The ENT Journal Club meetings will remain monthly from September through May, on the first or second Wednesday of the month, with few exceptions. Journal Club will now be open only to Emory otolaryngology residents and members of MAES for an additional 18 CME hours.

Our next Journal Club of the year will convene on Wednesday, October 11 at 1900. This will be a ZOOM Journal Club.

Topics of Discussion for
October 11, 2023
Rhinology AND Sleep

Rhinology:

Lee DJ, et al. The benefits and risks of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for postoperative analgesia in sinonasal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2023;13:1738-1757.

Yan CH, et al. Use of platelet-rich plasma for COVID-19 related olfactory loss: a randomized controlled trial. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2023;13:989-997.

Sleep:

Qin H, et al. The efficacy of bariatric surgery on pulmonary function and sleep architecture of patients with obstructive sleep apnea and co-morbid obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity & Related Diseases 2023;1-14.

Schwartz AR, et al. Targeted hypoglossal nerve stimulation for patients with obstructive sleep apnea – a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Oto 2023;149(6):512-520.

***There will be a few changes this year in favor of in-person meetings as well as how individuals obtain their CME certificates.***

Regarding in-person JC:

We will begin in-person journal clubs once again. This year 1/3 of the events in-person, keeping a close eye on both attendance and continued desire. If a community provider or Emory faculty member is willing to volunteer their space, please let me know in advance for planning purposes, otherwise in-person events will still require sponsoring but will default to the Glenn Building conference rooms at Emory Midtown. The schedule is shown below:

MAES 2023/2024 Journal Club Schedule
Date	Subspecialty Topics		Location
10/11/23	Rhinology	Sleep	Zoom
11/1/23	Otology	Facial Plastics	Zoom
12/6/23	Pediatrics	Laryngology	Zoom
1/10/24	Rhinology	Head & Neck	In-Person
2/7/24	Otology	Sleep	Zoom
3/6/24	Pediatrics	Facial Plastics	Zoom
4/3/24	Laryngology	Head & Neck	Zoom
5/1/24	Rhinology	Pediatrics	In-person

Regarding CME:

SAPS will remain the responsible body for provision of CME credit hours, however, certificates will be obtained and available to providers via ACCME's CME Passport, which is a centralized web application. This will be mandatory to obtain CME.

Physicians must create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of their reported CME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create your account.

Essentially, your attendance sign-in will continue to be the means to track your participation, which will then be submitted on your behalf to ACCME.

Dues for all of our activities - the Programs as well as Journal Club - amounts to a potential 26 CME CREDITS, including the price of the dinners, are $400 for the year. Click here to pay your annual dues.

If you choose to attend only Journal Club and forego dinner meetings, an annual payment of $200 is requested entitling you to 18 CME credit hours. Please bring a check payable to MAES to the next Journal Club to give to the Treasurer or one of the officers.

Please email Andrew Tkaczuk at [email protected] if you will be attending.

If there are particular articles you would like to have in consideration for inclusion, please contact Andrew Tkaczuk.

To check out our past Journal Club meeting discussions, click here.