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Otorhinolaryngology - FGP069
Title: Otorhinolaryngology
Guaranteed by: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (15-480)
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:12/41, C+Ex [HS]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: deregister from the exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled
Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Viktor Chrobok, CSc., Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : {General Medicine 3rd year}
Incompatibility : FV10054
Interchangeability : FA0109060
In complex pre-requisite: FG10076, FG10077, FG10078, FG10079, FG10080, FG10097
Annotation
History, development and integration of the specialty Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery (ORL/HNS). Rhinology – diseases of nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, knowledge of pathophysiology of respiratory mucosa. Functional endonasal surgery-from radical surgery to rehabilitation of the mucosa. Otology - audiometry, acute otitis media, chronic otitis media (OME=SOM, cholesteatoma), otosclerosis, acoustic neuroma, cochlear implants. Pediatric ENT. Pharyngology, diseases of Waldeyer lymphatic ring. ENT oncology, tumors of nasal cavity, pharyngeal and laryngeal cancer. Laryngology, phonosurgery and phoniatry. Traumatology, plastic and reconstructive surgery of head and neck area. Thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Skull base surgery. Immunological aspects of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.
Last update: Posnarová Stanislava (11.09.2025)
Aim of the course

Outputs:

1.     Students obtain theoretical knowledge of ear, nose and throat diseases.

2.     Students have practical training in examination of ear, nose, pharynx and larynx. Students obtain practical experiences in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in otorhinolaryngology.  

Last update: Posnarová Stanislava (11.09.2025)
Literature

Compulsory literature

  • W. Becker: Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases; Thieme Verl., Stuttgart, 1994, ISBN 3-13-671202-1

Recommend literature

  • F.E. Lucente, G. Har-El: Essentials of Otolaryngology
Last update: Posnarová Stanislava (11.09.2025)
Requirements to the exam

Lectures: participation recommended

Practical exercises:  
• entry requirements  
        o   Moodle: Anatomical models           
• participation is mandatory throughout the entire duration of the practical exercise and seminar   
        o   1 absence excused     
        o   any further absence must be made up after consultation with the teacher   
        o  absence can be replaced by participation in the operating theatre,  in the outpatient or  by passing a knowledge test

Distance learning: recommended

  • Lectures Online
  • Anatomical Models
  • E-courses
  • Otoneurology
  • Case reports   

Credit:
• completed participation in practical exercises (see above)        
• mastering the
basic investigation methods          

Exam:      
• practical exam      
• test  
• oral exam

Last update: Posnarová Stanislava (11.09.2025)
Syllabus

The lectures:       
The lectures supplement or develop the content of the textbooks. They capture current trends in the field of Ototinolaryngology, changes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of head and neck diseases. The lectures show the clinic's position on a certain issue. They draw attention to the minimum knowledge of the field that every doctor should master. Knowledge of the content of the lectures is a prerequisite for passing of the final exam.

8 hours in face-to-face form will take place in the planned teaching times and in the lecture halls according to the current schedule. 
Lecturers: 
Prof. Viktor Chrobok, M.D., Ph.D. 
Assoc. Prof. Lukáš Školoudík, M.D., Ph.D.   
Assoc. Prof. Jan Mejzlík, Ph.D.      
Jakub Dršata, M.D., Ph.D.         
Michal Homoláč, M.D.

 Theme:                                                              
Pharyngology / Rhinology (3 hours)   
Laryngology / Phoniatry (3 hours)   
Otology (2 hours) 

Lectures online:  
Theme:

  • Treatment of haed and neck cancers

Practical courses & seminars (41 hours):    
Practical courses: each study group is divided into 2 subgroups.

