The 24th Annual Symposium on Career Opportunities in Health Professions from Apri

项目摘要少数民族卫生专业学校协会（AMHPS）提议于2010年4月16日至17日举办第24届生物医学科学和卫生专业职业机会年度研讨会。在两天的时间里，大约300名种族和少数民族高中生和本科生将通过教育讲习班、视频演示、互动会议、展览和科学海报演示，接触到生物医学科学和卫生专业的各种职业机会。第24届AMHPS研讨会的总体目标是提高少数民族学生对生物医学科学和卫生专业职业的认识。通过提高这种认识，预计该方案将有助于解决劳动力多样性问题，增加少数民族学生的人数，这些学生最终将考虑成为生物医学科学家和/或卫生专业人员。研讨会的目标是：1)确定、招募、选择和鼓励至少300名在卫生专业领域表现出成功潜力的少数民族学生参加；2)提供导师/榜样，促进和鼓励学生选择生物医学和卫生专业；3)为学生提供展示研究成果的平台。23年来，AMHPS实施了学生发展计划，目标是使生物医学科学和卫生专业人员多样化。15 000多名学生参加了卫生和健康服务部主办的专题讨论会，许多人继续成为卫生专业人员，这在一定程度上要归功于卫生和健康服务部专题讨论会的支持和鼓励。校友在不同领域工作，如政府（Carl Hill博士，NICHD/NIH校外联合项目的健康科学家管理员），商业（Cheryl Gilbreath博士，MD医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心的健康保险专家），教育（Douglas M. Willis博士，德克萨斯南方大学教授）和研究（Marcus Iszard博士，UM-KC药理学部门评估主任）。美国少数族裔医学学生协会主任Carolyn Clancy博士在《少数族裔医学学生杂志》（2004年）上发表的一篇文章中指出，医生和少数族裔患者之间沟通不良可能是在使用保健服务方面存在种族差异的一个原因，因此，美国少数族裔医学学生协会致力于通过支持早期职业发展来加强保健服务界的种族和族裔多样性美国国家科学院医学研究所（IOM）指出，“增加卫生专业人员的种族和民族多样性是很重要的，因为有证据表明，多样性与改善少数种族和民族患者获得护理的机会、增加患者的选择和满意度、为卫生专业学生提供更好的教育经历以及许多其他好处有关。AMHPS在解决这一困境方面处于独特的地位。作为一个代表全国12所历史上在医学、牙科、药学和兽医学领域的黑人研究生健康学校的专业协会，AMHPS意识到，为这一专业培训的学生群体做准备必须早于研究生水平。AMHPS承认并促进学生发展计划，作为培养未来生物医学科学家和其他少数民族卫生专业人员的管道。美国不断变化的民族/种族气候要求像AMHPS这样的协会致力于促进生物医学科学家、教师和从业者队伍中代表性不足的少数民族的增加。研讨会的评价将是形成性和总结性的。研讨会的形成性评估部分旨在改进和加强研讨会活动的规划和实施。现场调查和学生、辅导员、导师和讲习班演讲者的焦点小组将为这一组成部分提供数据来源。研讨会的总结性评价部分将讨论如何立即实现成为保健专业人员的学习目标和长期影响目标。年度评估报告与其他数据来源（深度访谈、案例研究和在线跟踪调查）将作为数据收集的主要方法。美国少数族裔医学学生协会主任Carolyn Clancy博士在《少数族裔医学学生杂志》（2004年）上发表的一篇文章中指出，医生和少数族裔患者之间沟通不良可能是在使用保健服务方面存在种族差异的一个原因，因此，美国少数族裔医学学生协会致力于通过支持早期职业发展来加强保健服务界的种族和族裔多样性美国国家科学院医学研究所（IOM）指出，“增加卫生专业人员中的种族和民族多样性是很重要的，因为有证据表明，多样性与改善少数种族和民族患者获得护理的机会、增加患者的选择和满意度以及为卫生专业学生提供更好的教育经历有关。”在过去的23年里，AMHPS实施了学生发展计划，目标是使生物医学科学和卫生专业人员多样化；作为一个专业协会，AMHPS在解决这一难题方面处于独特的地位，它代表着由医学、牙科、药学和兽医学等领域的12所美国历史上的黑人研究生健康学院组成的联盟，AMHPS意识到，为这一专业培训的学生群体准备工作必须早于研究生水平开始，并建议于2010年4月16日至17日举办第24届生物医学科学和卫生专业职业机会年度研讨会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): PROGRAM ABSTRACT The Association of Minority Health Professions Schools, Inc. (AMHPS) proposes to implement the 24th Annual Symposium on Career Opportunities in the Biomedical Sciences and Health Professions from April 16-17, 2010. For two days, approximately 300 racial and ethnic minority high school and undergraduate students will be exposed to various career opportunities in the biomedical sciences and health professions through educational workshops, video presentations, interactive sessions, exhibits, and scientific poster presentations. The overall goal of the 24th AMHPS Symposium is to increase the awareness of biomedical science and health professions careers among minority student. By increasing this awareness, it is anticipated that this program will assist in addressing the problem of workforce diversity by increasing the number of minority students who will ultimately consider careers as biomedical scientists and/or health professionals. The objectives of the Symposium are to: 1) Identify, recruit, select and encourage the participation of at least 300 minority students who demonstrate potential for succeeding in the health professions; 2) Provide mentors/role models to promote and encourage students' career choices toward biomedical sciences and the health professions; and 3) Provide a platform for students to showcase their research projects. For over twenty-three years AMHPS has implemented student development programs with the goal of diversifying the biomedical science and health professions workforce. Over 15,000 students have participated in AMHPS sponsored Symposia and many have continued on to become health professionals thanks in part to the support and encouragement of the AMHPS Symposium. Alumni are employed is diverse field such as government (Dr. Carl Hill, Health Scientist Administrator in the Extramural Associates Program, NICHD/NIH), business (Dr. Cheryl Gilbreath, Health Insurance Specialist with the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services in MD), education (Dr. Douglas M. Willis, Professor at Texas Southern University) and research (Dr. Marcus Iszard, Director of Assessment in the Division of Pharmacology at the UM-KC). Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of AHRQ, in a article published in the Journal for Minority Medical Students (2004) cites that poor communication between doctors and minority patients may be one source of racial disparities in the use of health services and as a result AHRQ is committed to enhancing the racial and ethnic diversity in the health services community through supporting early career development.6 The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) state that 'increasing the racial and ethnic diversity among health professionals is important because evidence indicates that diversity is associated with improved access to care for racial and ethnic minority patients, greater patient choice and satisfaction, and better educational experiences for health professions students, among many other benefits The AMHPS is in a unique position to address this dilemma.1 As a professional association representing a consortium of 12 of the nation's historically black graduate health schools in the areas of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine, AMHPS is aware that preparation of the student body for this professional training must start long before the graduate level. The AMHPS recognizes and promotes student development programs, as a pipeline to cultivating future biomedical scientists and other health professionals in the minority ranks. The changing ethnic/racial climate in the United States requires that an association such as AMHPS devote efforts to promote an increase of the underrepresented minorities in the ranks of biomedical scientists, teachers and practitioners. The Symposium evaluation will be both formative and summative in nature. The Formative Evaluation component of the Symposium is designed to improve and enhance planning and implementation of Symposia activities. On-site surveys and focus groups of students, counselors, mentors and workshop presenters will provide the sources of data for this component. The Summative Evaluation component of the Symposium will address the immediate achievement of learning objectives and long-term impact goals of becoming a health care professional. Annual evaluation reports coupled with other sources of data (in-depth interviews, case studies, and online follow-up surveys) will serve as the primary method of data collection. Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of AHRQ, in a article published in the Journal for Minority Medical Students (2004) cites that poor communication between doctors and minority patients may be one source of racial disparities in the use of health services and as a result AHRQ is committed to enhancing the racial and ethnic diversity in the health services community through supporting early career development.6 The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) state that 'increasing the racial and ethnic diversity among health professionals is important because evidence indicates that diversity is associated with improved access to care for racial and ethnic minority patients, greater patient choice and satisfaction, and better educational experiences for health professions students, among many other benefits For over twenty-three years AMHPS has implemented student development programs with the goal of diversifying the biomedical science and health professions workforce; the AMHPS is in a unique position to address this dilemma1 as a professional association representing a consortium of 12 of the nation's historically black graduate health schools in the areas of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine, AMHPS is aware that preparation of the student body for this professional training must start long before the graduate level and proposes to implement the 24th Annual Symposium on Career Opportunities in the Biomedical Sciences and Health Professions from April 16-17, 2010. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies state that "increasing the racial and ethnic diversity among health professionals is important because evidence indicates that diversity is associated with improved access to care for racial and ethnic minority patients, greater patient choice and satisfaction, and better educational experiences for health professions students, among many other benefits.