2003 Through 2008 Annual NRSA Trainees Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：NRSA会议每年举行一次，隶属于卫生服务研究和卫生政策学院年度研究会议，由卫生保健研究和质量局（AHRQ）、卫生资源和服务管理局（HRSA）卫生专业局（HRSA）和其他机构的NRSA项目支持。这一申请是根据NRSA会议前8年的成功提出的。医疗保健系统和临床实践的变化要求未来的领导者以多学科的方式接受教育，培养他们的团队合作和沟通技能，并准备好为他们的领域做出重要的理论、概念和经验贡献。NRSA会议提供了一个独特的论坛，以提高博士前和博士后受训人员承担卫生服务和初级保健研究人员复杂和不断变化的角色的能力。这是唯一一次将这些来自美国各地项目的学员聚集在一起的会议。这个独特的会议创造了一个论坛，促进了机构和学科之间的合作关系，为学员提供了向同行展示他们的研究的机会，并为学员提供了与来自卫生服务和初级保健研究顶级项目的专家互动的机会。会议的特点是有口头报告的讲台会议，有嘉宾演讲的午餐会议，以及海报会议和招待会。会议计划由NRSA项目机构的教师组成的计划委员会以及协调中心的工作人员制定。与AHRQ的年度儿童健康服务研究会议和NIMH的年度学员会议的成功合作增加了互动的机会，扩大了会议的学科范围。会议的长期目标包括扩大其他机构支持的学员的参与，通过职业发展会议加强项目，增加学员与教员互动的正式机会，以及通过在线注册和提交摘要的自动化系统简化会议管理。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The NRSA Conference is held annually in affiliation with the Annual Research Meeting of the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy for persons supported by the NRSA programs of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Bureau of Health Professions of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and others. This application is being submitted in light of the successes of the previous 8 years of the NRSA Conference. Changes in the health care system and in clinical practice demand that future leaders be educated in a multi-disciplinary fashion, that they develop skills in teamwork and communication, and that they be prepared to make important theoretical, conceptual, and empirical contributions to their fields. The NRSA Conference provides a unique forum to enhance pre-doctoral and postdoctoral trainees' abilities to take on the complex and changing roles of health services and primary care researchers. It is the only conference to bring together these trainees from programs across the United States. This unique conference creates a forum that fosters collaborative relationships across institutions and disciplines, offers trainees the opportunity to present their research to their peers, and provides to trainees an opportunity to interact with experts from the top programs in health services and primary care research. The Conference features podium sessions with oral presentations, a lunch session with guest speakers, and a poster session and reception. The conference program is formulated by a planning committee of faculty from NRSA program institutions, along with coordinating center staff. Successful collaborations with AHRQ's Annual Child Health Services Research Meeting and NIMH's Annual Trainees Meeting increase opportunities for interaction and expand the disciplinary reach of the conference. Long-term goals of the conference include extending participation to trainees supported by other agencies, enhancing the program with career development sessions, adding formal opportunities for trainee-faculty interaction, and streamlining conference administration through an automated system of on line registration and abstract submission.