Otorhinology (OTOR)

This course is designed to introduce students early in the pre-clinical years to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (ENT) in the setting of the LKSOM mission of excellence in education, research and patient care. Students will expand their knowledge base through elective lectures and skills sessions. Group sessions to include case based learning and practical labs will solidify clinical and interpersonal skills. By interacting with the department chair and other motivated upperclassmen, residents, and faculty, students have the opportunity to model professional behavior and receive feedback regarding wellness and professional development. The ENT specialty is complex and closely linked with other departments and ancillary staff the elective also so serves as an ideal vehicle to teach systems-based practice and interprofessional collaboration.

This course will enable students to develop a basic understanding of the fund of knowledge and types of medical problems seen in this specialty; to develop a basic understanding of the medical decision making process involved in the practice; and to develop an understanding of and practice of medical interpersonal communication and professionalism.

This courses was created in light of the COVID19 Pandemic to give 4th year medical students applying to Otolaryngology more exposure to the field and to strengthen their applications.

Otolaryngology/ENT Sub-I satisfies the sub-I requirement for 4th year. Students will participate on the ENT service, in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. They will take on the role of an intern, including seeing consults, following patients, seeing patients in clinic and participating in OR cases. They will develop assessment and plans for the patients they are seeing.