APA Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID)

描述（由申请人提供）：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，儿科劳动力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%，但在美国儿科医生中仅占24%，而未被充分代表的少数族裔（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，但很少有关于研究教育项目在招聘和留住追求生物医学、行为、临床或社会科学职业的不同个人方面有效的研究发表。拟议的学术儿科协会（APA）学术儿科多样性倡议研究（RAPID）将是第一个（据我们所知）针对普通学术儿科教师多样性的研究教育项目。RAPID的目标是设计、实施和评估一个研究性教育项目，其目标是成功招募、保留和专业提升在NIDDK任务领域追求职业生涯的普通学术儿科的各种初级教师。RAPID有几个创新组成部分：1)在国家新发展研究所任务领域提供小额研究补助金，使用一种被证明对促进年轻研究人员的职业发展有效的模式；2)与国家导师配对，导师必须是有成就的高级研究员和经验丰富的导师；3)在儿科学术学会年会的年度早餐会上进行面对面的指导和交流；4)职业发展与学业成功教育研讨会；5)每两个月召开一次RAPID学者电话会议，以提供同行支持、同行指导、网络、展示正在进行的研究的场所和潜在的研究合作机会。APA拥有广泛的教育资源、经验、员工和设施，所有这些都将确保拟议的RAPID计划的成功。一个清晰的多元化愿景在APA的高层管理和领导中得到展示和传达。APA新世纪学者计划（NCS）是APA多元化工作的核心项目，将与RAPID紧密相连；NCS旨在通过招募和指导来自美国各地对学术事业感兴趣的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，提出的假设得到证实，RAPID将导致：1)成功招募，保留和专业发展不同的初级教师研究人员；2) RAPID的参与者更有可能在全国专业会议上展示他们的项目发现，发表他们的项目发现，获得额外的研究资金，获得职业发展奖，保持他们的APA会员资格，并高度评价他们在儿科学术全科研究生涯中的承诺；3)一个潜在的模范社会计划，以提高年轻研究者的多样性。

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.