EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF CLINICAL CLERKSHIP IN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Abstract

　We examined the salient features of clinical clerkship in otorhinolaryngology at our university. The target population was students of the 5th and 6th grades of the Jikei University, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine. The survey items pertained to general training and the diseases and symptoms that the trainees learned about. The survey was conducted using a questionnaire. The most common reason for choosing otolaryngology was interest in the field of otolaryngology. Students had encountered 31 of the 90 (34.4%) otolaryngology diseases listed in the National Examination Criteria. They also experienced many of the symptoms presented in the model core curriculum. They had encountered many patients with dizziness. These findings suggest that students can also encounter many basic symptoms to be learned during clinical clerkship in otolaryngology.