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Geriatric Otolaryngology

Welcome to the Geriatric Otolaryngology curriculum content page of Emory University’s Department of Otolaryngology. This program was kindly funded by the Geriatric Education for Specialty Residents grant program of the American Geriatrics Society and the John A. Hartford Foundation. The curriculum is a collaborative effort by faculty of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology at Emory University.

Thanks to a collaborative effort supported by the American Geriatrics Society's Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GESR) project, otolaryngology residents at Emory University School of Medicine are getting training that better prepares them to care for older adults - who make up as much as a third of all otolaryngology patients. Learn more...

Goals/Objectives

Following completion of this curriculum, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify general principles of geriatric medicine as applied to otolaryngology patients.
  2. Identify salient otolaryngologic issues related to the geriatric patient.

Curriculum Components

Reading Material

Geriatric Care Otolaryngology

Didactic Material

Geriatric Medicine for Otolaryngologists

Topic:

  1. Post-Operative Complications
  2. Delirium
  3. Sleep Disorders
  4. Polypharmacy in the Elderly
  5. Falls in Older Adults
  6. Geriatric Palliative Medicine

Geriatric Otolaryngology

Topic:

  1. Geriatric Dysphagia
  2. Geriatric Hearing and Balance
  3. Xerostomia in the Elderly
  4. Geriatric Considerations in Head and Neck Oncology
  5. Sinus, Nasal, and Allergy Issues in the Geriatric Patient
  6. Voice Change in the Elderly
  7. Facial Plastic Surgery

Clinical Content

Geriatric case identification, summary and presentation on each otolaryngology subspecialty rotation: rhinology, facial plastics, laryngology, otology, head and neck

Evaluation: biannual review of curriculum by participants and faculty.  See evaluation form.

Curriculum timeline: self-directed online learning serially over a 2-year period. Each resident completes curriculum twice during the residency.


Michael M. Johns, MD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Emory Voice Center