caa a22 4500 606185739 CHVBK 20210128100833.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-014-3362-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-014-3362-2 Is an ‘Introduction to ENT course' the answer for safe ENT care? [Elektronische Daten] [Ananth Vijendren, Aaron Trinidade, Albert Ngu] ENT presentations are common both in primary care and accident and emergency departments. Unfortunately, many clinicians are not comfortable handling ENT emergencies due to a lack of knowledge and skill stemming from an undergraduate level onwards. An ‘Introduction to ENT' course has been cited as an answer to bridge the gap in knowledge and promote confidence in doctors. A pre- and post-course analysis was performed on 29 participants attending an ‘Introduction to ENT' course using a standardised questionnaire. Five were excluded from our analysis. Of the remaining 24, there was a lack of significant changes on the amount of ENT knowledge gained (pre-course mean score 2.71 vs post-course mean 4.63, p=0), confidence in dealing with ENT emergencies (pre-course mean score 2.54 vs post-course mean score 4.58, p=0) and confidence performing ENT procedures (pre-course mean score 2.375 vs post-course mean score 4.46, p=0). We feel that the course alone is insufficient in providing a basic and safe emergency ENT service. We suggest a period of shadowing be introduced in addition to the compulsory induction programme for junior doctors rotating through ENT. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 ENT course nationallicence Education nationallicence ENT emergencies nationallicence Junior doctors nationallicence Vijendren Ananth ENT Specialist Registrar, Ipswich Hospital Trust, Heath Road, IP4 5PD, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK aut Trinidade Aaron ENT Specialist Registrar, Ipswich Hospital Trust, Heath Road, IP4 5PD, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK aut Ngu Albert Core Surgical Trainee Year 2, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Rd, DL3 6HX, Darlington, County Durham, UK aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/4(2015-04-01), 1021-1025 0937-4477 272:4<1021 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3362-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3362-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vijendren Ananth ENT Specialist Registrar, Ipswich Hospital Trust, Heath Road, IP4 5PD, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Trinidade Aaron ENT Specialist Registrar, Ipswich Hospital Trust, Heath Road, IP4 5PD, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ngu Albert Core Surgical Trainee Year 2, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Rd, DL3 6HX, Darlington, County Durham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/4(2015-04-01), 1021-1025 0937-4477 272:4<1021 2015 272 405