❑ Quality Improvement Project PGY4 ❑ Residency Research Symposium Presentation PGY5 ❑ Grand Rounds ❑ Residency Research Symposium Presentation
11. Description of Academic Content, Conferences and Responsibilities Residents are responsible for core learning as outlined in the following document: http://www.aboto.org/pub/Core%20Curriculum.pdf The academic curriculum is based on a rotating two-year cycle so that each resident is exposed to each topic at least twice during his/her residency. Weekly Residency Education conferences are held on Mondays 8:00-9:00 AM. Residents are expected to be on time for 80% of sessions (except for cases of pre-approved excused absences). Residents at SCVMC and VAPA will be expected to participate via Zoom videoconference. Attendance records will be tracked, and will be reviewed by residents and faculty. The Thursday evening conferences (Grand Rounds and Quality Improvement) begin at 6:00 PM. In addition, there will be at least one book club, and journal clubs are held on weekday evenings (usually on Mondays) four times a year. Residents will be assigned to help organize the journal clubs. Residents are expected to practice drilling in the temporal bone lab on their own to meet required competencies. See appendix (Temporal Bone Lab) for more information. The Quality Improvement Project, whose curriculum has been redesigned, will be a requirement of all residents in their PG3 year. The use of laptops is not permitted during Grand Rounds. The PGY5 chief residents will be assigned to give one grand rounds session during the year. All residents rotating at Stanford and LPCH are expected to attend Monday morning conference from 7:15-8:00 AM. The course subjects include Neurotology Radiology, Laryngology, Rhinology, Trauma, Sleep Surgery, and Pediatric Otolaryngology conference. The residents rotating at SCVMC and VAPA are expected to participate in the Monday morning conferences via Zoom videoconference. All residents on the Scalpel Service are required to attend the Head & Neck Resident Case Conference every Thursday 4:00-4:30 PM, followed by Head & Neck Tumor Board 4:30-5:00 PM. All residents are required to complete an allergy course either online or in person at some point during their residency. In addition, all residents must spend a minimum of two half-days in the Allergy Clinic to gain hands-on experience with skin testing. Contact Dr. Meng Chen at mengchen@stanford.edu at least one month in advance to schedule your clinic time. These 13
