ID:
501893
Duration (hours):
16
CFU:
2
SSD:
OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 16/01/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY - Student objectives:
1) To be able to describe the pathophysiology of the sinonasal district, pharynx, larynx, external and middle ear; be able to recognize the clinical aspects of chronic and acute inflammations of these anatomical structures: the sinonasal district (e.g. infectious, allergic and idiopathic rhinitis), the pharynx (e.g. pharyngitis and tonsillitis), the larynx (e.g. laryngitis in adults and children), the external and middle ear (e.g. external otitis, acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, chronic suppurative otitis media and chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma) (*).
2) To be able to describe and recognize clinically suspicious lesions of the head and neck (tumors of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, sinonasal district) and their local - regional metastases. Become familiar with the principles of their management (therapy).
3) To be able to recognize hearing disorders with specific concern of their clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment the pathophysiologic basis and diagnostic methods (conductive and sensorineural hearing loss) and vestibular disorders (e.g. Menière disease, acute vestibular loss, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, acoustic neuroma) (*).
4) To be able to describe the pathophysiology, clinical aspects and treatment principles of ENT emergencies: epistaxis, dyspnea, tracheobronchial and esophageal foreign bodies, sudden-onset hearing and vestibular loss (*).
5) Develop an understanding of the fundamental concepts and features of the diagnostic procedures (endoscopy, hearing and vestibular investigations, nasal function examination) and be able to demonstrate competence in the interpretation of their results (*).
6) Facial nerve: anatomy, physiology and clinical aspects of facial nerve disorders (*)
(*) common with audiology
1) To be able to describe the pathophysiology of the sinonasal district, pharynx, larynx, external and middle ear; be able to recognize the clinical aspects of chronic and acute inflammations of these anatomical structures: the sinonasal district (e.g. infectious, allergic and idiopathic rhinitis), the pharynx (e.g. pharyngitis and tonsillitis), the larynx (e.g. laryngitis in adults and children), the external and middle ear (e.g. external otitis, acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, chronic suppurative otitis media and chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma) (*).
2) To be able to describe and recognize clinically suspicious lesions of the head and neck (tumors of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, sinonasal district) and their local - regional metastases. Become familiar with the principles of their management (therapy).
3) To be able to recognize hearing disorders with specific concern of their clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment the pathophysiologic basis and diagnostic methods (conductive and sensorineural hearing loss) and vestibular disorders (e.g. Menière disease, acute vestibular loss, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, acoustic neuroma) (*).
4) To be able to describe the pathophysiology, clinical aspects and treatment principles of ENT emergencies: epistaxis, dyspnea, tracheobronchial and esophageal foreign bodies, sudden-onset hearing and vestibular loss (*).
5) Develop an understanding of the fundamental concepts and features of the diagnostic procedures (endoscopy, hearing and vestibular investigations, nasal function examination) and be able to demonstrate competence in the interpretation of their results (*).
6) Facial nerve: anatomy, physiology and clinical aspects of facial nerve disorders (*)
(*) common with audiology
Course Prerequisites
It is required adequate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the head and neck region
Teaching Methods
Frontal lectures Clinical Case Study Tutorial or guided practice Simulation – Role playing Seminars
Assessment Methods
The Integrated Course includes 3 different Units:
-Unit A: Otorhinolaryngology and Audiology (3 CFU);
-Unit B: Ophthalmology (3 CFU);
-Unit C: Maxillofacial Surgery Dentistry (2 CFU).
The student will be submitted to an oral exam for each Unit.
Students have to pass each module exam, to obtain the final grade. The final grade will appear in the Personal Area.
Each unit’s exam can be taken simultaneously or at different times; all the tests must be passed within two closed exam sessions.
Generally, the examination timetable foresees a winter session (January-February), a summer session (June-July) and an autumn deferred session (September-December). The examination timetable is established according to some specific temporal criteria, planning terms close to each other but also avoiding any possible overlapping, to facilitate the achievement of all three units in one single term.
The Professor in charge of the Integrated Course will proceed to the registration of the whole integrated course and students will get 8 CFU.
The final grade is given by the arithmetic mean of each module test with rounding up or down.
Concerning the verbalization, the students have to enrol directly on their Personal Area only after passing all three module exams.
The exam room will be indicated at the time of registration on the dedicated program.
Based on the number of enrolled students, the sessions of each call will have about 80 students evaluated.
Attendance of at least 75 percent of the face-to-face lectures is required to enter the exam.
-Unit A: Otorhinolaryngology and Audiology (3 CFU);
-Unit B: Ophthalmology (3 CFU);
-Unit C: Maxillofacial Surgery Dentistry (2 CFU).
The student will be submitted to an oral exam for each Unit.
Students have to pass each module exam, to obtain the final grade. The final grade will appear in the Personal Area.
Each unit’s exam can be taken simultaneously or at different times; all the tests must be passed within two closed exam sessions.
