Education Opportunities

Education Opportunities

Education Opportunities is a resource to view all education activities available through the AAO-HNSF. Organized by specialty area, it features a range of topics delivered through knowledge resources, subscriptions, live events, eBooks, and online education.

Clinical Otolaryngology OnLine (COOL)

COOL is a free, peer reviewed, interactive case study series that leads the learner from patient presentation through diagnosis, treatment, and referral. COOL is an excellent instructive program for non-otolaryngologist physicians and other health professionals who regularly encounter otolaryngology related problems.

Target Audience: medical students, non-otolaryngologist health professionals and staff.

COCLIA

COCLIA is a teaching tool to help residents learn otolaryngology-head and neck surgery.  COCLIA provides questions for discussion on over 100 major otolaryngology topics. Use COCLIA to start your own resident discussion groups. 

Target audience: residents

Coding and Reimbursement Workshops for Otolaryngology

Regional two-day workshops are designed to enhance the business side of clinical practice and help with the most current coding challenges.

Target Audience: practicing otolaryngology – head and neck physicians and surgeons, non-otolaryngologist health professionals and staff

E-books

AAO-HNSF offers a number of e-books as education resources for otolaryngologists, medical students and residents, and allied health professionals. 

Target Audience: practicing otolaryngology – head and neck physicians and surgeons, medical students and residents, and non-otolaryngologist health professionals

Currently the available e-books are:

Geriatric Care Otolaryngology Online

The Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy in Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, 13th Edition

Primary Care Otolaryngology, 3rd Edition

Pocket Guide to TNM Staging of Head and Neck Cancer and Neck Dissection Classification

Resident Manual of Trauma to the Face, Head, and Neck

ENT Imageviewer

AAO-HNSF Member Benefit

View otolaryngology-head and neck surgery related images via a simple search. Images have accompanying notes and annotations when available and new images are added when received.

Target Audience: practicing otolaryngology – head and neck physicians and surgeons, medical students and residents, and non-otolaryngologist health professionals and staff.

Learn more about the History of the ENT Image Viewer and it's contents here. 

Home Study Course

One of our most popular educational products, each section of the Home Study Course brings you a Study Guide filled with journal articles, a section outline, educational objectives, a reference bibliography, a self-assessment exam, and a faculty symposium.

Target Audience: practicing otolaryngology – head and neck physicians and surgeons and residents 

Online Courses and Lectures

Online Courses are self-paced learning activities developed through the AAO-HNSF education committees. Online Lectures are based on the annual meeting instruction courses of the same name. Each lecture provides the highlights of these key sessions.

Target Audience: practicing otolaryngology - head and neck physicians and surgeons and residents.

Otolaryngology Online Study Guide (OOSG)

AAO-HNSF Member Benefit

The Otolaryngology Online Study Guide (OOSG) is a comprehensive online study guide that facilitates the learning of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery topics.

Target Audience: practicing otolaryngology – head and neck physicians and surgeons, and residents.

Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel (CPOP)

The Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel (CPOP) is a three-phase training program to teach otolaryngology office personnel basic hearing testing. In this curriculum, allied health professionals learn to function as part of the hearing healthcare team under the supervision of an otolaryngologist.

Target Audience: non-otolaryngologist health professionals and staff