Introduction:

Welcome to the Geriatric Otolaryngology curriculum content page of Emory University’s Department of Otolaryngology. This program was kindly funded by the Geriatric Education for Specialty Residents grant program of the American Geriatrics Society and the John A. Hartford Foundation. The curriculum is a collaborative effort by faculty of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology at Emory University.

Background:

Thanks to a collaborative effort supported by the American Geriatrics Society's Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR) project, otolaryngology residents at Emory University School of Medicine are getting training that better prepares them to care for older adults - who make up as much as a third of all otolaryngology patients. Learn more...

Goals/Objectives:

Following completion of this curriculum, participants will be able to:

1. identify general principles of geriatric medicine as applied to otolaryngology patients.
2. identify salient otolaryngologic issues related to the geriatric patient.
   

Curriculum Components:

• Reading material:
  • Geriatric Otolaryngology
• Didactic material:
  • Geriatric Medicine for Otolaryngologists

• Clinical Content:

  Geriatric case identification, summary and presentation on each otolaryngology subspecialty rotation: Rhinology, Facial plastics, laryngology, otology, head and neck

  Evaluation: biannual review of curriculum by participants and faculty. See eval form.

  Curriculum timeline: self-directed online learning serially over 2 year period. Each resident completes curriculum twice during the residency.

Michael M. Johns, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, The Emory Voice Center

Iman Naseri, M.D.
Chief Resident
Department of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery

Website created by: Allison Abbott