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Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Otolaryngology

Society of University Otolaryngologists Southwest Boot Camp 

Effective Responses to Otolaryngology Emergencies

In this hands-on, simulation based training course at the UC San Diego Center of the Future of Surgery and simulation labs, interns and rising PGY-2s across Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada collaborate and participate in simulation based activities with a particular focus on emergent airway management, epistaxis, facial trauma, and cadaver dissection.

Computer Training Simulation

Airway on a dummy

airway work

 

microscope discovery

trainee

Ultrasound-action


2024 5th Annual Southwest SUO Hands-on Boot Camp. 11 Southwest programs attended plus one from Pennsylvania. 

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2023 4th Annual Southwest Otolaryngology Hands-on Boot Camp. 11 Southwest programs attended.

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2022 3rd Annual Southwest Otolaryngology Hands-on Boot Camp. 10 Southwest programs, 19 faculty, 40 residents.

On August 6, 2022, we successfully completed our 3rd annual Southwest Otolaryngology Hands-on Boot Camp.

All 10 Southwest programs (UCLA, USC, Cedars Sinai, UCI, Mayo-Arizona, Univ of Arizona, UNLV, Loma Linda US Naval Medical Center and UCSD) came to our Society of University (SUO) course with their junior residents and some of their visiting faculty.


2021 2nd Annual Southwest Otolaryngology Hands-on Boot Camp. 9 Southwest programs, 15 faculty, 33 residents.

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2020 1st Annual Southwest Otolaryngology Hands-on Boot Camp. 5 Southwest programs, 11 faculty, 24 residents.

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