Clinic, Theatre and Ward Round Teaching

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. demonstrate basic clinical or bedside examination of use of headlight, otoscopes, tuning fork minor examination; 2. conduct balance tests, ocular evaluations; 3. describe knowledge and skill in doing the supportive investigations of pure tone audiometry, caloric test with their clinical applications; 4. interpret results of investigations of radiology, haematology, biochemical with their clinical application; 5. list various risk factors in the community; and 6. explain preventive measures for some otorhinolaryngological diseases.

Diagnosis and management of ENT, HNS disease. Basic knowledge on how to investigate and interpret the results. Learning to identify problems, which are beyond level of skill, referral processes and skills for onward referral to a specialist, relevant hospital. Awareness of noise pollution as a health hazard for industrial workers, hearing conservation. Epidemiological surveys into prevalence of deafness in the community, with field trips into the community (perhaps via CBME in our case), Early screening test for ENT problems, universal neonatal hearing screening. Methods of seeking information on the web via ICT for the ORL disease and recent advances in the field of ORL practice. Revision of basic examination of the ear, nose and throat so as to be able to give first aid treatment to common ENT problems.