Essentials for Standardising the Undergraduate Urology Curriculum in Europe : Outcomes of a Delphi Consensus from the European School of Urology
Gómez Rivas, Juan (Hospital Clínico San Carlos (Madrid))
Somani, Bhaskar (University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (Regne Unit))
Rodriguez Socarrás, Moises (Instituto de Cirugía Urológica Avanzada, Madrid)
Marra, Giancarlo (San Giovanni Battista Hospital)
Pearce, Ian (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust)
Henningsohn, Lars (Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet (Suècia))
Zondervan, Patricia (Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Center)
van der Poel, Henk (The Netherlands Cancer Institute (Amsterdam, Països Baixos))
Van Poppel, Hendrik (Department of Urology, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven)
N'Dow, James (Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen)
Liatsikos, Evangelos (Department of Urology, University Hospital of Patras)
Palou, Juan (Fundació Puigvert)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Cirurgia

Data:	2021
Resum:	The burden of urological diseases is rising as the worldwide population ages. Although specialist urological provision is needed, a large proportion of these conditions will be managed in primary care. The importance of including urology in medical education currently remains unclear. To provide recommendations on undergraduate medical education for urology in Europe. A three-round Delphi process to reach consensus on standardising the undergraduate urology curriculum in Europe was endorsed by the European School of Urology. The levels of agreement were set using a nine-point scale according to the GRADE grid: 1-3, disagree; 4-6, uncertain; and 7-9, agree. Consensus was defined as at least 70% of the participants scoring within the same 3-point grouping. Overall, consensus was reached for 20 of 34 statements (70. 5%) across the three Delphi rounds, with agreement for 75% (n = 15) and disagreement for 25% (n = 5). The following main points were agreed. Urological teaching should be introduced before year 5 of medical school, with at least 20 h of theoretical activities and at least 30 h of practical activities. Urology should be taught as a stand-alone subject rather than combined with another surgical specialty or a nephrology programme. The participants agreed that urology should be taught according to symptoms. A urology programme should include the anatomy and physiology of the urinary tract, and students should know how to clinically assess a urological patient. Our recommended urology pathway will allow European medical schools to provide a more comprehensive undergraduate urology curriculum. It will also help to improve and maintain standards of urology undergraduate teaching across Europe. Our survey showed that urology in universities should have, at minimum, time for theoretical and practical activities and should be taught as a stand-alone subject on the basis of symptoms. Students should give feedback to facilitate constant improvement and evolution of the teaching programme. Our survey shows that urology teaching in universities should have, at minimum, time for theoretical and practical activities and should be taught as a stand-alone subject on the basis of symptomatology. Students should give feedback to facilitate constant improvement and evolution of the teaching programme.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Delphi consensus ; Education ; Undergraduate medical education ; Urology
Publicat a:	European Urology Open Science, Vol. 33 (september 2021) , p. 72-80, ISSN 2666-1683

DOI: 10.1016/j.euros.2021.09.003
PMID: 34738091

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