Practical course consist of 2 parts. In the first part, patients are examined, typical cases of ENT diseases are demonstrated, some students will be allowed to participate in rounds, in the outpatient clinic or in the operating rooms. In the second part of the practice, selected topics will be discussed in the form of a seminar. The practical courses focused on choking and securing the airway takes place in the building of the theoretical institutes of the Faculty of Medicine (Šimkova ul.), the other practices take place in the building of the Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine. The last practice will be devoted to a practical exam verifying knowledge of the content of the practical exercises and examination methods, credit, or consultations focused on the final exam in the field. Practical courses are mandatory, one excused absence is allowed provided that the content of the relevant practice is mastered.

Teachers:

  • Assoc. Prof. Lukáš Školoudík, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Assoc. Prof. Jan Mejzlík, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Jakub Dršata, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Michal Homoláč, M.D.
  • Jana Krtičková, M.D.
  • Kristýna Néma M.D.
  • Peter Sila, M.D.
  • Maja Stříteská, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Jana Šatanková, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Anna Švejdová, M.D.

Practical courses:                                                                      
Topics:
·    basic anatomy, physiology and symptomatology of diseases of the ear, nose, pharynx and larynx
·    examination of the ear, nose, pharynx and larynx
·    tonsillitis and their complications, adenoids, indications for adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy
·    acute and chronic sinusitis, concept of FESS
·    epistaxis
·    lesion on the neck, thyroid disease
·    oncology in ENT – focused on cancer of the larynx
·    otitis media, hearing loss, indications for surgical treatment
·    traumatology in ENT
·    shortness of breath, securing the airways     
.    1 day in operating theatre 
.    1 day in ENT outpatient

Seminars:
It takes place at each practice session for one lesson (including the introductory practice session) for both subgroups simultaneously.   
Topics:

  •         Audiology: Michal Homoláč, M.D.
  •         Radiology: Kristýna Néma, M.D.
  •         Endoscopy, NBI, FEES: Jana Šatanková, M.D., Ph.D.
  •         Vestibulology: Maja Stříteská, M.D., Ph.D./Jakub Dršata, M.D., Ph.D.
  •         Deep neck infections: Anna Švejdová, M.D.
  •         Smell, taste: Jana Krtičková, M.D.
  •         OSAS: Peter Sila, M.D.
  •         Dyspnoe: Assoc. Prof. Jan Mejzlík, M.D., Ph.D.
  •         Ear surgery: Assoc. Prof. Lukáš Školoudík, M.D., Ph.D.
  •         Swallowing disorders: Jana Šatanková, M.D., Ph.D.

Teaching at Simulation Center of the Faculty of Medicine:
The practical courses  focused on airway obstruction by orotracheal intubation, coniotomy and also tracheostomy takes place in the building of the theoretical institutes of the Faculty of Medicine (Šimkova street).

Distance learning:
in Moodle, https://moodle.lfhk.cuni.cz/moodle2. 
Theme:

  • Lectures Online
  • Anatomical Models
  • E-courses
  • Otoneurology
Last update: Posnarová Stanislava (11.09.2025)
Learning outcomes

The learning outcomes are the basics of diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the nose and upper respiratory tract, pharynx, larynx, ear and external throat, including the most common ENT tumors. The lectures provide an overview of diseases in individual areas of ENT (pharyngology, laryngology and phoniatrics, otology, rhinology and oncology). The result of the practical courses is to acquire basic examination methods in the area of ​​the nasal cavity and upper respiratory tract, ear, pharynx, larynx. Individual diseases are presented in case reports of patients hospitalized in the ENT clinic. Students may participated on operating rooms, ENT ward and outpatient.  Emergency courses are focused on epistaxis, shortness of breath, foreign bodies in the respiratory and laryngeal tract and injury in ENT area. Students learn non-surgical and surgical techniques for securing the airway on models.

Last update: Posnarová Stanislava (11.09.2025)
Entry requirements

Entry conditions: 

Anatomy: knowledge of the anatomy of the splanchnocranium, nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, pharynx, esophagus, larynx, trachea, temporal bone, external, middle and internal ear;

Biophysics: sound; audiometric examination

Physiology: hearing

Last update: Posnarová Stanislava (11.09.2025)
 
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