Research Guides: Otolaryngology: Residency Resources

Online Training

Academic institutions have initiated Zoom conferences due to COVID-induced restrictions on meeting group size. Sonya Malekzadeh, MD, Chair of the Otolaryngology Program Director’s Organization, has recommended three major national educational consortiums due to time zone considerations.

Collaborative Multi-Institutional Otolaryngology Residency Education Program
Lecture timing: 7-9pm EST
Great Lakes Otolaryngology Consortium for Resident Education
Lecture timing: 3-5pm EST
Consortium Of Resident Otolaryngologic kNowledge Attainment (CORONA) Initiative in Otolaryngology
Lecture timing: 8am-12pm EST

Critical Care Primer

Critical Care Primer: Educational Resources for Non-ICU Clinicians
Link to free online training by the Society of Critical Care Medicine as well as additional information resources including: video tutorials, handbooks, and key review articles plus weekly clinical updates from the GW Division of Infectious Diseases.

Core E-Books

Bailey's head and neck surgery--otolaryngology by Jonas T. Johnson
Call Number: RF51 .H43 2013
ISBN: 9781609136024
Publication Date: 2013-06-21
Locatons: Reference (1st Floor) and Stacks (Basement level)
Bluestone and Stool's Pediatric Otolaryngology by Charles D. Bluestone
Call Number: RF47.C4 B58 2014
ISBN: 9781607950189
Publication Date: 2014-02-01
Location: Himmelfarb Stacks (Basement Level)
Cummings Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery by Paul W. Flint; Bruce H. Haughey; Valerie J. Lund, et al.
Call Number: RF51 .O86 2015
ISBN: 9781455746965
Publication Date: 2014-12-09
Location: Stacks (Basement level)
Jatin Shah's Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology by Jatin P. Shah; Snehal G. Patel; Bhuvanesh Singh
ISBN: 9780323091336
Publication Date: 2012-02-05
KJ Lee's Essential Otolaryngology by K. J. Lee; Yvonne Chan; John C. Goddard
Call Number: RF58 .E88 2016
ISBN: 9780071849920
Publication Date: 2015-10-09
Location: Himmelfarb Stacks (Basement Level)
McMinn's Color Atlas of Head and Neck Anatomy by Bari M. Logan; Patricia Reynolds; Scott Rice; Ralph T. Hutchings
ISBN: 9780702070174
Publication Date: 2016-10-04
Location: Stacks (Basement level)
Operative Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery by Eugene N. Myers; Carl H. Snyderman
ISBN: 9780323401500
Publication Date: 2017-09-28
Location: Reference (1st Floor)
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by Raza Pasha (Editor); Justin Golub (Editor)
Call Number: RF46 .P37 2014
ISBN: 9781597565325
Publication Date: 2013-09-03

Clinical Information Resources

DynaMed
Point-of-care information resource includes drug and disease information
Epocrates Essentials
Evidence-based resource providing disease and drug information
ClinicalKey
Clinical information tool searches extensive full-text holdings for clinical answers in journal articles, books, and videos
Lexicomp
Comprehensive clinical drug information; includes Lexi-Drugs and Lexi-Interact.
PubMed
Interface incorporates Himmelfarb Library's full-text links customized search filters for EBM/Clinical Reviews, EBM/Clinical Trials, and Reviews

Access: Databases webpage

Apps

DynaMed App
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Epocrates Plus App
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Lexicomp
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Browzine
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