[Being a GP] [The GP consultation] [Clinical Ethics and Values] [Evidence based health care] [Clinical Governance] [Equality and diversity]

[Management in primary care] [Information technology] [Research and academic activity]     

[Patient Safety Management] [Healthy living] [Genetics] [Acutely ill People] [Children & Young People] [Older Adults] [Women's health] [Men's health]

[Sexual Health] [Cancer & Palliative Care] [Mental Health Problems] [Drugs and Alcohol] [Learning Disabilities] [Respiratory] [Cardiovascular] [Gastroenterology] [Ophthalmology] [Neurology] [ENT & Facial] [Rheumatology and Trauma] [Dermatology] [Metabolic]                    

[Teaching, mentorship and clinical supervision]

ENT and Facial   Direct link to the ENT and Facial curriculum

Material specific for the Nottingham VTS

• Discharging ear. from lecture May 2008

Relevant texts and resources

• BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. The British National Formulary London: BMJ Books, updated annually

• BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN,ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH. The Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group BNF for Children London: BMA, 2005

• COLLIER JAB, LONGMORE JM, SCALLY P (eds). Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003

• FOXEN EHM AND BULL PD (eds). Lecture Notes of the Ear, Nose and Throat London: Blackwell Science, 2002

• CHAGNON F, DEL MAR C, YELLAND M. ENT problems, Section 3. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass DA, Grol R, Mant D, et al. (eds). Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care, Vol. 2: clinical management Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004; pp. 709–28

• LUDMAN H. ABC of Otolaryngology (4th edn) London: BMJ Books, 1997

Web resources

• RNID STATISTICS: www.rnid.org.uk/information_resources/aboutdeafness/statistics  [accessed January 2007]

• JOHN LOW. RNID Director of Research

• NHS MODERNISATION AGENCY. Action on ENT – good practice guide, www.institute.nhs.uk/Products/ActiononENTGoodPracticeGuide.htm  [accessed January 2007]

• FREEMANTLE N, LONG A, MASON J, et al. The treatment of persistent glue ear in children Effective Health Care Bulletin 1992; 4: 1–15

• NICE. Persistent otitis media with effusion (glue ear) in young children and recurrent episodes of acute sore throat in children up to 15 years. In: GP Referral Practice: a guide to appropriate referral from general to specialist services London: National Institute for Clinical Excellence, 2001, www.nice.org.uk/pdf/NICE_GP_Referral_cues_4.pdf  [accessed January 2007]

• SIGN. Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Otitis Media in Primary Care. Report No. 66 Edinburgh: SIGN, 2003, www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/66/index.html  [accessed January 2007]

• SIGN. Management of Sore Throat and Indications for Tonsillectomy. Report No. 34 Edinburgh: SIGN, 1999, www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/34/index.html  [accessed January 2007]

• AUDIT COMMISSION REPORT ON ENT SERVICES, www.audit-commission.gov.uk  [accessed January 2007]

• CENTRE FOR REVIEWS AND DISSEMINATIONS,UNIVERSITY OF YORK. Management of head and neck cancers Effective Health Care 2004; 8(5)

• RCGP, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER,NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE. Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer in Adults and Children, 2005, www.nice.org.uk/pdf/CG027fullguideline.pdf  [accessed January 2007]

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Health Technology Assessment: a critical review of the role of neonatal hearing screening in the detection of congenital hearing impairment London: HMSO, 2001

• PRODIGY. Head and Neck Cancer – suspected, www.prodigy.nhs.uk/head_neck_cancer_suspected/view_whole_guidance  [accessed January 2007]

• HELEN KELLER quoted in: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, et al. (eds). Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004

• PRODIGY. http://cks.library.nhs.uk/welcome  [accessed January 2007]

• FISHER EW AND PFLEIDERER AG. Assessment of the otoscopic skills of general practitioners and medical students: is there room for improvement? Br J Gen Pract 1992; 42(355): 65–7

• RIVRON RP AND CLAYTON MI. ENT Teaching Clin Otolaryngol 1988; 13(2): 133–7

• VEITCH D, LEWIS M, GIBBIN K. General practitioner training in ENT in the Trent Region J R Soc Med 1992; 85(3): 156–8

• OTTERS H, VAN DER WOUDEN JC, SCHELLEVIS FG, VAN SUIJLEKOM-SMIT LWA, KOES BW. Dutch general practitioners’ referral of children to specialists: a comparison between 1987 and 2001 Br J Gen Pract 2004; 54(508): 848

• NHS MODERNISATION AGENCY. Action On ENT: good practice guide London: NHS Institute, www.institute.nhs.uk/Products/ActiononENTGoodPracticeGuide.htm   [accessed January 2007]