APA Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID)

描述（由申请人提供）：到2020年，少数民族儿童的数量可能会超过白色儿童。不幸的是，儿科劳动力的多样性未能跟上步伐，特别是在学术界。少数族裔占美国儿童的47%，但仅占美国儿科医生的24%，而代表性不足的少数族裔（URM）仅占儿科医生的11%和美国医学院教师的7%。尽管这种实质性的不匹配，很少有研究教育计划被证明是有效的招聘和保留不同的个人追求的职业生涯在生物医学，行为，临床或社会科学。拟议的学术儿科协会（阿帕）研究学术儿科多样性倡议（RAPID）将是第一个这样的研究教育计划（据我们所知）针对教师的多样性在一般学术儿科。 RAPID的目的是设计，实施和评估一个研究教育计划，其目标是成功招聘，保留和在NIDDK使命领域追求职业生涯的普通学术儿科学的不同初级教师的专业发展。RAPID有几个创新的组成部分：1）NIDDK使命领域的小额研究赠款，使用一种被证明能有效促进年轻研究人员职业发展的模式; 2）RAPID学者与一位有成就的高级研究人员和经验丰富的导师组成的国家导师配对; 3）在儿科学术协会会议的年度早餐会上进行面对面的指导和交流; 4）关于职业发展和学术成功的教育研讨会; 5）每两个月一次的快速学者电话会议，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，以及潜在研究合作的机会。阿帕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。高层管理人员和领导者在整个阿帕中展示和传达了清晰的多样性愿景。阿帕新世纪学者（NCS）计划是阿帕的核心计划，是阿帕多样性工作的关键，将与RAPID紧密联系; 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儿科住院医师来增加学术儿科的劳动力多样性。 如果，正如预期的那样，所提出的假设得到证实，RAPID将导致：1）成功的招聘，保留和专业发展的不同初级教师的研究人员; 2）RAPID参与者将在全国专业会议上展示其项目研究结果，发表其项目研究结果，获得额外研究资金，获得职业发展奖，保持其阿帕会员资格的可能性增加，高度评价他们对儿科学术通才研究事业的承诺; 3）一个潜在的模式社会计划，以提高年轻研究人员的多样性。

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.