Travel Fellow Award National Medical Association

描述（由申请人提供）：该计划的目标是增加眼科领域代表性不足的少数民族的数量，并使那些在眼科住院医师中的人能够从事学术医学。认识到一个成功的学术生涯也需要导师和培训，这次更新旨在扩大该计划，包括初级教师的专业发展。该计划是在美国国家医学协会（NMA）的主持下完成的，该协会是美国最古老和最大的代表非洲裔美国医生和卫生专业人员的组织。NMA成立于1885年，是25，000多名非洲裔美国医生及其患者的集体声音。NMA每年举行一次会议，针对临床医生，学术研究人员和有兴趣接触大量少数民族医生的专业人士。在大会上，NMA眼科科举行自己的会议：一个开放日的研讨会，突出横截面的问题，其次是子专业的科学会议。在研讨会期间，多达15名医学生和多达15名眼科住院医生和研究员参加了Rabb-Venable眼科卓越计划，并介绍了他们的原创研究（提名人已在今年早些时候由科学委员会选出）。摘要根据以下特征进行判断：原创性，意义，研究设计，准备/内容和受众适当性。摘要可以在任何眼科专科，并应强调在理解，诊断，预防和治疗影响少数民族患者和一般人群的许多威胁视力的疾病的最新发展。R13赠款包括旅行和支持Rabb-Venable与会者在会议期间的专业发展计划。所有参与者都接受了演讲者培训，并参加了NIIH/NEI研讨会，Neeraj Agarwal博士就赠款机会发表讲话，并提供有关该研究所的一般信息和教育。此外，R13补助金支持居民类别的赢家在下一年参加ARVO的旅行。为了让更多代表性不足的少数民族学生对医学（特别是眼科）感兴趣，在NMA年会举行的城市的管道计划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.