Generally, the examination timetable foresees a winter session (January-February), a summer session (June-July) and an autumn deferred session (September-December). The examination timetable is established according to some specific temporal criteria, planning terms close to each other but also avoiding any possible overlapping, to facilitate the achievement of all three units in one single term.
The Professor in charge of the Integrated Course will proceed to the registration of the whole integrated course and students will get 8 CFU.
The final grade is given by the arithmetic mean of each module test with rounding up or down.
Concerning the verbalization, the students have to enrol directly on their Personal Area only after passing all three module exams.
The exam room will be indicated at the time of registration on the dedicated program.
Based on the number of enrolled students, the sessions of each call will have about 80 students evaluated.
Attendance of at least 75 percent of the face-to-face lectures is required to enter the exam.
Texts
Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases with Head and Neck Surgery - Hans Behrbohm, Oliver Kaschke, Tadeus Nawka, Andrew Swift - Thieme, 3rd edition, 2009
Contents
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY:
- NOSE
· Sinonasal anatomy and physiology
· Epistaxis
· Rhinosinusitis
· Complications of the rhinosinusitis
· Juvenile angiofibroma
· Sinonasal benign and malignant tumors
- ORAL CAVITY
· Anatomy and physiology of the oral cavity
· Inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity
- OROPHARYNX
· Anatomy and physiology of the oropharynx
· Tonsillitis
· Complications of the tonsillitis
· Hyperplasia of the lymphoepithelial organs
· Obstructive sleep-related breathing disorders
- HYPOPHARYNX/LARYNX
· Anatomy and physiology of the hypopharynx and larynx
· Benign diseases
· Pharyngolaryngeal neurological diseases
- SALIVARY GLANDS
· Anatomy and physiology of the salivary glands
· Sialadenitis
· Neoplasms of the salivary glands
- NECK
· Anatomy and physiology of the neck
· Laterocervical masses
· Tracheotomy
- HEAD & NECK NEOPLASMS
OTOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY:
· Anatomy and physiology of the hearing and vestibular system
· Audiological semeiotics (otoscopy and otomicroscopy); tinnitus study
· Classification of hearing disorders
· Hearing investigations: pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, impedance audiometry, auditory brainstem
evoked potentials and otoacoustic emissions
· External ear diseases
· Middle ear diseases: acute otitis, chronic otitis (cholesteatomatous and non cholesteatomatous) and their
complications
· Tympanosclerosis and adhesive otitis media. Atelectasis and retraction pockets classification
· Otosclerosis
· Glomus tumors of the temporal bone
· Sudden hearing loss
· Presbyacusis; noise- and toxic-induced hearing disorders
· Central hearing loss
· Hearing rehabilitation: traditional hearing aids, implantable hearing aids, cochlear implants and auditory brain
system implants
· Vestibular and otoneurological semeiotics
· Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and labyrinth lithiasis
· Perilymphatic fistula and superior canal dehiscence syndrome
· Menière disease
· Vestibular neuritis
· Acoustic neuroma
· Facial nerve palsy
- NOSE
· Sinonasal anatomy and physiology
· Epistaxis
· Rhinosinusitis
· Complications of the rhinosinusitis
· Juvenile angiofibroma
· Sinonasal benign and malignant tumors
- ORAL CAVITY
· Anatomy and physiology of the oral cavity
· Inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity
- OROPHARYNX
· Anatomy and physiology of the oropharynx
· Tonsillitis
· Complications of the tonsillitis
· Hyperplasia of the lymphoepithelial organs
· Obstructive sleep-related breathing disorders
- HYPOPHARYNX/LARYNX
· Anatomy and physiology of the hypopharynx and larynx
· Benign diseases
· Pharyngolaryngeal neurological diseases
- SALIVARY GLANDS
· Anatomy and physiology of the salivary glands
· Sialadenitis
· Neoplasms of the salivary glands
- NECK
· Anatomy and physiology of the neck
· Laterocervical masses
· Tracheotomy
- HEAD & NECK NEOPLASMS
OTOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY:
· Anatomy and physiology of the hearing and vestibular system
· Audiological semeiotics (otoscopy and otomicroscopy); tinnitus study
· Classification of hearing disorders
· Hearing investigations: pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, impedance audiometry, auditory brainstem
evoked potentials and otoacoustic emissions
· External ear diseases
· Middle ear diseases: acute otitis, chronic otitis (cholesteatomatous and non cholesteatomatous) and their
complications
· Tympanosclerosis and adhesive otitis media. Atelectasis and retraction pockets classification
· Otosclerosis
· Glomus tumors of the temporal bone
· Sudden hearing loss
· Presbyacusis; noise- and toxic-induced hearing disorders
· Central hearing loss
· Hearing rehabilitation: traditional hearing aids, implantable hearing aids, cochlear implants and auditory brain
system implants
· Vestibular and otoneurological semeiotics
· Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and labyrinth lithiasis
· Perilymphatic fistula and superior canal dehiscence syndrome
· Menière disease
· Vestibular neuritis
· Acoustic neuroma
· Facial nerve palsy
Course Language
English
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Attendance of at least 75 percent of the face-to-face lectures is required to be eligible for the exam
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