Otolaryngology Surgery Medical Student Elective

Goal:  The goal of this elective is to provide the student with opportunities to learn about common conditions affecting the head and neck that require the care of an Otolaryngologist.

Objectives:  At the conclusion of this week, the student will be able to:

1. Differentiate between a normal and abnormal ear examination, including use of pneumatic otoscopy and tuning fork testing.
2. Demonstrate the ability to perform a complete head and neck examination
3. Describe the presentation of common causes of peripheral vertigo
4. Describe the common causes of hoarseness and the presenting signs and symptoms of laryngeal malignancy
5. Describe the evaluation of the patient with a neck mass.

Participating Faculty:  Leonard Rybak, MD, Carol Bauer, MD, James Malone, MD, Tom Robbins, MD, Gayle Woodson, MD, Richard Bass, MD, Sandra Ettema, MD, Michael Brenner, MD, Stephanie Raycroft, PA

Course Description:
Inpatients:  You will perform a post-operative check and round on all patients on whom you participated in surgical treatment. 

Clinics:  You will be assigned to a clinic during the week.  You should review the patient list for the clinic day and select patients for evaluation that will facilitate achieving the educational objectives.  All students will attend the Head and Neck Oncology Team clinic on Tuesday.

Outpatient surgery: You will be assigned to the following cases during the week: ventilation tube placement, tonsillectomy, neck dissection, chronic ear surgery.  You will be prepared to discuss the anatomy of the neck, indications and complications of tonsillectomy, and indications and complications of ventilation tube placement.

Teaching Rounds: You will round with the Chief resident one day during the week.

Conference: Every other Thursday morning from 7:00AM – 8:00AM you are excused from the General Thursday Morning Conferences in order to attend the ENT Grand Rounds.
1st Thursday of Each Month – PAV 3A155 (ENT Grand Rounds)
3rd Thursday of Each Month – MMC, Radiology, Room A141 (Head & Neck Tumor Board)

Number of students:  2

Evaluation:  The student will be evaluated at the end of the week using the standard evaluation form used by the Department of Surgery.

Call Requirement:  Call will be scheduled for one night only.  Call is from 7 am to 7 am.  Call is from HOME.  To better understand what ENT residents do, you will shadow the junior resident on call for 24 hrs.  Call will be on an odd day, either the Thursday or Friday of your week.  If there are two students, then another odd day must be chosen for the second student that does not have protected time.  Contact the resident on call at 1700 the day before your call day to find out where to meet.  Not contacting the on-call junior will result in an unsatisfactory grade for this elective.  Call is required!

Contact Person:

Chief Residents:

July – December        Zeeshan Aziz, MD – pager 4421
January – June           Chase Lay, MD – pager 5031