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  • Course Description for ORL 251 SY 2022-2023 

    Warm Welcome to ORL 251! We hope you will have a fruitful learning experience from this course. 

    Traditionally ORL 251 is an intensive 2-week course for Learning Unit 6 students where they  integrate and apply concepts learned in history taking, physical examination, diagnosis and  management of ORL patients at the ward, emergency room, major operating room, minor operating  room and out-patient clinic. Students are also exposed to the specialty clinics - LBEN, Vertigo, Ear,  Calorics, Rhino, CIOPS and Craniomaxillofacial-Plastic where they encounter the not-so-common  and complicated cases. 

    In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this  modified curriculum is intended to help augment the learning of UPCM LU6 students in the clinical  application of concepts learned through LU3-LU5 in spite of the limitations in hospital and face-to face patient exposure. 

    This modified curriculum is divided into two separate one-week rotations in order to give the  students the best chance to have face-to-face clinical exposure given the uncertainty in quarantine  restrictions due to the covid-19 pandemic. The rotations consist of both face-to-face (when allowed)  and remote/blended activities. 

    Additional details can be read in this document: 

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YL4-6T-pZCgFNWUk78zAWTqJShyyrMQK_9Z3e-7DQXU/edit?usp=drivesdk

    Over-all general guidelines for LU6 students have been provided for by the LU6 Committee of the College of Medicine and are to be followed accordingly. Similarly any updates from UP-PGH, or the HICU regarding covid 19 protocols, personal protective equipment are to be followed accordingly and supercede instructions in this document.

    Additionally, we also provided remote/online teaching content to supplement the student's learning  experience in the UPM VLE ORL 251 SY 2022-23 Course. These include the following: 

    1) Asynchronous didactic modules on key topics in ORL to be completed by the students anytime  prior to the completion of the academic year. Completion of these modules will comprise 5% of each  student's grade. Content of these modules may also be included as part of the end of  year exam and comprehensive examination. 

    • Deep Neck Space Infections 

    • Foreign Bodies in the Esophagus and Airway 

    • Head and Neck Malignancies (SCCAs) 

    • Surgical Management of Voice Disorders

    • Facial Fractures 

    • Temporal Bone Trauma 

    • Penetrating and Blunt Neck Trauma 

    • Laryngotracheal Stenosis and Tracheostomy 

    • Obstructive Sleep Apnea 

    2) Remote clinical integration through: 

    • Access to selected previous ORL department grand rounds case presentations, subspecialty  lectures, reading materials 

    • Invited attendance to the weekly departmental census and grand rounds presentation  currently being held via zoom web-conference or in-person (Friday morning) 

    • Group powerpoint slideshow presentation discussion of 1 clinical case each week via  synchronous zoom-teleconference or in-person preceptorship (to be held Friday or Saturday depending on  agreement with consultant of the week) 

    • Alternately, as a low-bandwith option for students with limited access to internet connectivity  precluding participation in the zoom group session - students may opt to instead submit  individual word document file papers answering the guide questions for the case. 

     

    ORL 251 Grading Rubrics: 

     

    • Completion of Asynchronous Didactic Modules within the academic year (5%) 

    • Attendance, Punctuality, and Performance in Hospital Clinical Posts 

    o Due to uncertainty brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in the ability to ensure  all students are able to have face-to-face rotations the UPCM LU6 committee has  decided not place weight in grading to the clinical rotations. 

    o Attendance however will still be monitored for completion  

    o Administrative sanctions may also be given if warranted depending on incident  severity. 

    • Case Discussion (25%) 

    o Group Zoom Case Presentations or Individual Papers Submission 

    o 2 Cases (12.5% each) 

    • End of year ORL 251 Final Exam (60%) and LU6 Comprehensive Examination (10%)