Minority Pipeline Program in Ophthalmology Rabb-Venable in Excellence in Research in Conjunction with the Ophthalmology Section National Medical Association

项目摘要 Rabb-Vable卓越眼科研究计划(RV)由 伦沃斯·约翰逊，医学博士(前NEI理事会成员)在2000年全国医学会年会上 医学会(NMA)，眼科。(美国国家医学会， 成立于1895年，当时种族隔离禁止黑人成为美国医学会的成员 协会，是非洲裔美国医生的集体声音，有着非常活跃的 眼科。)。该项目以小莫里斯·F·拉布的名字命名。MD和Howard P. 马里兰州维纳布尔，表彰他们对代表不足的少数族裔(URM)追求的多产支持 学术眼科的职业生涯。房车得到了国家眼科研究所(NEI)的资助 自2008年以来。RV的目标是增加代表不足的少数族裔医生的数量 在眼科和学术医学方面。该计划是一个流水线过程，以揭露医疗 学生和住院医生/研究员的榜样，医疗实践和教学所需的技能， 研究机会和提供指导。该计划最初是一个论坛，在那里 住院医生和医学生提交了研究摘要，并有机会 在NMA年会上展示他们的论文或海报。多年来，它已经扩展到 包括与指导他们演示文稿沟通专家的会议 和面试技巧，开发一个点对点的指导计划，以及一系列 会议(炉边聊天系列)，派驻计划主任与我们的 学生们就在面试季之前。学生和居民可以留在该计划中 在他们的培训过程中，并形成一个具有职业生涯长期好处的网络。自2008年以来， 已经申请眼科住院医生的医学生，超过80% 匹配的。项目参与者已成为顶级眼科领域的院士 政府部门、成功的私人从业者和企业家。在美国科学院 眼科委员，非裔美国眼科医生，他将学术界列为 他们的主要执业律师中，有36人是拉布-维纳布尔校友。

Project Summary The Rabb-Venable Excellence in Ophthalmology Research Program (RV) was started by Lenworth Johnson, MD (past NEI council member) at the 2000 annual meeting of the National Medical Association (NMA), Ophthalmology Section. (The National Medical Association, founded in 1895 when segregation barred Blacks from membership in the American Medical Association, is the collective voice of African American physicians and has a very active Ophthalmology Section.) The program is named for Maurice F. Rabb, Jr. MD and Howard P. Venable, MD in honor of their prolific support of underrepresented minorities (URM) pursuing careers in academic ophthalmology. RV has been funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) since 2008. The goal of RV is to increase the number of under-represented minority physicians in ophthalmology and academic medicine. The program is a pipeline process to expose medical students and resident/fellows to role models, skills needed in medical practice and teaching, research opportunities and to provide mentoring. The program started out as a forum where residents and medical students submitted research abstracts and had the opportunity to present their paper or poster at the NMA annual meeting. Over the years, it has expanded to include a session with a communications specialist who coaches them on their presentations and interview skills, development of a peer-to-peer mentorship program, and a series of meetings (the Fireside Chat series) where residency program directors interact with our students right before interview season. Students and residents may remain in the program throughout their training and form a network that has career-long benefits. Since 2008, of the Rabb-Venable medical students who have applied for ophthalmology residency, over 80% have matched. Program participants have become academicians in top tier ophthalmology departments, successful private practitioners and entrepreneurs. In the American Academy of Ophthalmology membership, of the 64 African American ophthalmologists who list academia as their primary practice, 36 are Rabb-Venable alumni.