Pediatric Ears, Nose and Throat

Catalog description

Welcome to the otolaryngology rotation. The Pediatric Otolaryngology division includes 3 full-time faculty, 6 part-time faculty, and 2 nurse practitioners. The faculty divide time between the clinic and the operating room. Rotating medical students will spend their time primarily in the outpatient clinics but are invited to observe in the operating room if interested. The clinic provides an opportunity to see a variety of otolaryngologic problems while improving diagnostic and procedural skills. Learning objectives include: 1. Understand the morbidity of hearing loss, intervention strategies, and the pediatrician's and other specialists' roles in prevention, recognition and management. 2. Understand the pediatrician's role in preventing otolaryngologic disease and dysfunction through screening and counseling. 3. Differentiate normal otolaryngologic conditions from abnormal ones 4. Diagnose and manage common otolaryngological conditions that generally do not require referral.