Travel Fellow Award National Medical Association

描述(由申请者提供)：该计划的目标是增加眼科领域中代表性不足的少数民族的数量，并帮助那些在眼科住院医生中的人走向学术医学的职业生涯。认识到成功的学术生涯也需要指导和培训，此次续签寻求扩大该计划，将初级教师的专业发展包括在内。这项计划是在美国国家医学协会(NMA)的赞助下进行的，NMA是美国历史最悠久、规模最大的组织，代表非裔美国医生和卫生专业人员。NMA成立于1885年，是25,000多名非裔美国医生和他们的患者的集体声音。NMA每年举行一次大会，目标是临床从业者、学术研究人员和对接触到大量少数族裔医生感兴趣的专业人士。在大会上，NMA眼科分会举行自己的会议：开幕当天的研讨会强调横断面问题，随后是分专业的科学会议。在研讨会期间，最多15名医学生和最多15名眼科住院医生和研究员参加Rabb-Vable卓越眼科计划，并展示他们的原创研究(提名者已在今年早些时候由科学委员会选定)。摘要的评判标准有以下几个方面：原创性、重要性、研究设计、准备/内容和受众适当性。摘要可以是任何眼科专科，应该强调在了解、诊断、预防和治疗影响少数族裔患者和普通人群的许多威胁视力的疾病方面的最新发展。R13赠款用于支付差旅费用，并支持在会议期间为Rabb-Vable参与者提供专业发展计划。所有参与者都接受演讲者培训，并与Neeraj Agarwal博士一起参加NIIH/NEI研讨会，Neeraj Agarwal博士就赠款机会发表演讲，并提供关于该研究所的一般信息和教育。此外，R13补助金还支持居民类获胜者次年参加ARVO的旅费。为了让更多未被充分代表的少数族裔学生对医学(特别是眼科)感兴趣，NMA年会每年举行的城市的一个管道项目将支持一群高中生参加会议，让他们接触并激发他们对医学的兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this program is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the field of ophthalmology and to gear those who are in ophthalmology residencies toward a career in academic medicine. Recognizing that a successful academic career also requires mentorship and training, this renewal seeks to expand the program to include professional development for junior faculty. This program is done under the auspices of the The National Medical Association (NMA), which is the United States' oldest and largest organization representing African-American physicians and health professionals. Founded in 1885, the NMA is the collective voice of more than 25,000 African-American physicians and their patients. The NMA holds an annual convention targeted to clinical practitioners, academic researchers, and professionals interested in reaching a large population of minority physicians. At the convention,the NMA Ophthalmology Section holds its own meeting: an opening-day symposium highlighting cross-sectional issues, followed by sub-specialty scientific sessions. During the symposium, up to fifteen medical students and up to fifteen ophthalmology residents and fellows participate in the Rabb-Venable program for Excellence in Ophthalmology and present their original research (nominees having been chosen earlier in the year by the scientific committee). Abstracts are judged on the following characteristics: Originality, significance, study design, preparation/content, and audience appropriateness. Abstracts can be in any ophthalmologic subspecialty and should emphasize the latest developments in understanding, diagnosing, preventing and treating the many sight-threatening diseases that affect minority patients and the general population. The R13 grant covers travel and supports professional development programs for the Rabb-Venable participants while at the meeting. All participants receive speaker training and attend a NIIH/NEI seminar with Dr. Neeraj Agarwal, who speaks on grant opportunities and provides general information and education about the institute. In addition, the R13 grant supports travel for the winner in the resident category to attend ARVO the following year. In an attempt to get more underrepresented minority students interested in medicine (specifically ophthalmology), a pipeline program in the city where the NMA annual meeting is held on a given year will support the meeting attendance of a group of high school students to give them exposure to and pique their interest in medicine.