Research Training Program for Otolaryngology

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求继续支持耳鼻喉科的研究培训计划，为从事耳鼻咽喉头颈外科学术生涯的医生提供为期两年的基础和临床研究培训机会。神经科学、分子遗传学、分子生物学和流行病学的研究培训促进了一个长期目标，即增加独立临床研究人员的数量和质量，研究受损听觉和其他交流系统的潜在机制、诊断标准和治疗方法。通过来自耳鼻咽喉头颈外科，听力科学，言语科学，神经科学，内科，儿科遗传学，微生物学，分子生物学和公共卫生学院的部门和计划的30多名临床医生和基础科学家的互动，创建了一个多学科的教育环境。提供各种各样的研究培训机会，从听觉系统的电生理学和分子生物学，神经解剖学，神经喉学，耳聋的分子遗传学和颅面畸形的分子生物学的基础研究，到涉及听力损失，颅面畸形，头颈癌，言语障碍的流行病学研究的临床调查，以及听力损失的临床试验研究，颅面畸形、头颈癌、言语障碍和临床试验方法。在两年的培训期间，受训人员将参加其感兴趣领域的教学课程。应用 要求每年为完成至少一年临床培训的医生提供两个研究生培训职位（五年以上十个）。受训者将连续两年100%的精力投入到研究培训中，然后在耳鼻咽喉头颈外科进行为期四年的临床实习。学员将有两个额外的3个月的研究块在PGY 3和PGY 4年，由耳鼻咽喉头颈外科部门的支持，提供至少2.5年的密集研究培训经验。拟议的研究培训计划将扩大未来学术耳鼻喉科医生的研究培训机会，促进临床和基础科学家之间的互动，并为医生提供工具，使其成为全面的独立临床科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests continued support for a research training program in Otolaryngology to provide two-year basic and clinical research training opportunities for physicians pursuing an academic career in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Research training in neurosciences, molecular genetics, molecular biology, and epidemiology promotes the long- term goal of increasing the number and quality of independent clinical investigators studying the underlying mechanisms, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic approaches of the impaired auditory and other communicative systems. A multidisciplinary educational environment is created through the interaction of over thirty clinicians and basic scientists from the departments and programs of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hearing Sciences, Speech Science, Neuroscience, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and The College of Public Health. A wide assortment of research training opportunities are available, ranging from basic research in electrophysiology and molecular biology of the auditory system, neuroanatomy, neurolaryngology, molecular genetics of deafness, and molecular biology of craniofacial deformities to clinical investigations involving epidemiologic study of hearing loss, craniofacial deformities, head and neck cancer, speech disorders, and clinical trials study of hearing loss, craniofacial deformities, head and neck cancer, speech disorders and clinical trials methodology. Trainees will be enrolled in didactic courses in their area of interest throughout the two-year training period. The application requests two postgraduate training positions a year (ten over five years) for physicians completing at least one year of clinical training. Trainees will devote 100% of their effort to research training for two consecutive years, to be followed by a four-year clinical residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Trainees will have two additional 3-month research blocks during the PGY3 and PGY4 years, supported by the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, providing at least 2.5 years of an intensive research training experience. The proposed research training program will expand the research training opportunities available to future academic otolaryngologists, foster interaction among clinical and basic scientists, and provide physicians with tools to become comprehensive independent clinician-scientists.