Medical students' comfort levels with performing the basic head and neck examination in practice: follow-up during the core clerkship year.

Objective: Following our preliminary study on junior medical students' comfort levels in performing the head and neck physical examination (H&NPE) before and after a department-led teaching session, we assessed the longitudinal effect of this session on students during the core clinical clerkship year, in which these skills were performed on real patients.

Design: Anonymous cross-sectional survey study as a follow-up to previous intervention.

Methods: Overall, 101 and 90 second-year medical students participated in an H&NPE teaching session 1 year before the current survey administration in 2 consecutive years.

Preliminary evaluation of junior medical students' exposure and comfort with performing the basic head and neck examination.

Objective: To assess junior medical students' comfort levels in performing the head and neck physical examination (H&NPE) and perception of the importance of otolaryngology--head and neck surgery (OTO-HNS) in medical training before and after undergoing a department-led teaching session.

Design: Anonymous cross-sectional survey study, before and after educational intervention.

Methods: One hundred one second-year medical students participated in an H&NPE teaching session as part of their preclinical curriculum.