Research Training in Otolaryngology

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校继续我们在耳鼻喉头颈外科基础科学方面的医学学生和住院医生的研究培训计划。培训教师包括北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校耳鼻喉头颈外科的12名成员，以及从其他研究与耳鼻喉头颈外科有交叉的院系挑选的教师。这些教师中有7人研究听觉神经生物学或知觉。其他培训教师的工作包括癌症机制和流行病学，鼻窦和气道功能。由系主任和两名互补领域的外部教员组成的内部咨询委员会负责监督培训计划和学员的选择。由研究培训领域的三名资深科学家组成的外部咨询委员会为整个计划提供指导。培训计划包括两个方面。第一个轨道是为对耳鼻喉头颈外科感兴趣的医学生提供的，并提供短期（夏季）或在该系任何实验室进行为期一年的研究机会。第二个轨道是为耳鼻喉科的住院医生准备的。每班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，为成为学术耳鼻喉科医生和研究人员做准备。所有级别的培训计划都旨在为耳鼻喉科的受训者和基础科学家提供交流。培训的教学要素，包括课程作业、研究伦理培训和资助，旨在确保培养出杰出的研究人员。长期目标是生产学术临床医生在耳鼻喉头颈外科领域与卓越的研究证书。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to continue our 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 twelve members of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as selected faculty from other departments whose research intersects with Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. Seven of these faculty study auditory neurobiology or perception. Other training faculty work on cancer mechanisms and epidemiology, sinus and airway function. An Internal Advisory Committee consisting of the Department Chair, and two external faculty members in complementary areas provides oversight of the training program and trainee selection. An External Advisory Committee consisting of three senior scientists in the research training areas provides guidance regarding the overall program. 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.