Introduction: all over the world, specialists in Medical Education have been looking for improvement of teaching. In the area of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), mainly in Brazil, few studies have been performed about teaching and curricular change. Aim: For such, we aimed to assess the needs for an undergraduate ENT curriculum, in the vision of otolaryngologists and general physicians. Study design: clinical. Material and method: Questionnaires were applied to two groups: Group 1 - otolaryngologists; Group 2 - general physicians. The questionnaire contained a list of 88 areas of knowledge and 65 of skills in ENT. Result: The interviewees evaluated each area in accordance with a scale of relevance for the undergraduate curriculum, being 4 indispensable, 3 important, 2 useful for few general physicians, 1 interesting, but unnecessary its inclusion, and 0 dispensable. Based on this score system, the average was calculated for each area. Areas of knowledge as tonsillitis, otitis, allergic rhinitis, epistaxis, sinusitis and pharyngitis received the highest scores. The otolaryngologists prioritized complications of otitis and sinusitis. In the areas of skills, the topics with highest scores were: history taking; otoscopy; physical examination of ENT; cranial nerves examination; anterior nasal packing. The general physicians prioritized removal of foreign body from ear and nose and cleaning cerumen from ear canal. Conclusion: This study showed data that may subsidize medical educators when reformulating undergraduate ENT curriculum.
medical education; evaluation; needs; otorhinolaryngology; curriculum
