Patient Care
- Perform accurate, thorough histories and physicals on patients in a timely fashion
- Determine appropriate diagnostic studies (laboratory, radiology, other) for individual patients in a problem-focused, cost-effective manner
- Develop a differential diagnosis for the patient’s complaint
- Initiate an appropriate management plan under the supervision of the faculty member
- Perform basic procedures without immediate faculty supervision
- Develop competency in the perioperative evaluation of otolaryngic patients, including appropriate preoperative testing, consultations, clearances and informed consent
- Competence in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of common areas of otolaryngologic disease through clinical experience, educational conferences, and textbook/journal readings
- Become competent in the intra-operative preparation of the patient for laryngological, facial plastic, and head and neck procedures, including patient positioning, surgical prepping, case-specific instrumentation (microscope, etc.), pharmacologic prophylaxis, premedication, and airway concerns
- Acquire skills for intensive care and ward unit care of the postoperative and perioperative otolaryngology/head and neck surgery patient care
- Perform head and neck wound care, including debridement, dressing techniques, drainage procedures
- Assess emergent and inpatient consultations (ICU, floors, emergency department)
- Develop competence in determining which patients require immediate intervention (i.e. airway, bleeding, trauma, infection)
- Perform fundamental inpatient/outpatient procedures
- Understand the postoperative rehabilitation of head and neck patients including voice, speech, and swallowing restoration
- Recognize and treat head and neck surgical complications
- Become skillful in first-assistantship and resident surgeon in operative procedures
- Appropriately and efficiently manage the perioperative course of hospitalized and discharged patients, including routine and unexpected outcomes