Otolaryngology Externship (4 to 8 Credit Hours)

Catalog description

Increased knowledge and skills in the field of otolaryngology and in the care of surgical patients. Students perform accurate and thorough history and physical on surgical inpatients and outpatients, participate with increasing responsibility under supervision in the evaluation of preoperative and postoperative care of surgical patients, fully participate in all educational conferences and appropriately participate in patient procedures. Students on this elective will function as substitute interns on the otolaryngology service at the Medical College of Georgia. Students function as an integral part of the service. They are expected to initiate the clinical data base, begin diagnostic measures, and where possible, perform surgical procedures with supervision. In addition, they participate in the teaching responsibilities, conferences, clinics, and operating experiences of the service to which they are assigned and they are assigned night call responsibilities. Participation as above in all activities of the surgical service. Note: 24 operating room hours per week and eight hours of ward work per week. Lecture Hours: 8 Contact Hours: 16 Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit. Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, Audit College Restrictions: Medical College of Georgia Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Click here for the Schedule of Classes.