American Physician Scientists Association Annual Meeting

项目摘要 内科医生-科学家在整个基础、临床、以患者为中心和以人群为基础的科学的整个连续体中进行创新的医学研究具有独特的地位。尽管医生-科学家目前免于灭绝，但在今天仍然受到威胁，部分原因是医生-科学家职业道路上存在的障碍。这些障碍包括漫长的培训周期、个人债务、有限的研究资金、缺乏指导以及成功职业生涯的不确定性。有了如此广泛的潜在职业发展途径，有专门针对这一重要的未来科学家队伍的职业发展机会至关重要。在2005年4月APSA首届年会之前，接受培训的美国内科科学家没有权威的渠道来深入了解他们在所有职业部门(NIH、工业和学术界)和广泛的医学学科中可用的职业道路。APSA年会为正在接受培训的当前和未来的内科科学家提供了一个极好的机会，让他们了解可供他们选择的不同职业。这次会议与美国临床调查学会(ASCI)和美国医师协会(AAP)(两个致力于医生-科学家的主要组织)的联席会议同时举行。通过这种密切的合作，APSA成员能够直接与来自医学和科学各个领域的知名内科科学家进行互动。这项申请旨在为为期3天的全国APSA年度会议提供持续的支持，该会议聚集了200多名对科学和医学相结合的职业感兴趣的学员，在以下培训阶段：MD、DO、博士、住院医生/研究员和本科生。会议提供了一个有组织的环境，以传播来自所有职业领域的知名医生-科学家的职业建议，促进指导关系的发展，并促进医生-科学家实习生的社区建设。目标：1)解决医生-科学家实习生的职业发展问题；2)为未来的医生-科学家提供指导和联网机会；以及3)为目前处于医生-科学家职业轨道上的女性、代表性不足的少数族裔和非博士实习生提供额外的支持。

Project Summary Physician-scientists are uniquely positioned to conduct innovative medical research along the entire continuum of basic, clinical, patient-oriented, and population-based sciences. Although currently preserved from extinction, the physician-scientist remains threatened today, in part, due to obstacles that exist along the physician-scientist career pathway. Among these obstacles are the long training period, personal debt, limited research funding, lack of mentoring, and the uncertainty of a successful career. With such a broad scope of potential career tracks available, it is crucial to have career development opportunities targeted specifically to this important cadre of future scientists. Prior to the Inaugural APSA Annual Meeting in April, 2005, there was no authoritative avenue for American physician-scientists in training to obtain deep insight into the career paths that are available to them in all career sectors (NIH, industry, and academia) and in broad medical disciplines. The APSA Annual Meeting serves as an excellent opportunity for current and prospective physician-scientists in training to learn about the diverse career options available to them. This meeting is held concurrently with the Joint Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP) (two of the premier organizations dedicated to the physician-scientist). Through this close collaboration, APSA members are able to interact directly with well established physician-scientists from all areas of medicine and science. This application seeks funds to provide continuity of support for the 3-day National APSA Annual Conference that brings together over 200 trainees interested in careers combining science and medicine, at the following stages of training: MD, DO, PhD, Residents / Fellows and undergraduates. The conference provides a structured environment to disseminate career advice from established physician-scientists in all career sectors, to promote the development of mentoring relationships, and to foster community building amongst physician-scientist trainees. Objectives: 1) To address career development issues for physician-scientist trainees; 2) To provide mentoring and networking opportunities for future physician-scientists, and; 3) To provide additional support for women, under-represented minorities, and non-PhD trainees who are currently in the physician-scientist career track.