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

项目摘要 造成目前内科科学家短缺的一个重要因素是相对较低的 在医药行业任职人数不足的个人的参与度(URM)。美国胃肠病学 美国胃肠病协会(AGA)的使命是推进胃肠病学的科学和实践，它有很长的历史和 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，AGA以投资未来I和II为主题，开发了课程 和培训，以促进胃肠病学中URM的招募和保留(由NIH DK096968资助)。 我们的概念方法非常成功，但到目前为止，AGA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 以支持URM医生-科学家的职业进入和发展为重点的计划取得的成功 在胃肠病学方面。这一计划，培养机会，促进劳动力和研究多样性 (前进)学者，是基于通过调查和焦点小组的需求评估，在那里我们 确定了阻碍城市管理人员从事调查或领导职业的兴趣的因素。共同委托人 当前提案的调查员(联合PI)和联合调查员Sheila Crowe，医学博士，AGAF，Juanita Merchant， 医学博士、医学博士Jesse Rivera-Nieves、医学博士AGAF和医学博士Byron Cryer带来了数十年的领导经验 早期职业医师-科学家的发展、项目管理、成功的研究和指导。 除了这些合作绩效指标外，13名具有不同研究兴趣和背景的资深内科科学家将 担任未来学者的导师。我们期望提供具体的技能来在 通过以下具体目标追求成功的内科科学家职业生涯：目标1：提供培训 用于研究职业生涯中的技能发展；目标2：提供领导技能发展；目标3：提供积极的 辅导。对于第一个目标，我们将提供研究发展方面的培训，撰写科学手稿，资助 写作，以及研究小组的管理。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，我们将应用多样性 管理计划侧重于积极的指导方法，使用一对一和网络指导 为广泛的支持和赞助提供机会的方法。与这些目标相结合将是稳健的 形成性反馈和终结性反馈的评估计划。这种方法是创新的，因为我们将提供 对我们的调查和焦点小组在早期竞争小组中确定的障碍的综合反应- 职业胃肠医生。这项提议意义重大，因为研究教育计划纳入了 降低门槛和提高URM医生从事职业生涯的可能性的具体策略 生物医学调查。

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.