Live, in-person only event
Saturday, March 16 - Sunday, March 17, 2024
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
The Academic Skills Workshop is a joint initiative hosted by AGA and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). It’s a mentorship-based program to assist early career (defined as having four years or less of employment at an academic institution) and fellows in starting their GI and hepatology academic medicine careers successfully.
The workshop is designed to help participants acquire knowledge and professional contacts to
achieve their goals. The format is lectures, mentor-to-mentee pairings, and networking
breakouts. Accomplished faculty discuss topics ranging from tracks and pathways in academic
medicine, mentor-mentee relationships, writing and presentation skills, applying for and securing
grants and funding, finance basics and navigating bias in the workplace.
The workshop is free but only available to eligible AGA and AASLD members who will be selected
through an application process.
The deadline to apply is December 12, 2023.
Learning objectives:
- Define the responsibility of the mentee in the mentor-mentee relationship
- Identify strategies for a successful mentor-mentee relationship
- Consider the expertise and qualities of the ideal mentor in helping to support one's career
Course directors:
Rotonya M. Carr, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Cyrus E. Rubin Endowed Chair and Division Head Division of Gastroenterology
University of Washington
Anna Mae E. Diehl, MD
Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Arthur Beyder, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic – Rochester
Pricing:
The workshop is free but only available to eligible AGA and AASLD members who will be selected
through an application process. The deadline to apply is December 12, 2023.
Pricing is the same for in-person and online attendees. Registration opens on Jan. 17, 2024, for AGA members.
| Pricing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | On or Before March 13 | After March 13 |
Member | $220 | $335 |
Member Associate | $220 | $335 |
Member Postdoctoral Fellow | Complimentary | $200 |
Member Student | Complimentary | $200 |
Member Trainee | Complimentary | $200 |
Nonmember | $600 | $685 |
Nonmember Associate | $290 | $355 |
Nonmember Postdoctoral Fellow |
$290 |
$355 |
Nonmember Student | $220 | $335 |
Nonmember Trainee | $220 | $325 |
Industry Professional | $600 | $685 |
Practice Manager | $290 | $355 |
Industry Supporter Attendee | $220 | $325 |
| Exhibit Booth Personnel | Complimentary | Complimentary |
Exhibit Hall Only | $100 | $100 |
Spouse/Guest | $70 | $70 |
To be eligible for the 2024 Academic Skills Workshop you must meet the following criteria:
- At the time of application, you must be a current member of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and/or American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
- You must be a fellow-in-training (except those within the first year of fellowship) or junior faculty member within four years of starting your first faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level in a clinical or basic science department. (Note: Junior faculty members who have yet to start their first position will need to submit a letter from an academic institution verifying that they have accepted a faculty position.)
- You cannot hold an independent investigator research grant (i.e., R01 or equivalent). (Note: Career development awards (e.g. K series awards) are not considered independent investigator grants.)
- You have not attended a prior Academic Skills Workshop.
Saturday, March 16, 2024, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (local time)
Session 1: What Does a Successful Career in Academic Medicine Look Like?
- Setting Yourself Up for the Next 30 Years as a Clinical Investigator
- Risks and Rewards of Being a Wet-Bench Researcher
- Future Technologies: Systems Biology, AI, and Next Generation Data Miners
- Panel Discussion
Session 2: Career Development Strategy and Funding
- NIH: Early Career Funding Opportunities
- VA, DOD, NSF, PCORI Grants for Young Investigators
- Foundation and Industry Grants
- Breakout: Successful Grant Writing: K Series
- Breakout: Successful Grant Writing: R Series
- Lunch with AGA and AASLD Keynote Addresses
Session 3: Academic Skills: Presenting, Publishing and Promoting Your Research
- Manuscript Preparation: Writing, Submission and the Editorial Process
- Speaking About Your Science
- Project Management and Team Management
- Panel Discussion
Session 4: Breakout Activities
- Breakout 1: Work Life Balance
- Breakout 2: Relationships with Industry Sponsors
- Grant Information by Appointment: NIH Grants
- Reception: Finance 101 for Academic Gastroenterologists
Sunday, March 17, 2024, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm (local time)
Session 5: Maximizing the Mentor/ Mentee Relationship
- How to Be a Good Mentor: What to Look for in a Mentor
- How to Be a Good Mentee
- Mentoring Across Institutions, and What To Do If It’s Not Working With Your Mentor
- Panel Discussion
Session 6: Academic Career – Tracks and Pathways
- Career/ Institutional Tracks and Pathways
- Getting and Advancing in Your First Faculty Position
- Building Resilience and Preventing Burnout for Long Term Success
- Panel Discussion
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