{"id":37,"date":"2023-03-01T14:11:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:37:38","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A message from the Vice Chair of Education<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n            <section>\n                <ul class=\"divisions-container multi-column\" aria-label=\"people-directory\">\n            <li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/people\/omar-young\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/omar-young-blur-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/omar-young-blur-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Omar Young, MD, FACOG                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Vice Chair of Education, OBGYN<\/p><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Medical Education Division Director<\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                                                    \n<\/li>                <\/ul>\n            <\/section>\n                            <\/nav>\n\n            \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>Hello!\u00a0 Here at UNC OBGYN, we value the tripartite academic mission of excellent clinical care, innovative research and world-class education. From our top-ranked residency program and myriad fellowship program to the educational scholarship produced across all divisions, the advances in medical education here at UNC OBGYN set the national standard. I, along with my esteemed colleagues, are so proud to be a part of training the next generation of evidence-based, compassionate and culturally competent obstetrician-gynecologists. Welcome to Carolina!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:3646,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;95578&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2023-09-13 02:33:52&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2023-09-13 02:33:52&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;Education Landing Page&quot;,&quot;post_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;publish&quot;,&quot;comment_status&quot;:&quot;open&quot;,&quot;ping_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;post_password&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_name&quot;:&quot;education-landing-page&quot;,&quot;to_ping&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pinged&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_modified&quot;:&quot;2023-09-13 02:33:52&quot;,&quot;post_modified_gmt&quot;:&quot;2023-09-13 02:33:52&quot;,&quot;post_content_filtered&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_parent&quot;:0,&quot;guid&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/cell\\\/education-landing-page\\\/&quot;,&quot;menu_order&quot;:0,&quot;post_type&quot;:&quot;somcell&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;}\" cell-meta=\"{&quot;_upd_sortorder&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:[&quot;RepeatableBoxes&quot;],&quot;cellInformation&quot;:[&quot;{\\&quot;singleCellBlocks\\&quot;:{},\\&quot;repeatableBoxes\\&quot;:[{\\&quot;includeLink\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Residency\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/education\\\/residency\\\/\\&quot;},{\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Fellowships\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/education\\\/fellowship\\\/\\&quot;,\\&quot;includeLink\\&quot;:1},{\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Medical Student Program\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/education\\\/medical-student-program\\\/\\&quot;,\\&quot;includeLink\\&quot;:1},{\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Visiting Residents\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/education\\\/visiting-resident-program\\\/\\&quot;,\\&quot;includeLink\\&quot;:1}],\\&quot;boxCustomStyles\\&quot;:{\\&quot;includeLink\\&quot;:1},\\&quot;boxType\\&quot;:\\&quot;iconLinks\\&quot;,\\&quot;boxStyleOption\\&quot;:\\&quot;color-boxes\\&quot;}&quot;],&quot;apiCallInformation&quot;:[&quot;{}&quot;]}\"><\/som-cell>\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-block btn-light  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uncch.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Sessions\/List.aspx?folderID=f3120990-d872-445a-b694-b31a01359c7d\"><i class=\"fa fa-user-md\" ><\/i> For Faculty\/Trainees: Grand Rounds<\/a>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"star\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-star\">School of Medicine Vision<\/h2>\n<p>Our vision is to be the nation\u2019s leading public school of medicine.<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"star\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-star\">School of Medicine Mission<\/h2>\n<p>Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians and others whom we serve through excellence in patient care, education and research.<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"user\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-user\">Patient<\/h2>\n<p>We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"university\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-university\">Education<\/h2>\n<p>We will prepare tomorrow\u2019s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Among the numerous avenues of support the School of Medicine provides, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/education\/castillo-scholars-program\/\">Castillo Scholar Program<\/a>\u00a0serves as an important component in preparing students for excellence in patient care, offering educational, research, clinical shadowing, and mentorship opportunities for current medical students.<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"university\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-university\">Research<\/h2>\n<p>We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration amongst disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"newspaper\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-newspaper\">News<\/h2>\n<som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:5594,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;116513&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-08-28 15:01:24&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2024-08-28 15:01:24&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;Education News&quot;,&quot;post_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;publish&quot;,&quot;comment_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;ping_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;post_password&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_name&quot;:&quot;education-news&quot;,&quot;to_ping&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pinged&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_modified&quot;:&quot;2025-05-15 14:40:55&quot;,&quot;post_modified_gmt&quot;:&quot;2025-05-15 14:40:55&quot;,&quot;post_content_filtered&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_parent&quot;:0,&quot;guid&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/cell\\\/education-news\\\/&quot;,&quot;menu_order&quot;:0,&quot;post_type&quot;:&quot;somcell&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;}\" cell-meta=\"{&quot;_wpv_contains_gutenberg_views&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;_upd_sortorder&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:[&quot;Syndication&quot;],&quot;cellInformation&quot;:[&quot;{}&quot;],&quot;apiCallInformation&quot;:[&quot;{\\&quot;throttle\\&quot;:10,\\&quot;displayAmount\\&quot;:\\&quot;4\\&quot;,\\&quot;itemsPerPage\\&quot;:10,\\&quot;synMode\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;postType\\&quot;:\\&quot;posts\\&quot;,\\&quot;listType\\&quot;:\\&quot;carousel\\&quot;,\\&quot;sites\\&quot;:[{\\&quot;slug\\&quot;:\\&quot;self\\&quot;,\\&quot;categories\\&quot;:\\&quot;147\\&quot;,\\&quot;useAndLogicWithin\\&quot;:\\&quot;false\\&quot;,\\&quot;useOrLogicBetween\\&quot;:\\&quot;false\\&quot;,\\&quot;tags\\&quot;:\\&quot;\\&quot;,\\&quot;apiUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/posts\\&quot;,\\&quot;query\\&quot;:\\&quot;?categories=147&amp;per_page=100&amp;_fields=id,title,date,link,excerpt,categories,tags,featured_image,featured_image_medium,featured_image_alt,category_details,tag_details\\&quot;,\\&quot;taxUrls\\&quot;:{\\&quot;categories\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/categories?per_page=100&amp;_fields=id,count,name,description,parent\\&quot;,\\&quot;tags\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/tags?per_page=100&amp;_fields=id,name,description\\&quot;}}],\\&quot;searchEnabled\\&quot;:false,\\&quot;readMoreOption\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;includeImage\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;includeDate\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;titleLines\\&quot;:\\&quot;4\\&quot;,\\&quot;includeExcerpt\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;includeCategories\\&quot;:0,\\&quot;includeTags\\&quot;:0,\\&quot;imageAspectRatio\\&quot;:\\&quot;3\\\/2\\&quot;,\\&quot;excerptLines\\&quot;:\\&quot;8\\&quot;,\\&quot;includeUnderline\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;moreLinkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/obgyn\\\/category\\\/medical-education\\\/\\&quot;,\\&quot;moreLinkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;See All Stories in Education\\&quot;}&quot;]}\"><\/som-cell>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from the Vice Chair of Education Our vision is to be the nation\u2019s leading public school of medicine. 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We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/people\/omar-young\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Omar Young, MD, FACOG\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95578,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Education - UNC Department of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Education - UNC Department of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A message from the Vice Chair of Education Our vision is to be the nation\u2019s leading public school of medicine. 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