APA Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID)

描述(申请人提供)：到2020年，少数族裔儿童的数量可能会超过白人儿童。不幸的是，儿科工作人员的多样性未能跟上步伐，尤其是在学术界。少数族裔占美国儿童的47%，但只占美国儿科医生的24%，少数族裔(URM)仅占儿科医生的11%和美国医学院教师的7%。尽管存在这种严重的不匹配，但很少有研究教育计划被证明在招募和留住寻求生物医学、行为、临床或社会科学职业的不同个人方面有效。拟议的学术儿科协会(APA)学术儿科学研究多样性倡议(RAPID)将是(据我们所知)第一个以普通学术儿科学教师多样性为目标的研究教育计划。RAPID的目标是设计、实施和评估研究型教育计划，目标是成功招聘、留住和提升普通学术儿科学领域的不同初级教师，并在NIDDK任务区寻求职业生涯。RAPID有几个创新部分：1)在NIDDK任务区使用一种被证明在促进年轻研究人员职业发展方面有效的模式的小额研究补助金；2)将RAPID学者与一位有成就的高级研究员和经验丰富的导师的国家导师配对；3)在儿科学术学会会议的年度早餐上亲自指导和建立网络；4)关于职业发展和学术成功的教育研讨会；以及5)每两个月举行一次快速学者电话会议，以提供同行支持、同行指导、网络，一个展示进展中的研究和潜在研究合作机会的场所。APA拥有广泛的可用教育资源、经验、人员和设施，所有这些都将确保拟议的快速计划的成功。最高管理层和领导人在整个《行政程序法》中展示和传达了关于多样性的明确愿景。APA新世纪学者(NCS)计划是APA的核心计划，也是APA多元化努力的关键，它将与RAPID紧密联系；NCS旨在通过从美国各地招聘和指导对学术职业感兴趣的URM儿科住院医生来增加学术儿科的劳动力多样性。如果如预期的那样，建议的假设得到证实，快速将导致：1)不同初级教员研究人员的成功招聘、保留和专业晋升；2)快速参与者在国家专业会议上展示他们的项目发现、发表他们的项目发现、获得额外研究资金、获得职业发展奖、保持他们的APA成员资格并高度评价他们对儿科学术通才研究事业的承诺的可能性增加；以及3)一个潜在的促进年轻研究人员多样性的示范社会计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Minority children will likely outnumber white children by 2020. Unfortunately, pediatric workforce diversity has failed to keep pace, especially in academia. Minorities comprise 47% of US children, but only 24% of US pediatricians, and underrepresented minorities (URMs) make up only 11% of pediatricians and 7% of US medical-school faculty. Despite this substantial mismatch, very little has been published on research educational programs shown to be efficacious in recruitment and retention of diverse individuals pursuing careers in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, or social sciences. The proposed Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID) would be the first such research educational program (to our knowledge) targeting faculty diversity in general academic pediatrics. The aim of RAPID is to design, implement, and evaluate a research educational program with the goal of successful recruitment, retention, and professional advancement of diverse junior faculty in general academic pediatrics pursuing careers in NIDDK mission areas. RAPID has several innovative components: 1) small research grants in NIDDK mission areas using a model shown to be effective in promoting career development of young investigators; 2) pairing of the RAPID scholar with a national mentor who is an accomplished senior investigator and seasoned mentor; 3) in-person mentoring and networking at an annual breakfast at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting; 4) an educational symposium on career development and academic success; and 5) RAPID Scholar telephone conference calls every two months, to provide peer support, peer mentoring, networking, a venue for presenting research in progress, and opportunities for potential research collaborations. The APA has extensive available educational resources, experience, staff, and facilities, all of which will ensure the success of the proposed RAPID program. A clear vision of diversity is demonstrated and communicated throughout the APA by top-level management and leaders. The APA New Century Scholars (NCS) Program, a core APA program which is a lynchpin of the APA's diversity efforts, will link closely to RAPID; NCS is aimed at increasing workforce diversity in academic pediatrics by recruiting and mentoring URM pediatric residents from across the US who are interested in academic careers. If, as anticipated, the proposed hypotheses are confirmed, RAPID will result in: 1) successful recruitment, retention, and professional advancement of diverse junior faculty researchers; 2) increased likelihood that RAPID participants will present their project findings at a national professional meeting, publish their project findings, obtain additional research funding, obtain a career development award, maintain their APA membership, and highly rate their commitment to a research career in pediatric academic generalism; and 3) a potential model societal program for enhancing the diversity of young investigators.