Weekly outline

  • General

  • Course Description

    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 and the implementation of the community quarantine, this modified curriculum is intended to help augment the learning of UPCM LU6 students in the clinical application of concepts learned through LU3-LU5 inspite 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.

    When allowed to undergo face-to-face clinical rotations in the hospital, students will be given exposure in the following ORL non-covid area posts: Ward, Telemedicine, Operating room. Details of the clinical posts can be read in this document:

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OrXXq9coYFurQq7Jzv9YkaHmvennt1wT/view?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.

    Students will also attend departmental online zoom activities such as the weekly departmental Summary Rounds and Grandrounds, ORL Tumor rounds, and Specialty Clinic endorsements, or any other activities occurring in the department during the week of their rotation.

    At the end of each rotation week, the students will also be presenting a clinical case via zoom small group discussion with the ORL consultant preceptor 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. 

    Lastly, a UPM VLE ORL251 module has also been prepared to provide remote/online teaching content to supplement the student's learning experience. 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 rotation exam or final exam next semester.

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

    ORL 251 Grading Rubrics:

    • Completion of Asynchronous Didactic Modules within the academic year (5%)
    • Attendance, Punctuality, and Performance in Hospital Clinical Posts
      • 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.
      • Attendance however will still be monitored for completion
      • Administrative sanctions may also be given if warranted depending on incident severity.
    • Case Discussion (25%)
      • Group Zoom Case Presentations or Individual Papers Submission
      • 2 Cases (12.5% each)
    • End of year ORL 251 Final Exam (60%) and LU6 Comprehensive Examination (10%)

    These are difficult and unusual times. For any concerns we highly encourage reaching out to your resident monitors (Dr. Kevin Mendoza 09226614082 / Dr. Jeph Salud 09228393986 / Dr. Daniel Tan -09171209266 / Dr. Marvin Mendoza 09568948685 ) so we can address them accordingly. You may also relay all concerns / feedback to clvillafuerte@up.edu.ph (Dr. Cesar Vincent L. Villafuerte III - ORL251 Course Coordinator)

    We look forward to having you with us in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology!

    • III. COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK

      We value your opinion as adult learners.

      Below is a link to voluntary feedback google form which you can answer openly with identification or anonymously in order to relay concerns or feedback (positive or negative) you may have with this ORL 251 course. Your inputs will aid in improving this course in the future. For emergent concerns you may reach out to your resident monitors or course coordinator directly at clvillafuerte@up.edu.ph