Heppt W, Lehr S, Bachert C
HNO-Klinik, Städtisches Klinikum, Moltkestrasse 90, 76133 Karlsruhe.
HNO. 2001 Feb;49(2):85-8. doi: 10.1007/s001060050714.
Environmental medicine and allergy were found to be important in the daily ENT practice after statistical analysis and an inquiry among all ENT doctors in Germany. 64% of ENT colleagues do practice allergy, 20% environmental medicine. With reference to all registered ENT doctors 24% are titled allergists, 4% specialists in environmental medicine. Focussing on the teaching there is a big difference between both groups. Whereas training facilities for allergists are reasonable, there are only a few chief instructors for environmental medicine in the ENT society. This fact has to be considered on educational plannings in future.
