siva prasad

I'm an ENT specialist and professor with 15 years of experience in clinical practice and medical education. My work covers the full range of ear, nose, and throat conditions, and I spend a good part of each week teaching residents and medical graduates, both at the bedside and in the exam hall. Assessment is a big part of what I do. I have graded residents and graduates in written, oral, and practical exams, and I built OSCE checklists from scratch for the otology, laryngology, and rhinology stations. Writing a checklist teaches you quickly where criteria are vague. If two examiners score the same candidate differently, the checklist is usually the problem, so I revise it until the marking is clear and consistent. I care about whether a trainee reaches the right diagnosis, but also wheth