Peer-reviewed publications relating to educational content on headmirror.com
“The National Otolaryngology Interest Group is a student-led interest group created to provide all medical students, especially those facing barriers, with the resources needed to best prepare for matching into an otolaryngology residency program and ultimately a career in otolaryngology.”
“To this end, we have developed a comprehensive open-access high-definition otolaryngology - head and neck surgical video atlas. These videos are accessible on a Youtube.com playlist without subscriptions or advertisements at our institution's channel. They are also organized by subspecialty and embedded in a surgical video atlas on headmirror.com. Each video is acquired using a professional videography team to obtain high-definition footage and is subsequently edited by the authors. The published version is narrated by an expert and follows a predictable format of pre-operative considerations, surgical steps, highlighting key anatomic and surgical landmarks and pearls of each operation.”
“Given the increasing requirements of social distancing and the need for distance medical education platforms, podcast production can serve as a useful tool to complement resident and medical student education and is a resource that will remain accessible in perpetuity. An otolaryngology specialty podcast, "Headmirror's ENT in a Nutshell," was created to augment asynchronous learning and address the acute need for distance learning opportunities.”
“Providing a succinct, high‐yield podcast can be effective in complementing resident education. Undoubtedly, supplemental educational platforms are needed due to current social distancing regulations. However, we anticipate that podcasts will be equally valuable in the post coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) era, when the busy schedules of residents compete with other aspects of life, including clinical care, health and personal obligations. Overall, podcasts can create high‐quality content that is easily accessed by all who are interested, in perpetuity.”
“In this commentary, we discuss the multi-institutional development of a robust syllabus for medical students using a multimodal collection of resources. Medical students collaborated with faculty and residents from two major academic centers to identify essential otolaryngology topics. High-quality, publicly-available and open-access content from multiple sources were incorporated into a curriculum that appeals to a variety of learners.”
“Another resource developed in response to the COVID-19 crisis is Headmirror’s podcast “ENT in a Nutshell.” For those less inclined to long-format lectures, it offers a rapidly expanding library of high-yield, focused topical reviews that can be automatically downloaded to a mobile device.2 Now, otolaryngology trainees worldwide can access and follow the same core curriculum simultaneously or at their leisure.”
Ward M, Pingree C, Laury AM, Bowe SN. Applicant Perspectives on the Otolaryngology Residency Application Process. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017;143(8):782-787.
“The otolaryngology-focused website Headmirror.com provides OHNS residents and interested medical students a centralized resource for information, including subspecialty choices, tips on the match process, and educational links. This site currently provides direct links to all OHNS program websites. Such a website could offer a consistent resource for residency programs to ensure that the link to their own site was accurate and provides thorough and pertinent information for applicants.”
“Opportunities to develop a universal set of criteria to be provided from each residency program on their website should be encouraged. In addition, a specialty-focused website, such as Headmirror.com, could be used as an accessible and consistent point of reference for prospective applicants to locate this material.”