| Goal: |
- The family physician is the first contact for many patients complaining of problems with the ears, nose or throat. Having an understanding of the common disorders of this system, as well as when to refer is necessary for the family physician.
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| Objectives: |
- Understand and be able to treat common disorders of the ears and know when to refer patients with these conditions, including:
- Eustachion tube dysfunction
- Benign positional vertigo
- Otitis Media
- Understand and be able to treat common disorders of the nose and throat, and know when to refer patients with these conditions, including:
- Epistaxis
- Sinusitis
- Allergic rhinitis
- Septal deviation
- Tonsillitis
- Laryngitis
- Chronic cough
- Discuss symptoms and conditions relating to the ears, nose or throat with a specialist when referring a patient.
- Diagnose and manage trauma to the ears, nose or throat until a specialist can assume care
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| Teaching Strategies: |
- Rotation with an otolaryngologist, conferences
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| Noon Lectures (evaluation – intraining exam scores) |
- Hearing Loss – differential diagnosis and prevention
- Tinnitus – differential diagnosis and management
- Allergic rhinitis
- Chronic cough – diagnosis and management
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| Continuity of Care Clinic (evaluation – supervising encounters, patient surveys) |
- Continuity patients with acute or chronic complaints relating to the ears, nose or throat
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| Emergency Room (evaluation – rotation evaluations) |
- Traumas to the ears nose or throat
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| Rotation (evaluation – rotation evaluations) |
- Follow an otolaryngologist through his daily clinic, observing various techniques such as: cerumen removal, laryngoscopy, direct visualization of the nasal turbinates, etc. Observation of minor surgeries such as tympanostomy tube placement. Discussion with the specialist regarding commonly seen symptoms relating to the ears nose or throat in a family medicine clinic.
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