“Filler-ins” to Physicians: History of the Otolaryngology Training Program at Mayo Clinic

Abstract

The first officially recognized otolaryngology resident at Mayo Clinic started training in 1908. In the following years, the residency program evolved through emerging national standards and regulations for medical education, declining and resurgent interest in the specialty, and radical changes in otolaryngology as a practice. This article details the growth of the Mayo Clinic otolaryngology residency program, often in the words of the pioneering physicians involved in the process, from "filler-ins" for the staff to today's nationally recognized program.

Reciprocal Development and Progressive Responsibility: The History of the Mayo Clinic Neurology Residency

“…The history of the American residency has been thoroughly covered by Ludmerer in his 2014 book Let Me Heal, 1 and a history of the Mayo Clinic Otolaryngology Residency Program was published in 2020. 2 Mulder discussed education in the Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology as part of an overview of the history of the department in 1971. 3 The history of the Mayo Clinic Neurology Residency Program was reviewed in a book by Mulder in 1988, but this was privately printed and not widely available.…”