Poor Online Patient Ratings of Otolaryngologists in the United States: What are Patients Saying?

Objectives: Online patient forums have become a platform for patient education and advocacy in many areas of medicine. The anonymity provided by such forums may encourage honest, candid responses. Using patient online reviews, this study sought to explore themes that arose from negatively perceived care interactions with American otolaryngologists using the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competency framework.

Long-Term Results of a Pedicled and Innervated Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Flap to Immediately Reconstruct Superficial Parotidectomy Defects.

Conventional reconstruction techniques for superficial parotidectomy have been criticized for their ability to provide long-term volumetric correction and to prevent Frey's syndrome. To demonstrate the long-term effectiveness of a pedicled and innervated sternocleidomastoid muscle flap (PISCMMF) to reconstruct superficial parotidectomy defects. This is a retrospective cohort study of patients treated by a single surgeon in a tertiary care center from July 2012 to March 2018.

ICare Pro: Age Dependent Effect of Central Corneal Thickness on Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension Patients.

: Measurement of the exact intraocular pressure (IOP) is essential in glaucoma diagnosis and follow-up, thus all therapeutic options affect IOP in order to win sighted lifetime. As it is known that corneal properties of glaucoma patients differ from normal subjects, the present study aimed to investigate the influence of CCT on rebound tonometry (ICT, ICare Pro) in glaucoma and ocular hypertension patients in dependency of age additionally considering different times of day.: Three hundred sixty-two eyes of 190 subjects were included: 339 open-angle glaucoma and 23 ocular hypertension.

Using Simulation Technology to Improve Patient Safety in Airway Management by Practicing Otolaryngologists.

Objective: Simulation technology provides a safe environment to learn crisis resource management in stressful clinical scenarios, such as the acute airway. While a number of surgical simulation studies have assessed trainees, there remains a paucity of data on simulation benefits for practicing physicians. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a simulation symposium on airway management for practicing otolaryngologists.

Effectiveness of e-Learning in a Medical School 2.0 Model: Comparison of Item Analysis for Student-Generated vs. Faculty-Generated Multiple-Choice Questions.

Background: Early reports in the literature describe using student-generated questions as a method of student learning as well as augmenting question exam banks. Reports on the performance of student-generated questions versus faculty-generated questions, however, remain limited. This study aims to compare the question performance of student-generated versus faculty-generated multiple-choice questions (MCQ).