Residents are provided with a variety of regularly scheduled learning activities throughout the year. Weekly didactic conferences are held on Wednesday mornings, and this is protected time from clinical duties. During this time, lectures are provided by faculty, guest speakers (from other departments and other institutions) and residents. Residents are asked to prepare 2-3 grand rounds lectures each year. The didactic curriculum is divided into subspecialty-based blocks, which repeat yearly. Aside from the educational activities listed below, residents also participate in mock oral boards with faculty twice yearly.
In addition to scheduled learning activities, residents are given subscriptions to the following tools:
- Board Vitals for Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
- FLEX (Focused Lifelong Education Xperience) Program of AAO-HNS
Below is a template of the weekly conference and didactic schedule:
Conference/Didactic Schedule by Days of the Week
Monday:
5:00-7:00PM – Journal Club, once per sub-specialty block
Tuesday:
7:00-8:00AM – Multidisciplinary Head & Neck Tumor Board
Wednesday:
7:00-9:00AM – Weekly Didactics Block (Protected Time)
- Morbidity & Mortality Conference, 1st Wednesday of month
- Head & Neck Radiology Conference, 2nd Wednesday of month
- COCLIA, once per sub-specialty block
- Indications case conference, once per sub-specialty block
- Surgical Anatomy Review, once per sub-specialty block
5:00-6:00PM – Temporal Bone Lab, every other week between January and May
Thursday:
8:00-9:30 – Pediatric Cleft Conference, 2nd Thursday of month
Friday:
7:30-8:30AM – Multidisciplinary Melanoma Tumor Board (Optional Attendance)
Click here to view the 2023-2024 Didactic/Conference Schedule. Please note, this schedule is subject to change.
