Learning Outcomes

Description of learning outcomes

Subject area: Surgery

Course: Ear, nose and throat (ENT) diseases/Head and neck surgery

Responsible for course: Department of Surgical Sciences

The ENT specialisation includes diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with diseases in and traumas of the ear, nose and throat, including the oral cavity, the skeleton of the face, oesophagus and the tracheobronchial tree. Central topics are infections, allergy, traumatology, neoplasms, otoneurology and audiology.

Knowledge

• know the relevant questions for a complete anamnesis of patients with ENT diseases
• know how to perform as well as to interpret the results of an ENT investigation
• know the main general paths for diagnosing and treating ENT diseases
• understand the pathogenesis and recognise the symptoms of common ENT diseases, as well as serious diseases of this type
• be familiar with the samples that are taken in order to diagnose ENT diseases, and which diseases require microbiological diagnostics
• know which investigations are commonly used to diagnose ENT disease.
• general knowledge about how to treat common and/or serious ENT diseases
• know how to diagnose and manage trauma of the ENT area.
• know which ENT patients can be treated in primary care and which patients should be referred to hospital and/or ENT specialists.

Skills

• Capable of performing a complete ENT anamnesis, and performing a complete ENT examination of patients with suspected diseases in the ENT area. The ENT examination includes:
  • ENT anamnesis
  • otoscopy
  • using tuning forks to evaluate hearing loss
  • anterior rhinoscopy
  • examination of the mouth and the throat
  • indirect laryngoscopy and posterior rhinoscopy
  • examination of the neck(inspection and palpation)
  • taking the necessary microbiological samples
• On the basis of ENT anamnesis and examination, be capable of concluding about possible diagnoses, suggesting paths of further investigations that should be performed, and suggesting treatment
• giving the patient understandable information about the most common ENT diseases
• giving patients who can be treated outside hospital pertinent information about their disease, planned treatment and the precautions to take

General competence

• the ability to show respect and empathy towards patients
• as a medical doctor, know how to document what has been found and treated, particularly when something is not according to a normal setting.
• know about patients¿ legal rights in order to be able to give correct information when necessary.
• develop skills and attitudes to create good professional contact with the patient
• develop good working relations with other groups of health care personnel.