News from The Association of Otolaryngologists in Training

23 August 2024 (Last updated: 23 Aug 2024 10:50)

It is my great pleasure to be the new President of The Association of Otolaryngologists in Training (AOT) - our trainee-led organisation which has been running since its inception in 1989. As Vice President last year I saw first-hand the excellent progress made by the previous President, Anthony Bashyam. Two of the changes made demonstrate AOT’s ongoing commitment to advocacy for all trainees in keeping with our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategy: for the first time the committee applications were held online and judged anonymously; and a less than full-time (LTFT) representative was introduced to our committee. We also held our National Conference in Leeds which was attended by over 200 people and covered important training and curriculum changes.

In the upcoming year, we look forward to launching the AOT Podcast which will be a really useful resource for trainees, especially in preparing for the FRCS exams. We will be introducing our new AOT grants and prizes in collaboration with The Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) and ENT UK Global Health which will enable trainees to visit the work performed in low and middle-income countries. We were also grateful to be granted funding from the ENT UK Foundation for our DOHNS course, aimed to help junior trainees gain the knowledge and content previously covered by the DOHNS exam pathway; the first course will be delivered as the exam is phased out.

We hope to further develop our excellent working relationship with ENT UK. If you aren’t already, please do join us as an AOT member - it’s completely free and open to anyone, especially foundation and core trainees interested in ENT and ENT registrars: https://aotent.org

 

Eleanor Crossley

AOT President