Clinical Externship in Otolaryngology

Dates and Duration: All year
Days of Week: Monday - Friday
Place of Meeting: The Mount Sinai Hospital, Bronx Veterans Adminstration Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital Center
Tel: (212) 241-5944
Time: 6:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Class Level: three, four
Credit Hours: four weeks

The student will have:

• Individualized instruction in the examination of the ear, nose, pharynx, facial skeleton, larynx, neck, and salivary glands
• Participation in the care of head and neck patients in the clinic, faculty practice, operating room, and outpatient clinic
• The opportunity to participate in the full spectrum of otolaryngology surgery including microvascular free tissue transfer, skull base surgery, otologic surgery, head and neck surgery, rhinologic surgery and pediatric surgery
• The opportunity to perform admission history and physical examination on patients in both the inpatient and the ambulatory setting

Electives

Students may take clinical electives during the third and fourth years at either on-campus (The Mount Sinai Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Bronx V.A. Hospital, and Queens General Hospital) or off-campus institutions.

Students from other institutions may not apply for clinical electives at Mount Sinai and /or affiliates until after May 1 of the preceding academic year in order to allow preferential registration for Mount Sinai students.

The elective week typically begins on Monday and ends on Friday. A total of 23 weeks of elective credit must be recorded during the clinical years.

For additional information, please contact:

Cynthia Bastien

Tel: (212) 241-2258
E-mail: cynthia.bastien@mssm.edu.