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Residency Program Rotations

Residency Rotations by Post-Graduate Year

Resident Year 1

  • 6 months in Oto:  2 months each in H&N and Ped & Otology
  • 6 months off-service: 2 months in General Surgery (Peds/Soft Tissue,  Plastics/Oncology), and 1 month in each Oral Surgery (OMFS), Neurosurgery, Emergency Med, Anesthesia, and Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)
  • Call: Determined by individual services
  • Surgical experience: Assist with major head and neck cases and primary surgeon on minor cases

Resident Year 2

  • University of Iowa Dept of Otolaryngology Junior Resident – 40 weeks:
    • Head and Neck Service
    • Pediatric Service
    • Otology Service
    • Basic Science Course – 6 weeks

Call

1:7 in-house shared with R3 including during the Basic Science course.

Surgical experience

Primary surgeon on myringotomy and tubes, tonsillectomies, minor head and neck cases.
Assist on major head and neck, otology and pediatric cases.

*Residents in the clinical-research combined program do two years
  of research between R1 and R12 Otolaryngology.

Resident Year 3

  • University of Iowa Dept. of Otolaryngology Junior Resident – 30 weeks:
    • Head and Neck Service
    • Pediatrics
    • Otology Service
    • Research
    • VA Medical Center in Iowa City Junior Resident– 10 weeks
  • Mason City Clinic ENT in Mason City, Iowa Junior Resident – 10 weeks

Call

1:7 in-house while on University rotations shared with R2.

Home call when at the VA or in Mason City.

Surgical experience

Primary surgeon on myringotomy and tubes, tonsillectomies, minor head and neck cases and occasionally on major head and neck or otology cases.

Resident Year 4

  • University of Iowa Dept of Otolaryngology Senior Resident – 40 weeks:
    • Head and Neck Service
    • Pediatric Service
    • Otology service
    • Research
  • Iowa City ENT Medical Services, Mercy- 12 weeks

Call

~1:6 at home while on University rotations shared with R5
Iowa City ENT, Mercy:  call Mon-Fri 8a-4:30pm and half of the weekends during rotation.

Surgical experience

Primary surgeon on major head and neck, plastics and pediatric cases.

 

Resident Year 5

  • University of Iowa – 40 weeks:
    • Head and Neck
    • Otology
    • Pediatric
    • Float
  • VA Medical Center in Iowa City – 10 weeks

Call

~1:8 at home while on University rotations shared with R-4’s

Backup call at the VA hospital

Surgical experience

Primary surgeon on all major cases

Contact

Julie Kobliska
Otolaryngology Residency Coordinator
Department of Otolaryngology
21252 Pomerantz Family Pavilion (PFP)
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 1-319-384-8277
Fax: 319-356-4547
Email: julie-varner@uiowa.edu

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