Research Training in Otolaryngology

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议在位于查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学为医学生和住院医师开展一项与耳鼻咽喉头颈外科相关的基础科学研究培训计划。培训教师包括查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学耳鼻咽喉头颈外科系的9名成员和来自其他系的3名教师。其中七名教师研究听觉神经生物学和感知;两名教师从事肿瘤科学工作。其他培训教师从事遗传学，神经营养因子和神经递质受体。培训计划的监督由一个咨询委员会提供，该委员会由系主任和三名外部教师组成。培训计划包括两条轨道。第一个轨道是为感兴趣的耳鼻咽喉-头颈外科医学生，并提供在该部门的任何实验室的短期（夏季）或1年的研究机会。第二个轨道是在耳鼻喉科计划的居民。每个新生班的一名住院医师将在该部门的研究实验室接受连续2年的研究培训，为学术耳鼻喉科医生和研究人员的职业生涯做准备。所有级别的培训计划旨在提供耳鼻喉科学员和基础科学家之间的交叉施肥。培训的教学要素，包括课程、研究道德培训和奖学金，旨在确保培养出杰出的研究人员。长期目标是培养具有特殊研究资格的耳鼻咽喉头颈外科领域的学术临床医生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to initiate a program of research training for medical students and residents in the basic sciences related to Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The training faculty includes nine members of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and 3 faculty from other departments. Seven of these faculty study auditory neurobiology and perception; two faculty work in oncological sciences. Other training faculty work on genetics, neurotrophins, and neurotransmitter receptors. Oversight of the training program is provided by an advisory committee consisting of the Department Chair, and three external faculty members. The training program consists of two tracks. The first track is for medical students interested in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery and offers either a short-term (summer) or a 1-year research opportunity in any of the laboratories in the Department. The second track is for residents in the Otolaryngology program. One resident in each incoming class will receive 2 contiguous years of research training in the Department's research laboratories, in preparation for careers as academic Otolaryngologists and researchers. All levels of the training program are designed to provide cross-fertilization between trainees in Otolaryngology and basic scientists. Didactic elements of the training, including coursework, training in research ethics, and grantsmanship, are designed to ensure the production of outstanding researchers. The long-term goal is to produce academic clinicians in the field of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery with exceptional research credentials.