Physician-Scientist Mentoring at the American Society for Clinical Investigation

描述(由申请人提供)：美国医师协会(AAP)和美国临床调查协会(ASCI)的联合会议是杰出的学术内科医生-科学家年度会议。2010年联席会议将于4月23日至25日在芝加哥费尔蒙酒店举行。一百多年来，这一会议每年举行一次，并在此期间在学术医学中发挥了重要作用1。在过去的十多年里，联席会议主要强调对医生-科学家实习生的指导。此R13应用程序寻求对继续这些努力的支持。支持参加会议的受训人员人数不断增加的费用在很大程度上由AAP和ASCI成员承担。传统上，学员的注册费被保持在尽可能低的水平，并在可能的情况下免收。过去几年，从私人营利性和非营利组织筹集教育补助金以抵消成本的努力取得了部分成功，但随着限制的收紧和经济的恶化，这一点变得越来越困难。去年，联席会议出现了严重的赤字。尽管气候不利，但AAP和ASCI致力于促进医生-科学家培训，并鼓励受训人员参加联席会议。因此，除了其他努力外，我们还通过R13机制寻求支持，通过以下目标在联席会议上促进对医生-科学家实习生的指导：i)将联席会议的范围扩大到职业早期的医生-科学家教职员工，以及ii)在资深医生-科学家和职业生涯早期的医生-科学家教职员工之间提供指导。 公共卫生相关性(由申请人提供)：内科医生-科学家提供实验室和临床之间的关键联系。ASCI/AAP联席会议努力突出备受尊敬的内科科学家的翻译工作，并证明这条艰难的职业道路是可以成功驾驭的。这次会议通过与同行和高级研究人员的直接接触，为早期职业生涯的内科医生和科学家提供了重要的指导机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Joint Meetings of the Association of American Physicians (AAP) and the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) is the preeminent annual meeting of academic physician- scientists. The 2010 Joint Meeting will be held in Chicago, April 23-25, at the Fairmont Hotel. This meeting has occurred annually for over one hundred years and has played an important role in academic medicine throughout that time1. For more than the past decade, the Joint Meeting has primarily stressed mentoring of physician-scientist trainees. This R13 application seeks support for continuation of these efforts. The cost of supporting the ever-increasing numbers of trainees attending the meeting has largely been borne by members of the AAP and ASCI. Traditionally, registration fees for trainees are kept as low as possible, and they are waived whenever possible. Fundraising for educational grants from private for-profit and nonprofit organizations has been partially successful in past years to offset costs, but this has grown increasingly difficult with tighter restrictions and the worsening economy. Last year, the Joint Meeting ran a significant deficit. Despite the adverse climate, the AAP and the ASCI are committed to fostering physician-scientist training and to encouraging trainees to attend the Joint Meeting. Hence, in addition to other efforts, we seek support via the R13 mechanism to foster mentoring of physician-scientist trainees at the Joint Meeting via the following aims: I) Expand the reach of the Joint Meeting to early-career physician-scientist faculty members, and II) Provide mentoring between senior physician-scientists and early-career physician-scientist faculty members. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by the applicant): Physician-scientists provide a critical link between the laboratory and the clinic. The ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting strives to highlight the translational work of well-regarded physician-scientists and to demonstrate that this difficult career path can be navigated successfully. The meeting provides significant opportunity for mentoring of early-career physician-scientists through direct contact with their peers and with senior investigators.