RESIDENT SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY

Each resident develops research activities in either clinical reviews or actual laboratory work, or both. Fourth year residents serve a formal two-month rotation within the Wound Healing Laboratories. The laboratories are very well funded and staffed, allowing each resident to formulate a research plan and carry it out under the direction of basic scientists. There are presently 23 Ph.D.s and 105 research technicians available to these residents in the laboratories. The entire program is designed so that the resident will be allowed to continue his research interest throughout the remaining residency years. The two-month rotation is the only intensified time, but because of the number of basic scientists and technicians available to help the resident, a continuum of research is encouraged. In addition, the basic science course as outlined above under Conferences is provided for each resident.