl Health Disparities Symposium

描述(由申请人提供)：少数民族机构研究中心(RCMI)一年两次的国际健康差距研讨会的长期目标是通过智力交流、协作互动和研讨会更好地培养RCMI机构的科学家和他们的受训人员，以解决健康差距问题，这些研讨会既涉及基础研究技能发展，也涉及新的研究技能发展。本申请由梅哈里医学院(MMC)代表18个(RCMI)项目提交，旨在支持RMCI将于2010年在田纳西州纳什维尔、2012年在波多黎各圣胡安和2014年在德克萨斯州休斯顿召开的三个RMCI健康差异国际研讨会。由于RCMI机构的许多研究人员研究对少数群体影响不成比例的疾病，研讨会具有双重目的，即将更多的少数群体科学家纳入主流研究，并加强对少数群体健康的研究。因此，研讨会的目标与RCMI计划的目标是一致的。研讨会的具体目标是： 1.通过以下方式交流和传播信息 A.为RCMI调查员及其受训人员提供介绍研究数据的机会，并与其他RCMI调查员以及来自研究密集型大学的调查人员建立对话； B.召开首席调查员/方案主任会议，规划和分享最佳做法，以努力实现国家区域合作倡议方案目标； 2.举办一系列技术讲习班，重点是基本技能以及与旨在消除健康差距的研究有关的新办法和新技术； 3.出版至少两本经同行评审的《穷人和未得到充分服务的保健杂志》的补充版本，重点介绍在RCMI资助机构进行的健康差距研究；以及 4.通过梅哈里医学院终身学习办公室为卫生保健提供者提供获得继续医学教育学分的机会，这是一个由继续医学教育认证委员会(ACCME)认可的项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-range goal of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Biannual International Health Disparities Symposia is to better prepare scientists and their trainees at RCMI Institutions to address issues of health disparities through intellectual exchange, collaborative interactions, and workshops which address both fundamental and novel research skills development. This application is submitted by Meharry Medical College (MMC) in behalf of the 18 (RCMI) programs to support three RMCI Biannual International Health Symposium on Health Disparities to be convened in Nashville, TN in 2010, San Juan Puerto, Rico in 2012 and Houston Texas in 2014. Because many investigators at RCMI institutions study diseases that disproportionately affect minorities, the symposium serves the dual purpose of bringing more minority scientists into mainstream research and enhancing studies of minority health." Thus, the goals of the symposium are consistent with the goal of the RCMI program. The specific aims of the symposia are to: 1. Exchange and disseminate information by a. providing RCMI investigators and their trainees the opportunity to present research data and establish a dialogue with other RCMI investigators as well as investigators from research intensive universities; b. convening Principal Investigators/Program Directors' meetings to plan and share best practices in an effort to achieve the national RCMI program goals; 2. Conduct a series of technical workshops focusing on fundamental skills as well as novel approaches and technologies with relevance to research aimed at eliminating health disparities; 3. Publish at least two peer-reviewed supplemental editions to the Journal of Health Care for Poor and Underserved highlighting health disparities research conducted at RCMI-grantee institutions; and 4. Provide an opportunity for health care providers to obtain Continuing Medical Education Credits through the Meharry Medical College Office of Lifelong Learning, a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).