<aside> 💡 Understand the anatomy of the ear and relate it to the different types of ear infections and causes of hearing loss
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<aside> 💡 Develop a differential diagnosis for hearing loss and identify key aspects of a patient’s presentation (demographics, risk factors, differentiating clinical features) that suggest each diagnosis
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<aside> 💡 Define acute otitis media (with or without perforation), persistent otitis media with effusion, recurrent acute otitis media, chronic suppurative otitis media and otitis externa and compare the demographics, microbiological aetiology, risk factors, pathophysiology and clinical features of each
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<aside> 💡 Describe the management (including the indications for antibiotics) and short- and long-term complications of acute otitis media, including the social and learning consequences of recurrent ear infections
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<aside> 💡 Outline the management of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM)
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