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Student Research Opportunities
The best way for students to learn more about the Center for Visual Sciences and the Department of Ophthalmolgoy and Vision Science is to become involved in research. As a student, pairing up one's interests with that of a faculty member to persue clinical and basic research will solidify an understanding of what the CVS and UC Davis medical system have to offer. Student projects are either short projects or long projects, depending on scope of the question at hand and have different involvement requirements.
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Short Projects
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These projects should be completed in a relatively short time frame (2 to 3 months). A student could start the project on a 4 to 8 week rotation and then write the project up at a later time. Examples of appropriate projects would be:
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Chart reviews on particular projects asking a limited
and specific question.
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Long Projects
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These projects are long-range efforts that would take between 6-12 months. The project would require much of the students time, and as such potentially involve the student taking off from medical school for the duration of the project. Such projects would entail:
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Clinical or Laboratory research with a well-defined quesiton, mentor, research plan, and budget.
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Students are encouraged to undertake projects that directly address questions posed in the NEI guidelines for vision research. Projects may be from the list of projects posed by faculty (below), or may be posed by the student as long as it gets the approval of relevant faculty.
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Students should review the list of available projects as well as the current NEI guidelines, and then decide whether or not they want to be involved in a short or long project. Students must also define the time when they would like to be involved in the project to ensure that mentoring faculty will be available.
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The student should look over the entire list as well as research other possibilities that coincide with the NEI guidelines, eventually developing a project question that interests them.
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Once the students have a clear view of the one or two projects (depending on length) that interest them, the students should make an appointment with the relevant faculty for the project.
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After discussing the projects with the faculty, the student should have a refined goal for the project and outline the expected process and time course of the project.
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