AGA FORWARD PROGRAM - Fostering Opportunities Resulting in Workforce and Research Diversity

项目摘要 导致目前医生兼科学家短缺的一个重要因素是发病率相对较低 医学界代表性不足的个人的参与。美国胃肠病 协会（阿加），在其使命，以促进科学和实践的胃肠病学，有一个长期和 旨在提高生物医学劳动力多样性的发展计划的成功记录 胃肠病学。从2001年开始，阿加通过"投资未来I"和"投资未来II"，制定了课程 和培训，以促进招募和保留URM在胃肠病学（由NIH DK096968资助）。 我们的概念方法非常成功，但到目前为止，阿加拥有的大多数URM 培养的重点是消化系统疾病患者的临床护理。这里的目标是在这些基础上 成功的一个计划，重点是支持职业生涯的进入和发展的URM医生科学家 胃肠病学该计划，培养机会，导致劳动力和研究的多样性 （向前）学者，是基于通过调查和焦点小组，我们 确定了阻碍URM追求调查或领导职业兴趣的因素。联合校长 研究者（联合PI）和当前提案的联合研究者Sheila Crowe，MD，AGAF，Juanita Merchant， 医学博士、博士、Jesus Rivera-Nieves医学博士、AGAF和Byron Cryer医学博士带来了数十年的领导经验 发展，项目管理，成功的调查和指导早期职业医生科学家。 沿着这些共同PI，13名具有不同研究兴趣和背景的高级医学科学家将 作为学者的导师。我们期望提供具体的技能，在 通过以下具体目标追求作为医生-科学家的成功职业：目标1：提供培训 目标2：提供领导技能发展;目标3：提供积极的 指导。对于第一个目标，我们将提供研究开发培训，撰写科学手稿， 写作和管理研究小组。在第二个目标中，我们将调整我们非常成功的领导层， 发展课程包括一般领导力发展、领导力评估、高管培训， 以及在社会中获得领导经验的机会。在第三个目标下，我们将采用多样性 管理计划侧重于积极的辅导方法，采用一对一辅导和网络辅导 提供广泛支持和赞助的机会。与这些目标相结合将是强大的 形成性和总结性反馈的评价计划。这种方法是创新的，因为我们将提供 综合应对我们的调查和焦点小组在竞争激烈的早期群体中发现的障碍， 职业GI医生该提案意义重大，因为研究教育计划计划纳入了 具体的战略，以降低障碍，提高可能性，URM医生将追求职业生涯， 生物医学研究

PROJECT ABSTRACT An important element contributing to the current shortfall of physician-scientists is the relatively low rate of participation among individuals underrepresented in medicine (URMs). The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), in its mission to advance the science and practice of gastroenterology, has a long and successful record of developmental programs designed to improve the diversity of the biomedical workforce in Gastroenterology. Starting from 2001, with Investing in the Future I and II, the AGA has developed curriculum and training to promote the recruitment and retention of URMs in gastroenterology (funded by NIH DK096968). Our conceptual approach has been highly successful, but up to this point, most of the URMs who the AGA has cultivated are focused on clinical care of patients with digestive diseases. The objective here is to build on these successes with a program focused on supporting the career entry and development for URM physician-scientists in gastroenterology. This program, Fostering Opportunities Resulting in Workforce and Research Diversity (FORWARD) Scholars, is based upon a needs assessment through surveys and focus groups where we identified factors that impede URMs' interest to pursue investigational or leadership careers. The co-principal investigators (co-PIs) and co-investigators of the current proposal Sheila Crowe, MD, AGAF, Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, Jesus Rivera-Nieves, MD, AGAF and Byron Cryer, MD bring decades of experience in leadership development, program management, successful investigation and mentoring of early career physician-scientists. Along with these co-PIs, 13 senior physician-scientists with diverse research interests and backgrounds will serve as mentors to the FORWARD scholars. We expect to provide concrete skills to promote URMs in the pursuit of successful careers as physician-scientists through the following specific aims: Aim 1: Provide training for skill development in research careers; Aim 2: Provide skill development in leadership; Aim 3: Provide active mentoring. For the first aim, we will provide training in research development, writing scientific manuscripts, grant writing, and management of research groups. In the second aim, we will adapt our highly successful leadership development curricula to include general leadership development, leadership assessments, executive coaching, and opportunities for leadership experience within the society. Under the third aim, we will apply a diversity management plan focused on active mentoring approaches, using both one-on-one and network mentoring approaches to provide opportunities for broad support and sponsorship. Integrated with these aims will be robust evaluation plans for both formative and summative feedback. The approach is innovative because we will provide an integrated response to the obstacles identified by our surveys and focus group in a competitive group of early- career GI physicians. The proposal is significant because the research education program plan incorporates specific strategies to lower barriers and improve the likelihood that URM physicians will pursue careers in biomedical investigation.