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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. 

    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 where they encounter the not-so-common  and complicated cases. 

    Additional details can be read in this document: 

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HQwKHsGRjNBVtG7ZoilaioiGVHvEVdoM56OzKGcSv0E/edit?usp=sharing

    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 health 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 2023-24 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. 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) Hybrid 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) 

    ORL 251 Grading Rubrics:  

    • Completion of Asynchronous Didactic Modules within the academic year  

    &  Attendance, Punctuality, and Performance in Hospital Clinical Posts (5%)

    Access to the ORL 251 VLE Module should be available throughout the year. Please inform your resident monitor immediately if with difficulty in accessing the module or any of its component files so connectivity concerns can be addressed in a timely manner.

    Each student should maintain and have the following forms signed daily at the their clinical posts:

    o Daily Attendance Record (may request from resident monitors for form template)

    o Patient Log (may request from resident monitors for form template)

    Both forms to be submitted to resident monitor at last day of rotation. Please take a picture as well for your own records.

          Students are expected to be punctual and participate and perform duties at their clinical posts. 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%)