Professional Development Seminar

专业发展研讨会（PDS）由Women in Nephrology （WIN）组织，自1996年以来每年举办一次，作为美国肾脏病学会（ASN）肾脏周期间研究生教育课程的一部分。PDS的总体目标是为肾脏学培训生和初级教师提供关键的知识基础和技能，以促进他们的专业成长，帮助他们实现职业目标。具体来说，PDS提供了在当前的劳动力环境中导致肾脏学事业成功的特征的见解，突出了获得这些特征所需的技能，并确定和制定克服障碍的策略。研讨会还促进了网络，汇集了初级和高级医生和肾脏病学科学家，在通常不发生互动的群体之间创造了协同作用。PDS的独特设置（发生在美国肾脏病学会（ASN）年会之前）允许在PDS发起的互动在整个星期甚至更长时间内巩固。今年的研讨会是一个为期两天的密集学习活动。各种交付方法和格式，从1:1的快速指导到促进小组讨论，再到全体会议，都被用来刺激和最大限度地提高有效的学习。每一位被邀请的发言者都将得到具体指示，说明在分配给他们的时间内要实现的目标。全体会议的大多数演讲者也被分配到小组讨论和一对一的指导，以进一步个性化的职业咨询。随着慢性肾脏疾病（CKD）患者人数的不断增加，对高质量CKD患者护理和肾病学研究进展的需求也越来越强烈。满足这些需求的一个关键方面是确保我们未来劳动力的高质量，这取决于培养那些进入该领域的专业职业发展。肾病学奖学金培训不包括专业发展的重点培训，而专业发展是实现成功职业生涯的必要条件。拟议的PDS旨在填补这一空白，提供关键知识和技能，使参与者能够最大限度地发挥他们的潜力，并使他们有更多的机会蓬勃发展，从而更充分地为更好地了解肾脏疾病及其诊断和治疗贡献他们的才能。因此，研讨会是及时的，并且显然是NIH/NIDDK特别关注的领域。研讨会的组织者和演讲者都是非常优秀的，非常适合他们被分配的任务。根据多年来的反馈，PDS一直在实现其目标。它对许多与会者的职业发展产生了强大的影响，他们不仅实现了自己的职业目标，而且每年都作为PDS的受邀演讲者和/或策划者回来。大约50%的PDS参加者是女性和代表性不足的少数民族。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Professional Development Seminar (PDS) is organized by Women in Nephrology (WIN) and has been offered annually since 1996 as a part of the post-graduate education courses during the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week. The overall objective of the PDS is to provide key knowledge base and skills to nephrology trainees and junior faculty to enhance their professional growth and to help them reach their career goals. Specifically, PDS offers insights into characteristics that lead to a successful career in nephrology in the current workforce environment, highlight skills necessary to acquire these characteristics, and identify and develop strategies to overcome barriers. The Seminar also fosters networking, bringing together junior and senior physicians and scientists in nephrology, creating synergy in a setting for groups among whom interactions do not typically occur. The unique setting of the PDS (occurring immediately prior to the American Society of Nephrology [ASN] annual meeting) allows the interactions initiated at PDS to solidify throughout the week and beyond. This year, the Seminar is an intensive two-day learning event. A variety of delivery methods and formats, from 1:1 speed-mentoring to facilitated group discussion, to plenary sessions, are employed to stimulate and maximize effective learning. Each invited speaker will be given specific instructions as to objectives to be achieved in their allotted time. Most of the speakers for the plenary sessions are also assigned to group discussions and 1:1 mentoring for further individualized career counseling. With growing population of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the demands for quality CKD patient care and advancement in nephrology research have become more intense. One critical aspect of meeting these demands is to ensure the high quality of our future workforce, which hinges on nurturing professional career growth for those coming into the field. Nephrology fellowship training does not include a focused training on professional growth, essential for achieving a successful career. The proposed PDS is an effort to fill this gap, providing key knowledge and skills to empower participants to maximize their potential and allow them to have more opportunity to flourish, thereby contributing their talents more fully to the better understanding of kidney diseases, their diagnosis and treatment. The Seminar is, therefore, timely and is clearly an NIH/NIDDK area of specific focus. The organizers and speakers of the seminar are of exceptional quality and uniquely suited for their assigned tasks. On the basis of feedback over the years, PDS has been consistently achieving its objectives. It exerts a powerful impact on the career development of many attendees who not only have achieved their professional goals but also return each year as invited speakers and/or planners of PDS. Approximately 50% PDS attendees have been women and under-represented minorities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed Professional Development Seminar (PDS) will provide key knowledge base and skills to nephrology trainees and junior faculty to enhance their professional growth. By so doing, the Seminar will empower participants to maximize their potential and allow them to have more opportunity to flourish, thereby contributing their talents more fully to the better understanding of kidney diseases, their diagnosis and treatment. The Seminar is clearly an NIH/NIDDK area of specific focus and will contribute to the preservation of the value of medicine and to the advancement of public health related to kidney diseases.