Dear Colleague, Last month, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) held its 159th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada. The largest gathering of psychiatric physicians in the world, the meeting attracted more than a thousand clinical papers, symposia, workshops, and new research poster sessions. MedEdMentoring.org participated with a poster exhibit entitled "Resources for Mental Health Research Mentoring and Career Development," which discussed the free tools available on MedEdMentoring.org and their usefulness for mentees, mentors, and mentors-in-training. Just a reminder that our monthly First Tuesday teleconference will not be held in July due to the Independence Day holiday (which falls on a Tuesday this year). First Tuesday will resume on August 1 with the topic "Research Careers Outside Academia." To register, click here. Sincerely, Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS; Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH; Maureen Halpain, MS; Barry D. Lebowitz, PhD; Charles F. Reynolds III, MD; Gwenn Smith, PhD; Joel E. Streim, MD; Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA

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Medical students' perceptions of psychiatry as a career choice.
Cutler JL, Alspector SL, Harding KJ, Wright LL, Graham MJ.
Acad Psychiatry. 2006 Mar-Apr;30(2):144-9.
This study describes medical students' perceptions of the field of psychiatry and identifies the impact of those perceptions on their career choices.

Promoting Minority Access to Health Careers through Health Profession-Public School Partnerships: A Review of the Literature.
Patterson DG, Carline JD.
Acad Med. 2006 Jun;81(6 Suppl):S5-S10.
Partnerships between health profession schools and public schools provide a framework for developing comprehensive, creative solutions to the problem of minority underrepresentation in health careers.

Mentoring partnerships for minority faculty and graduate students in mental health services research.
Waitzkin H, Yager J, Parker T, Duran B.
Acad Psychiatry. 2006 May-Jun;30(3):205-17.
The authors developed mentorship programs to train minority junior faculty and advanced graduate students in mental health services research. Evaluations suggest that these programs have influenced participants' career development.

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Writing Grant Proposals: The Practical Application of Clinical Research Theory
Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH
This talk guides the viewer step by step through the writing of a grant proposal and explains the importance of this process.

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Research Mentoring in Mental Health
Joel E. Streim, MD
In this presentation, Dr. Streim reviews various special considerations specifically for research mentoring in the area of aging and mental health.


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Informal mentoring between faculty and medical students
Rose GL, Rukstalis MR, Schuckit MA.
Acad Med. 2005 Apr;80(4):344-8.
Mentoring skills are valuable assets for academic medicine faculty, who help shape the professionalism of the next generation of physicians. Mentors are role models who also act as guides for students' personal and professional development.

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The Johns Hopkins Geriatric Summer Scholars program: a model to increase diversity in geriatric medicine.
Simpson CF, Durso SC, Fried LP, Bailey T, Boyd CM, Burton J.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Sep;53(9):1607-12.
This article describes the outcomes of the first 3 years of the Johns Hopkins Geriatric Summer Scholars program, with an emphasis on curriculum development and the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority medical students.


InTheNews
NIH Wants Its Minority Programs to Train More Academic Researchers
Science, May 26, 2006
NIH officials will revise the rules of a flagship undergraduate program that serves mostly minorities, while a key NIH advisory panel also proposed an 8-year doubling of minority candidates seeking doctoral degrees.

Scientific Success: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
ScienceCareers.org, May 26, 2006
Is marriage inevitably a scourge for male and female scientists and researchers? Or can it help advance their careers? Opinions differ, but nearly everyone agrees that sacrifice and flexibility are required.

Britain's postdocs unite
Nature, May 2006
On June 22, 2006, the inaugural meeting of the UK National Research Staff Association will take place. The goal is to found an association to advance UK research by fostering the creativity and independence of postdocs.

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