Do Medical Students Receive Adequate Otolaryngology Training? A Canadian Perspective

Rosvall, Brandon R.; Singer, Zachary; Fung, Kevin; Chin, Christopher J.

doi:10.1177/0003489420932593

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“…In the Canadian curriculum, most instructional OHNS content outside of elective time did not contain opportunities for formal evaluation [16]. On the other hand, we found that the majority of our responders did provide an opportunity for evaluation, most commonly in a postelective meeting (74%), and most responders evaluate students through a formal evaluation from (70%).…”

Section: Evaluation Of Elective Studentsmentioning

confidence: 84%

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery clinical electives in undergraduate medicine: A cross-sectional observational study

Jaszkul

Grzybowski

Phillips

2022

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

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Background Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) electives provide medical students opportunities for knowledge acquisition, mentorship, and career exploration. Given the importance of electives on medical student education, this study examines OHNS clinical electives prior to their cancellation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods An anonymous 29-question electronic survey was created using the program “Qualtrics.” Themes included elective structure and organization, elective clinical and non-clinical teaching, evaluation of students, and the influence of electives on the Canadian Residency Match (CaRMS). The survey was distributed through the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology e-newsletter and e-mailed to all OHNS undergraduate and postgraduate program directors across Canada. Results Forty-two responses were received. The vast majority of respondents felt that visiting electives were important and should return post-COVID-19 (97.6%). Most said they provide more in-depth or hands-on teaching (52.4% and 59.6%, respectively). However, there was great variability in the feedback, types of teaching and curriculum provided to elective students. It was estimated that 77% of current residents at the postgraduate program that responders were affiliated with participated in an elective at their program. Conclusions Prior to the cancellation of visiting electives in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, electives played an important role in OHNS undergraduate medical education and career planning for students wishing to pursue a career in OHNS. Electives also provide the opportunity for the evaluation of students by OHNS postgraduate programs.

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Section: Evaluation Of Elective Studentsmentioning

confidence: 84%

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery clinical electives in undergraduate medicine: A cross-sectional observational study

Jaszkul

Grzybowski

Phillips

2022

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

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“…Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, studies had shown that medical graduates do not feel prepared for several different skills that one would expect from a medical graduate [ 33 , 34 ]. In a recent study, Canadian medical school graduates stated that a majority of students had minimal exposure to ENT during medical school and most of them have low confidence managing ENT conditions [ 35 ]. Review courses and obligatory curricular tests of skills such as United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Skills that obliges medical students to review and train a broad spectrum of clinical skills could certainly help to reduce these individual deficiencies.…”

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confidence: 99%

Misjudgment of Skills in Clinical Examination Increases in Medical Students Due to a Shift to Exclusively Online Studies during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lechner

Haider

Paul

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In medical school, practical capacity building is a central goal. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a shift to online teaching methods in university was mandated in many countries to reduce risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. This severely affected the teaching of psychomotor ability skills such as head and neck examination skills, resulting in a share of students that have only been taught such ENT-specific examination skills with online courses; our study aimed to measure performance and capacity of self-evaluation in these students. After completing a new extensive online Ear Nose Throat (ENT) examination course, we conducted a standardized clinical skills exam for nine different ENT examination items with 31 students. Using Likert scales, self-evaluation was based on questionnaires right before the clinical skills exam and objective evaluation during the exam was assessed following a standardized regime. Self-evaluation and objective evaluation were correlated. To compare the exclusive online teaching to traditional hands-on training, a historic cohort with 91 students was used. Objective examination performance after in-classroom or online teaching varied for single examination items while overall assessment remained comparable. Overall, self-evaluation did not differ significantly after online-only and in-classroom ENT skill teaching. Nevertheless, misjudgment of one’s skill level increased after online-only training compared to in-classroom teaching. Highest levels of overestimation were observed after online training in simple tasks. While gender and interest in ENT did not influence self-evaluation and misjudgment, higher age of participants was associated with an overestimation of skills. Medical students with online-only training during the COVID-19 pandemic achieved similar ENT examination skills to those with traditional on-campus training before the pandemic. Nevertheless, students with online-only training were more prone to misjudge their skills when they assessed their skills. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, current medical students and graduates might therefore lack individual specific psychomotor skills such as the ENT examination, underlining the importance of presence-based teaching.

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“…The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council is equipped with important role in determining the need of the community and inhibiting to accept the world-wide inclination which can have counterproductive effect in our set up as majority of individuals have access to GP. If the general practitioner is not specialist in this particular field than due to deficiencies, a proper care and referral cannot be made 20 . Furthermore, otolaryngology specialists and consultants are also in constant demand for specialized otolaryngology problems within the country.…”

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Otolaryngology specialty choice among the 4th year MBBS students

Umar¹,

Mushwani²,

Arshad³

2022

PJMHS

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Background: The discipline of otorhinolaryngology specialty is a very promising field all over the globe. This field is equipped with modified lifestyle as compared to general surgery field. However, otolaryngology is a flexible, promising and important field but still its trend is decreasing all over the world across the undergraduate’s professionals. Aim: To determine the frequency of otolaryngology specialty choice being taken by 4th year MBBS students. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in otorhinolaryngology department of Islamabad Medical and Dental College, Islamabad from January to December 2020. The answers were obtained through the Likert scale-5 having the following components, as strongly agree, agree, not sure, disagree, strongly disagree. Results: A 100 undergraduate students participated in this survey. All students were of 4th year MBBS. 20% students were agreed and 40% not sure about the question regarding taking up otorhinolaryngology as a career choice and 15% strongly agreed for this. Conclusion: The study concluded that the graduates are not sure whether they want to choose otorhinolaryngology as their final career choice. We suggest that it should be one of the compulsory rotations during the internship. Keywords: Otorhinolaryngology; Specialty; Undergraduate medical education; Postgraduate; Career choice.

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Do Medical Students Receive Adequate Otolaryngology Training? A Canadian Perspective

Cited by 8 publications

References 26 publications

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery clinical electives in undergraduate medicine: A cross-sectional observational study

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery clinical electives in undergraduate medicine: A cross-sectional observational study

Misjudgment of Skills in Clinical Examination Increases in Medical Students Due to a Shift to Exclusively Online Studies during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Otolaryngology specialty choice among the 4th year MBBS students

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