Learning Outcomes

By the end of your revision in preparation for the MRCS (ENT) OSCE examination, you will have acquired knowledge in the following key areas:

Rhinology and Facial Plastics

• Rhinitis/sinusitis - including allergy, inflammation and infection
• Nasal polyps
• Congenital and acquired deformities of the facial and nasal skeleton
• Tumours of the nose and paranasal sinuses including skin tumours of the face, head and neck and anterior skull base
• Epistaxis
• Facial pain
• Disorders of the sense of smell
• Surgical Management of epiphora
• Management of skin cancer of the head and neck

Otology

• Congenital and acquired deformity of the ear and temporal bone
• Deafness in adults and children
• Disorders of the external ear
• Acute and Chronic middle ear disease including otitis media with effusion
• Balance disorders
• Tinnitus
• Disorders of the facial nerve
• Lateral Skull Base Tumours
• Skull base trauma

Head and Neck

• Congenital and acquired deformity of the larynx
• Voice disorders
• Swallowing disorders
• Disorders of the thyroid and salivary glands
• Head and neck cancer
• Cervical lymphadenopathy
• Disorders of the pharynx and oesophagus including diseases of the tonsils
• Upper airway obstruction
• Infections of the soft tissues of the Head and Neck
• Sleep apnoea and snoring in adults
• Trauma to the Head and Neck

Paediatric Otolaryngology

• Deafness in childhood including congenital deformities of the ears and temporal bone
• Upper airway disorders and sleep apnoea in children
• Neck masses in children
• Acute and chronic ear disease in children including sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus
• Disorders and deformity of the external ear
• Drooling
• Disorders of balance