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Mangan:
kmangan@ascrs.org
by Kim Mangan
Annual Meeting Program
Manager
program is worthy of financial support. With
supporting references from both ASCRS survey
data and peer-reviewed journal articles, a needs
assessment is arguably the most important part
of the grant proposal. A program budget is de-
veloped after proposed dates, times, and venues
are chosen. Industry partners review each grant
proposal and decide to support programming
based solely on the educational merit of the
program. Once support has been agreed to,
industry does not have influence over program
decisions or faculty selections.
ASCRS submits grants for many differ-
ent types of programming to many different
industry representatives. Your participation in
the ASCRS Clinical Survey each year directly
impacts the programming chosen. Visit
https://ascrs.org/clinical-education to learn
more about the Clinical Survey process at the
ASCRS Annual Meeting, and be sure to com-
plete the survey so your voice is heard.
ASCRS NEWS
Understanding the ASCRS grant process
and ASCRS Clinical Survey
A
SCRS relies partially on unrestricted
educational grant support to bring
both live and online CME programs
to our membership. Here we explain
the grant writing process and how
important the ASCRS and industry relationship
is to continuing education.
ASCRS uses survey data from the ASCRS
Clinical Survey, which is given to members both
in person at the ASCRS Annual Meeting and
online. Data collected from the Clinical Survey
is used to determine membership needs/desires
for program subject matter and format. After
assessment of the professional knowledge gaps
represented by this data, ASCRS and Clini-
cal Committee members move forward with
development of grant-supported educational
programs to help address these gaps.
Once a preliminary program agenda is
made, ASCRS uses the Clinical Survey data
to develop a needs assessment or rationale
showing industry why a particular educational
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