B. The general content of this program includes:

1. Utilization of osteopathic principals and practice relating to the specialty.
2. Basic and allied sciences as they pertain to otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery.

3. Clinical training in head and neck surgery, otology, rhinology and laryngology. General areas will include surgical exposure to procedures of the nose, maxilla salivary glands, lips, oral cavity, neck, larynx, thyroid, middle ear, facial nerve, inner ear, nasal endoscopy, bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy, and congenital anomaly, It will also include exposure to otoplasty, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty facial trauma, flaps and grafts in their application to head and neck surgery.
4. Exposure to issues which the resident will face as a practicing clinician; including health policy, managed care, health administration, medical ethics, medical liability and practice management.

C. This residency training program provides the resident with increasing responsibility in the care of patients, under the supervision of the attending physician, as he/she acquires skills in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear, nose and larynx.

D. This residency training program allows the residents to act as first assistant in all otolaryngologic/facial plastic surgical procedures.

E. Botsford General Hospital and this program supports the resident to attend professional activities related to the specialty of otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery.

F. This program includes postgraduate courses in allergy, facial plastic surgery, head and neck surgery, laser surgery, sinus surgery and temporal bone surgery. Additional courses are optional.

G. Also included is a basic science course restated to otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery consisting of no less than one hundred (100) clock hours of study.

To learn more about theOtolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Residency, Click here.

In addition, Botsford General Hospital has Residency openings in 18 other specialties. Some of the Specialties and Openings available:
Cardiology (9),
Emergency Medicine (21),
Family Medicine (12),
General Surgery (20),
Internal Medicine (18),
Radiology (12) and more.
To review ALL of the Residency opportunities available, Click here!

Botsford General Hospital is a 336-bed acute care general hospital. It maintains a full complement of physicians in the specialties of anesthesia, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, dermatology, emergency medicine, endocrinology, hand surgery, infectious disease, internal medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pathology, pediatrics, peripheral vascular surgery, plastic surgery, psychiatry, pulmonology, radiology, rehabilitation medicine and urology.

This information is reposted with thanks to Botsford General Hospital.

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