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ABOto Education Council Focuses on Requirements, Standards for Resident Training

by American Board of Otolaryngology • September 1, 2013

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September 2013

In an effort to explain how the American Board of Otolaryngology (ABOto) functions, ENTtoday will publish a series of informational articles over the next few months. We hope you find this information helpful, and if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact the ABOto office at comments@aboto.org or 713-850-0399, or visit aboto.org.

The Education Committee of the American Board of Otolaryngology (ABOto) addresses issues related to the requirements and standards for resident education and training that lead to eligibility for board certification. The Education Council is a larger group that addresses the same issues and, in addition to the board’s Education Committee, also incorporates other educational leadership from the specialty. Specifically, the Council membership includes the chair of the Otolaryngology Resident Review Committee (RRC), two representatives from the Society of University Otolaryngologists (SUO) and two representatives from the Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology (AADO); the president of the Otolaryngology Program Directors Organization (OPDO) is also invited to attend.

The council meets twice a year, in conjunction with the SUO/AADO/OPDO meeting in the fall and the annual board meeting and oral examinations in Chicago in the spring.

Strides in Training, Standardization

The Education Council was created many years ago by Byron Bailey, MD. By working with the Otolaryngology RRC, the council has overseen some evolutions in the residency training program, including the change in training duration from six to five years, the transfer of education control of the PGY-1 year from general surgery to otolaryngology and the development of specific rotation requirements for that year.

Additionally, the council saw the need for a comprehensive report summarizing the educational content of residency training—from basic mechanisms of disease to medical and surgical treatment—and which would address all aspects of residency training from didactic curriculum to teaching in the operating room. Working with many experts across the specialty and led by Bruce Gantz, MD, the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Core Curriculum was created in 2007 and can be found on the ABOto website.

The Council also recognized the need for more standardized methods to assess surgical competence during training. Paul Lambert, MD, led a group that studied best practices from other surgical specialties and developed a pilot assessment tool that could be used for many different procedures at different levels of training. This tool was subsequently used for data collection by many programs around the country, with reports back to the council. This has served as a precursor to “milestone” assessment, which has recently become a major push from the ACGME across all residency training programs.

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Filed Under: Features Tagged With: ABOto, education, leadership, trainingIssue: September 2013

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