学术儿科学多元化倡议（RAPID）研究的项目评估：对职业发展和专业学会多元化的影响。
Program Evaluation of the Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID): Impact on Career Development and Professional Society Diversity.
机构信息
G. Flores is director, Health Services Research Institute, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, professor, Department of Pediatrics, UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut, and director and principal investigator, Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity.
F. Mendoza is professor of pediatrics and associate dean of minority advising and programs, Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, California, and co-director, Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity.
出版信息
Acad Med. 2021 Apr 1;96(4):549-556. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003531.
PURPOSE
Despite a demographic surge in U.S. minority children, pediatric workforce diversity has failed to keep pace. The study aim was to evaluate the Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID), a research-education program aimed at recruiting, retaining, and professionally advancing diverse early-career faculty in general pediatrics who are pursuing research careers.
METHOD
RAPID includes the following components: small research grants, mentoring by nationally renowned senior investigators, mentoring and networking at an annual breakfast, an annual career-development conference, and monthly mentoring conference calls. Outcomes data from the first 5 years (2012-2017) of RAPID were analyzed. Data sources were Academic Pediatric Association (APA) membership data and postconference, baseline, and end-of-program/follow-up surveys. Outcome measures included mentoring quality, presentations, publications, subsequent grants, impact on career success, conference ratings, and APA membership diversity.
RESULTS
For the 10 Scholars from the first 4 cohorts, mean scores were 4.5 (5 = strongly agree) for RAPID fostering mentoring, developing research skills, and helping Scholars feel more comfortable as underrepresented minority (URM) faculty; 78% delivered platform or poster presentations on their project. They published 56 total articles and received a mean of 2.5 subsequent grants. Their mean score for RAPID "advancing my career by facilitating promotion or getting a job" was 4.6. The first 4 RAPID Conferences were highly rated (mean scores = 4.2-4.8) and brought in 33 additional URM young investigators. Pre-RAPID, URM APA membership stagnated at 6%-7% for 5 years. In RAPID's first year, URM APA membership rose to 8%, then to 10% by 2017 (43% increase; P < .001).
CONCLUSIONS
RAPID Scholars generated multiple presentations and publications. RAPID mentoring and Conferences were highly rated. RAPID was associated with career advancement and increased professional society diversity. RAPID could serve as a national model for enhancing URM career development and professional society diversity.
目的
尽管美国少数族裔儿童的人口数量出现了激增，但儿科劳动力的多样性却未能跟上这一增长步伐。本研究旨在评估学术儿科研究多样性倡议（RAPID），这是一个旨在招募、留住和提升从事儿科研究职业的多元化早期职业教师的研究教育计划。
方法
RAPID 包括以下组成部分：小型研究资助、由知名资深研究人员提供指导、每年早餐时的指导和网络交流、年度职业发展会议以及每月指导电话会议。对 RAPID 前 5 年（2012-2017 年）的数据进行了分析。数据来源包括学术儿科协会（APA）的会员数据以及会议前后、基线和项目结束/随访调查。评估指标包括指导质量、展示、出版物、后续资助、对职业成功的影响、会议评分和 APA 会员多样性。
结果
对于前 4 批的 10 名学者，RAPID 促进导师关系、发展研究技能以及帮助学者作为少数族裔（URM）教师感到更自在的平均评分为 4.5（5 表示非常同意）；78%的人展示了其项目的演讲或海报。他们共发表了 56 篇文章，并获得了平均 2.5 项后续资助。他们对 RAPID“通过促进晋升或获得工作来促进我的职业发展”的平均评分是 4.6。前 4 届 RAPID 会议的评分很高（平均评分=4.2-4.8），并吸引了 33 名新的 URM 年轻研究人员。在 RAPID 计划之前，URM 在 APA 的会员人数在过去 5 年中一直停滞在 6%-7%。在 RAPID 的第一年，URM 在 APA 的会员人数上升至 8%，到 2017 年上升至 10%（增加了 43%；P<0.001）。
结论
RAPID 学者发表了多篇演讲和文章。RAPID 的指导和会议受到了高度评价。RAPID 与职业发展和专业学会多样性的提升有关。RAPID 可以作为加强 URM 职业发展和专业学会多样性的全国性模式。
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