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Electives in Anglophone Settings > Otolaryngology

Otolaryngology

Surgical Rotation in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Objectives & Description:

• Student will formulate the indications and contraindications for certain surgical procedures and appreciate the risk/benefit criteria for patient selection.
  
  
• Student will contribute to the preparation of patients for surgery and will participate in their care postoperatively.
  
  
• Student will be able to develop a surgical plan which includes:
  

1. objectives of the procedures
   
2. concepts and principles that apply
   
3. anatomic considerations
   
4. operative steps
   
5. criteria of acceptability and unacceptability
6. possible complications
   

• Student should be able to diagram, discuss, or demonstrate on a model the essential parts of the operation.
  
  
• Student should become proficient in the performance of minor surgical procedures, and be able to perform the following: incision and wound closure; precise and delicate mobilization of tissue; correct use of instruments for tasks; dexterous manual coordination; physical assessment of problems and results.

Supervisor(s): Dr. J. Marsan, Dr. Odell
Location: The Ottawa Hospita, Civic Campus
Duration: 2 - 4 weeks
No. of Students: 2 from Pre-Clerkship; 2 from Clerkship
Available for: 2^nd years (after completion of Integration Unit); 3^rd and 4^th year students

Pediatric Otolaryngology and Audiology: the Hearing Impaired Child

Objectives:

To receive exposure to the assessment and management of the hearing impaired child.

Description:

• The student will identify the nature and the cause of the deafness in the particular patient: i.e. hearing loss caused by infections, trauma, inherited loss, or loss associated with perinatal injuries.
  
  
• The student will acquire basic knowledge of the physical examination (otoscopy) during clinics.
  
  
• The student will observe audiometric evaluations: conventional audiometry; conditioned orientation reflex audiometry; brainstem electric response audiometry.
  
  
• The student will observe the fitting and evaluation of hearing aids and the aural habilitation of preschool hearing-impaired children.
  
  
• An exposure to corrective surgery will be encouraged, from insertion of ventilation tubes to mastoid or middle ear interventions.
  
  
• At all stages, the student will be taught the basic principles of anatomy, physiology and pathology, as related to hearing impairment.

Supervisor(s): Dr. J. Marsan
Location: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Duration: 2 weeks
No. of Students: 2 from Pre-Clerkship; 2 from Clerkship
Available for: 2^nd years (after completion of Integration Unit); 3^rd and 4^th years

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