Undergraduate ENT education: what students want

Chawdhary, Gaurav; Ho, Eu Chin; Minhas, S. S.

doi:10.1111/j.1749-4486.2009.02027.x

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“…A survey in 2012 of all UK medical schools demonstrated that 10 of 26 did not offer an ENT attachment . A study by Chawdhary et al . found that only 28% of a cohort of UK medical students felt that they were adequately prepared to handle common, routine ENT complaints.…”

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“…A survey in 2012 of all UK medical schools demonstrated that 10 of 26 did not offer an ENT attachment. 4 A study by Chawdhary et al 5 found that only 28% of a cohort of UK medical students felt that they were adequately prepared to handle common, routine ENT complaints. Another study found that a group of UK medical students felt significantly less confident with ENT history taking, examination and management, compared with their cardiology clinical competencies (P < 0.001).…”

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Development of an ENT undergraduate curriculum using a Delphi survey

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Taube

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Clinical Otolaryngology

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Development of an ENT undergraduate curriculum using a Delphi survey

Lloyd

Tan

Taube

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Clinical Otolaryngology

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“…Regardless of clerkship model, OtoHNS remains a challenging competency to acquire. The literature suggests that even those medical students who have completed an OtoHNS rotation reported feeling uncomfortable diagnosing and managing common and emergent conditions [23–25]. This is not surprising considering that the average clerkship time dedicated to OtoHNS in Canada was 4.6 days [7].…”

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Otolaryngology exposure in a longitudinal integrated clerkship setting

Scott

Best

Micomonaco

2017

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

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BackgroundAlthough 20–40% of primary care complaints are Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OtoHNS) related, little emphasis is placed on OtoHNS instruction at the undergraduate medical education level. An OtoHNS clerkship rotation is not required at most Canadian medical schools. Furthermore, at institutions offering an OtoHNS rotation, less than 20% of students are able to complete a placement. Given that a large percentage of medical students in Canada will pursue primary care as a career, there remains a gap in providing OtoHNS clinical training. During the longitudinal integrated clerkship at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), students are assigned to one of 14 sites, and not all have access to an otolaryngologist. This study looks to quantify the level of exposure students are receiving in OtoHNS at NOSM and to assess their comfort level with diagnosing and treating common otolaryngologic conditions.MethodsA structured 13-item survey was administered to second, third and fourth year medical students at NOSM.ResultsA majority (67.9%) of medical students surveyed had not observed an otolaryngologist. Furthermore, most students (90.6%) reported receiving very little OtoHNS classroom based and clinical instruction during medical school.ConclusionsA discrepancy exists between the quantity and breadth of OtoHNS training received in undergraduate medical education and the volume of OtoHNS encounters in primary care practice. Although geographic dissemination of students in the distributed learning model may be a challenge, strategies such as standardized objectives and supplemental electronic resources may serve to solidify clinical knowledge.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40463-017-0215-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…In pediatric populations, this number rises to approximately 50% . Despite the prevalence of ear, nose, and throat problems in primary care, recent studies have demonstrated inadequate exposure to otolaryngology–head and neck surgery during undergraduate and postgraduate medical education …”

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“…3 Despite the prevalence of ear, nose, and throat problems in primary care, recent studies have demonstrated inadequate exposure to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery during undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. [4][5][6][7][8] Medical schools in North America have been under mounting pressure to restructure their curricula in response to rising enrollment and a tidal increase in medical knowledge. These factors have created the challenging task of developing a curriculum that provides students with optimal exposure to various medical specialties.…”

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