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    First temporal bone course in Basel, September 1. and 2., 2011 2011-11-01

    ORL-BAL has organized, for the first time, a temporal bone preparation course for trainees of our Departments, with the participation of the Zurich University ORL Department. The concept of the course was to teach anatomy, with in-process demonstration of surgical landmarks.We were hosted by the Institute of Pathology of the Basel Medical Faculty. 16 trainees worked on 8 work stations for two full days, with the participation of  10 tutors, all experienced otologic surgeons. Every trainee had an entire formalinized temporal bone at disposition.

    The course was  intense and efficient due to the permanent presence of the tutors at the work stations. All trainees recieved an electronic copy of the manual one week before the course. The programme included an introduction on drilling technique,  a presentation of the procedures to be performed on the first day, and a radiology session with quiz on the second. New instrument sets  were graciously put to disposition by Karl Storz Co. and the microscopes by Leica Surgical.  The evaluation of the course by both the trainees and the tutors was  favourable, and we plan to repeat the course annually in the first week of September. Interested candidates should contact the organiser at m.podvinec@unibas.ch


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