Medical students learn to obtain basic knowledge and skills of otorhinolaryngology and gain fundamental abilities in understanding otorhinolaryngology. According to the curriculum, classroom lectures up to the 5th year are given using the diagnostic methods (the 4th grade, one semester-2 hours) and the symptomoriented disease approach (the 5th grade, one semester - 30 hours). After completion of lectures, during 2 weeks we contact medical students (6th grade) with clerkship. Basic physical examination and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are reviewed through the training period.
At first, students learn the general information which includes introduction, physical examination and other subjects in otolaryngology. Then they learn detailed subjects according to the subspecialty: ear, nose and throat. Detailed subjects include anatomy, physiology, function and pathophysiology, audiology, rehabilitation of hearing, hearing impairment, otorrhea, otalgia, middle ear surgery, trauma, inflammatory disease, emergency, allergy, nasal obstruction, olfaction, septorhinoplasty, sinus surgery, epistaxis, diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant tumors, bronchoesophagoscopy, voice problem and pediatric otolaryngology. The academic schedule for medical students is as follows: