Medical Students

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A career in Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

If you are thinking of embarking on a surgical career, Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ORL-HNS) is an exciting and challenging option. It is a dynamic and varied specialty with a wide range of skills to master, from routine to highly complex.

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Sunday 4th March 2012: 9.30am - 5pm
2nd Foundation ENT Conference: Royal College of Surgeons England

The day will consist of a morning of lectures covering career advice, how to get ahead in ENT and Essentials lectures on Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. There will also be a session on management of emergencies. The afternoon will cover a number of practical skills including examination skills, head and neck anatomy, suturing, management of epistaxis, airway management skills and foreign body removal.

Poster presentations will be judged during lunchtime and a prize presented for the best poster at the end of the day. 2 categories will be awarded; one for the foundation years group and the other for the medical students group.

Speakers:
Mr David Strachan - Chair of the ENT-UK Education and Training sub-group committee for medical students and junior doctors
Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist - Head & Neck Surgeon - Bradford Royal Infirmary

Professor Tony Narula - Member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons
Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist - St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust

Mr Khaild Ghufoor - Royal College of Surgeons Speciality Tutor for ENT
Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist - Head and Neck Surgeon - Barts and the London NHS Trust

Mr Suki Ahluwalia - President of the AOT (Association of Otolaryngologists in Training)
SpR Otorhinolaryngology - North Thames Rotation

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPEN - Closing has been extended to Friday 27th January 2012
Abstracts accepted on research projects and audits in ENT or Head and Neck Surgery or Surgical Training - the project should have been carried out primarily by the medical student or foundation doctor submitting the abstract. These should be no longer than 250 words on the abstract submission form (link below) and sent to entconference@gmail.com with ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 2012 as the subject of the email.

The results will be announced by the 30th January and it is a requirement that all those presenting at the conference register by no later than the 3rd February 2012 otherwise the abstract will be withdrawn.

Email: entconference@gmail.com

Download the following documents below:
1. Publicity flyer
2. The Programme
2. Poster information flyer
3. Poster submission form

Online Registration now open
Click HERE to register

The programme will be circulated in due course. In the event of any queries, please do not telephone the ENT UK office, but e-mail instead to conferences@entuk.org

ENT UK Undergraduate Essay Prize

2011 Winning Essay:
Plasticity of the auditory pathway
Jonathan Davies, 3rd year medical student, University of Bristol
Click here to download the essay from here (pdf file: 318KB)

Previous Prize Winners

ENT UK Undergraduate Essay Prize

2010 Winning Essay:
Modern Medicine Benefits the Individual but not Humanity
Fiona McClenaghan, Bart’s and the London 4th year MBBS
Click here to download the essay from here (pdf file: 174 KB)

2009 Winning Essay:
Immanuel Kant said that blindness separates you from things but deafness separates you from people. What can be done for the hearing impaired?'
We are pleased to announce that the winning entries for the 2009 Essay Prize are Becky Wilson from East Anglia University and Shazana Nor from Liverpool University
Click here to download the essays from here (pdf file: 336 KB)

2008
Surgery Represents the Failure of Medical Management of Conditions of the Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck by Tom Fox, Fourth Year Medical Student, University of Bristol
Download essay here (pdf file: 60KB)

2007
Why should disorders of the ear, nose and throat be treated by the same Specialty? Can this situation persist? (pdf file: 58 KB)

2006
Hay Fever – Available Options When Pharmacotherapy Fails (pdf file: 85 KB)

2005
The role of ENT surgeons in 2025 (pdf file: 105 KB)