American Physician Scientists Association Annual Meeting

 描述（由申请人提供）：医生-科学家是唯一定位于进行创新医学研究沿着基础，临床，以病人为导向，以人口为基础的科学的整个连续体。此外，医生-科学家为学术医学的教师和领导者提供了一个重要的管道。虽然目前保存从灭绝，医生科学家仍然受到威胁的今天，部分原因是由于存在的障碍，沿沿着医生科学家的职业道路。这些障碍包括培训时间长、个人债务、研究资金有限、缺乏指导以及成功职业的不确定性。这些障碍给所有在这条道路上的受训者带来了挑战， 影响在医学和生物医学研究中代表性不足的个人。因此，为这批重要的未来科学家提供专门的职业发展机会至关重要。APSA年会为当前和未来的医学科学家提供了一个极好的机会，让他们了解各种职业选择， 他们本次会议与美国临床研究学会（ASCI）和美国医生协会（AAP）的联席会议同时举行，这两个主要组织致力于医生-科学家。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医生和科学家进行互动。为期3天的全国APSA年度会议汇集了300多名对科学和医学相结合的职业感兴趣的学员，培训阶段如下：MD，DO，PhD，居民/研究员和本科生。会议提供了一个结构化的环境，以传播职业建议，从建立医生科学家在所有职业部门，以促进指导关系的发展，并促进社区建设之间的医生科学家学员。此外，APSA年会提供了一个重要的场所，在那里，学员，包括那些代表性不足的群体所面临的问题，可以讨论和解决与高级医生，科学家领导人。该应用程序寻求资金，以具体提高APSA年会与会者的多样性，为来自种族和民族群体的个人提供旅行奖励，这些人在健康相关科学，残疾人和来自弱势背景的本科生中代表性不足，并支持与解决多样性问题的主持人和小组成员相关的费用。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Physician-scientists are uniquely positioned to conduct innovative medical research along the entire continuum of basic, clinical, patient-oriented, and population-based sciences. Moreover, physician-scientists provide a critical pipeline for faculty and leaders in academic medicine. 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. Such obstacles create challenges for all trainees on this path, but particularly impact individuals who are underrepresented in medicine and biomedical research. Thus it is crucial to have career development opportunities targeted specifically to this important cadre of future scientists. 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 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. The 3-day National APSA Annual Conference brings together over 300 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. Moreover, the APSA Annual Meeting provides a critical venue at which the issues faced by trainees, including those from under-represented groups, can be discussed and addressed with senior physician-scientist leaders. This application seeks funds to specifically enhance the diversity of APSA Annual Meeting attendees by providing travel awards for individuals from racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in health-related sciences, individuals with disabilities, and undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and supporting costs associated with hosting speakers and panelists that address issues of diversity.