American Physician Scientists Association Annual Meeting

 描述(由申请者提供)：医生-科学家在整个基础、临床、以患者为中心和以人群为基础的科学的整个连续统一体中具有独特的地位来进行创新的医学研究。此外，内科医生-科学家为学术医学的教职员工和领导者提供了一条重要的渠道。尽管医生-科学家目前免于灭绝，但在今天仍然受到威胁，部分原因是医生-科学家职业道路上存在的障碍。这些障碍包括漫长的培训周期、个人债务、有限的研究资金、缺乏指导以及成功职业生涯的不确定性。这些障碍给这条道路上的所有受训者带来了挑战，但尤其是 影响在医学和生物医学研究中代表性不足的个人。因此，将职业发展机会专门针对这一重要的未来科学家队伍是至关重要的。APSA年会为正在接受培训的现任和未来的内科科学家提供了一个极好的机会，让他们了解可供选择的不同职业 他们。这次会议与美国临床调查学会(ASCI)和美国医师协会(AAP)的联合会议同时举行，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内科科学家进行互动。为期3天的全国APSA年会汇集了300多名对科学和医学相结合的职业感兴趣的学员，他们参加了以下阶段的培训：MD、DO、博士、住院医生/研究员和本科生。会议提供了一个有组织的环境，以传播来自所有职业领域的知名医生-科学家的职业建议，促进指导关系的发展，并促进医生-科学家实习生的社区建设。此外，亚太医学会年会提供了一个关键的场所，在这里可以与资深内科科学家领导人讨论和解决受训人员面临的问题，包括来自代表性不足群体的问题。这项申请寻求资金，通过为在健康相关科学中代表性不足的种族和民族个人、残疾个人和来自弱势背景的本科生提供旅行奖励，并支持与主办演讲者和讨论多样性问题的小组成员相关的费用，来特别提高APSA年会与会者的多样性。

 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.