Evening and weekend teaching sessions will be kept to a minimum. Provisions are made so that each resident may attend at least one national meeting during the training period, and as many local and regional meetings as are manageable. Formulation and presentation of scientific papers is urged of the resident staff. Reasonable expenditures will be covered for residents to present papers at national meetings. Four trainees per year are selected for postdoctoral research training which is supported by an N.I.H. training grant.
Research is an important cornerstone of our department.
A departmental requisite, therefore, is that the resident staff pursue research projects guided by the full-time staff through the vehicle of the monthly resident research conference. Ample time for this opportunity will be provided during the residency program to allow for successful completion of projects. Alumni Day is the culmination of an academic year and is devoted to resident's presentations of their research projects. This year we will again offer applicants one of two types of residency training programs. The department is committed to the Otolaryngology National Matching Program sponsored by the Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.