Urology training: past, present and future

TY - JOUR

T1 - Urology training

T2 - past, present and future

AU - Gohil, Rishma

AU - Khan, Reenam S

AU - Ahmed, Kamran

AU - Kumar, Pardeep

AU - Challacombe, Ben

AU - Khan, Mohammed Shamim

AU - Dasgupta, Prokar

N1 - © 2011 THE AUTHORS. BJU INTERNATIONAL © 2011 BJU INTERNATIONAL.

PY - 2012/5

Y1 - 2012/5

N2 - What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Dedicated training hours for surgeons are falling as the complexity of techniques and patient expectations are increasing. Urologists therefore need to train in more sophisticated and effective ways. This article looks at past and current urological training and suggests emerging and innovative ways to teach the next generation of urologists. Since 2004 the estimated available training time, for all doctors, has dropped from 30, 000 h to ≈ 8, 000h. By decreasing the initial stages of the learning curve, medical simulation has the potential to compensate for the reduced time available to train urologists. The current urological training pathway consists of 2 years of foundation year training, 2 years of core surgical training, followed by 5 years of specialty training. Training time pressures and the expansion of treatment techniques have led to a trend towards increased sub-specialization in urology. To optimize patient care, training programmes must evolve, taking into account several key issues and in accordance with advances in urological care.

AB - What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Dedicated training hours for surgeons are falling as the complexity of techniques and patient expectations are increasing. Urologists therefore need to train in more sophisticated and effective ways. This article looks at past and current urological training and suggests emerging and innovative ways to teach the next generation of urologists. Since 2004 the estimated available training time, for all doctors, has dropped from 30, 000 h to ≈ 8, 000h. By decreasing the initial stages of the learning curve, medical simulation has the potential to compensate for the reduced time available to train urologists. The current urological training pathway consists of 2 years of foundation year training, 2 years of core surgical training, followed by 5 years of specialty training. Training time pressures and the expansion of treatment techniques have led to a trend towards increased sub-specialization in urology. To optimize patient care, training programmes must evolve, taking into account several key issues and in accordance with advances in urological care.

KW - Curriculum/trends

KW - Education, Medical, Continuing/methods

KW - Patient Simulation

KW - Urology/education

KW - User-Computer Interface

U2 - 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10653.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10653.x

M3 - Review article

C2 - 22035251

VL - 109

SP - 1444

EP - 1448

JO - BJU International

JF - BJU International

IS - 10

ER -