AMERSA Annual National Conference

描述(由申请者提供)：药物滥用医学教育和研究协会(AMERSA)的年度全国会议是唯一一次针对药物滥用方面的健康专业教育工作者的多学科会议。AMERSA的主要任务是鼓励为医疗保健专业人员创建和提供药物滥用方面的教育方案，并培养一支有效地促进将研究转化为实践的教育工作者队伍。AMERSA(1)在管理与酒精、烟草和其他药物有关的问题方面为保健专业人员提供领导和改进培训；(2)通过年度国家科学会议和该组织的期刊《物质滥用》等方式传播有关药物滥用研究和教育的最新信息；(3)为有意成为该领域教师、临床医生和研究人员的保健专业人员提供指导；(4)促进保健专业人员在与受酒精、烟草和其他毒品问题影响的服务不足和高危人群的个人合作时的文化能力；(5)促进多个专业之间的合作，包括但不限于医学、护理、社会工作、心理学、牙科、药理学和公共卫生；和(6)建立全国药物滥用专家网络，他们可以通过在国家论坛上的代表向地方、国家和国际组织提供药物滥用教育方面的建议。一年一度的会议为医生、护士、社会工作者和其他卫生专业人员提供了增加他们对科学进步和专注于药物滥用问题的新教育计划的知识的机会。这项建议是建立在AMERSA 35年来成功举办年度全国会议的历史基础上的。拟议的5年项目将通过以下方式加强2012-2016年举行的国家会议的高质量和多样性：(1)提供旅费，以吸引在药物滥用研究和教育领域杰出的全体发言者，(2)提供旅行奖励资金和继续教育学分，以增加来自少数群体和代表性不足学科的人的参与。我们将通过a)由已经活跃在AMERSA的少数族裔和服务不足群体的成员进行外联，b)以代表少数群体和非医疗专业的纪律组织内部的招聘为目标，以及c)在学院/大学的卫生专业教员中为代表性不足的群体进行招聘，从而确定有实力的旅行奖候选人。这些机构包括历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)、西班牙裔学院和大学协会(HACU)、美国印第安人高等教育联盟(AIHEC)和部落学院和大学(TCU)。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Annual National Conference of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) is the only multidisciplinary meeting for health professional educators in substance abuse. AMERSA's primary mission is to encourage the creation and delivery of educational programs in substance abuse for healthcare professionals and to develop a cadre of educators who are effective in facilitating the transfer of research to practice. AMERSA (1) provides leadership and improves training for healthcare professionals in the management of problems related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; (2) disseminates state-of-the-art information about substance abuse research and education through means such as the annual national scientific meeting and the organization's journal, Substance Abuse; (3) provides mentoring for health professionals interested in becoming teachers, clinicians and researchers in the field; (4) promotes cultural competence in health care professionals in their work with individuals from underserved and high-risk populations affected by alcohol, tobacco and other drug problems; (5) promotes collaboration among multiple professions including, but not limited to, medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacology, and public health; and (6) builds a national network of substance abuse experts who can advise local, national, and international organizations on substance abuse education for health professionals through representation at national forums. The annual meeting gives physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health professionals the opportunity to increase their knowledge of scientific advances and new educational programs focused on substance abuse issues. This proposal builds on AMERSA's 35-year history of successful annual national conferences. The proposed 5-year project will strengthen the high quality and diversity of the national meetings, to be held 2012-2016, by (1) providing travel expenses to attract plenary speakers who are preeminent in the areas of substance abuse research and education, and (2) providing travel award funding and continuing education credits to increase participation of persons from minority groups and underrepresented disciplines. We will identify strong travel award candidates by a) conducting outreach by members of minority and underserved groups who are already active in AMERSA, b) targeting recruitment within disciplinary organizations that represent minority groups and non-medical professions, and c) conducting recruitment among health professions faculty at colleges/universities for underrepresented groups. These institutions include Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs).