Course: Otorhinolaryngology

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Course title Otorhinolaryngology
Course code ORL/ZUB12
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Vitoul Kryštof, MUDr.
  • Hučko Csaba, MUDr.
  • Beláková Petra, MUDr.
  • Campsie Filip, MUDr.
  • Mateášiková Zuzana, MUDr.
  • Schovánková Hana, MUDr.
  • Glumbíková Veronika, MUDr.
  • Stárek Ivo, prof. MUDr. CSc.
  • Bakaj Tomáš, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Brož Martin, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Heřman Jan, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Salzman Richard, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Hyravý Martin, MUDr.
  • Horáková Zuzana, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Anatomy and physiology of the salivary glands. Inflammations, developmental disorders and injuries to the salivary glands. Tumours of the salivary glands. Diagnostics of salivary glands diseases (sialography, US, CT, MRI). Operations of great salivary glands. Anatomy and physiology of paranasal sinuses. Inflammations of paranasal sinuses and their complications. Injury to the paranasal sinuses and their complications. Diagnostics of paranasal sinuses (X-ray, CT, endoscopy). Surgery of paranasal sinuses. Inflammations of the pharyng and Waldeyer´s ring, their local and systemic complications (phlegmons, abscesses, necrotising fasciitis). Anatomy, pathology and surgery of the parapharyngeal space. Life threatening conditions in the ENT (suffocation, tracheobronchial and oesophageal foreign bodies, epistaxis). Diseases of the ear, differential diagnosis of otalgia.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Demonstration
Learning outcomes
The students will acquire basic knowledge in the symptomatology, diagnostics and therapy of all diseases and injuries in the field of otorhinolaryngology. They will be informed in detail with the diseases at the borders of stomatology and otorhinolaryngology.
With the education finished, the students will be capable of the differencial diagnosis and basal therapy of the diseases at the borders between stomatology and otorhinolaryngology. In addition, the students will be capable of giving first aid treatment in ORL life-threatening conditions, especially those related to the stomatology practice.
Prerequisites
not specified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

90% active attendance at practice. The examination covering 3 theoretical questions plus practical management of at least one clinical scenario.
Recommended literature
  • Čada, K. (1993). Základy otorhinolaryngologie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • Hybášek, I., Vokurka, J. (2006). Otorinolaryngologie. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Chrobok, V.; Komínek, P. (2022). Otolarinolaryngologie a chirurgie hlavy a krku. Tobiáš.
  • Šuster, M. (1975). Otolaryngologia. 2. vydání Osveta.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Summer