Sleep medicine clinical and surgical training during otolaryngology residency: a national survey of otolaryngology residency programs.

Objective: The authors sought to assess the otolaryngology residency training experiences in adult sleep medicine and sleep surgery in the United States.

Study Design: Internet survey.

Setting: US academic otolaryngology residency programs.

Letters of recommendation to an otolaryngology/head and neck surgery residency program: their function and the role of gender.

Objectives/hypothesis: To ascertain common features and gender differences in letters of recommendation (LORs) for applicants to an otolaryngology/head and neck surgery (OHNS) residency program.

Study Design: Retrospective review.

Methods: Seven hundred sixty-three LORs submitted to one OHNS residency program in 2006 were reviewed.