Steps to help physicians set personal and professional goals, define their scope of practice, determine which services to offer, and avoid common mistakes when launching a private practice

Steps to help physicians set personal and professional goals, define their scope of practice, determine which services to offer, and avoid common mistakes when launching a private practice
Common questionnaires, tests such as the Beck Depression Inventory, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale can help physicians assess patients’ moods, distress levels
Winners of the Patrick E. Brookhouser Award for Excellence, the George L. Adams Young Faculty Award, several Resident Research Awards, and authors of outstanding research and clinical posters were honored at society’s annual conference
Ways to determine the cause of daytime sleepiness in OSA patients despite their use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device, normalized apnea-hypopnea index
Unrecognized partial hearing loss in children can negatively affect their classwork and quality of life, but early intervention may mitigate psychosocial effects of hearing impairment in pediatric patients
Ways to manage the inferior turbinate, perform septoplasty while preserving the septum, and correct the collapsed nasal dorsum were discussed by panelists at the Triological Society’s Combined Sections Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. in January
Experts discussed best practices with timing of reconstructive surgery, follow-up care for patients with basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma at the Triological Society’s Combined Sections Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. in January
Experts weigh the pros and cons of surgery for recurrent thyroid tumors, and safety of bone-anchored hearing aids versus unilateral cochlear implants in a panel discussion at the Triological Society’s Combined Sections Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. in January