Undergraduate teaching of urology: Quo vadis?

Autor:	Pereira D; Urology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos., Catarino R; Urology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos., Rodrigues V; Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João., Costa G; Urology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos.; Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal., Silva J; Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João.; Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal., Carmo-Reis F; Urology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos., Martins-Silva C; Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João.; Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Porto biomedical journal [Porto Biomed J] 2021 Jun 14; Vol. 6 (3), pp. e135. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 14 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000135
Abstrakt:	Background: The undergraduate teaching of urology is not uniform in the various European medical schools and even absent in some of them, despite the widespread adoption of the Bologna process, which advocates a standardization and harmonization of medical education. Our aim was to evaluate the perception of junior doctors about the undergraduate teaching of Urology and the exposure to the specialty of Urology in undergraduate education in Portuguese medical schools. Methods: A questionnaire was emailed to all physicians who first enrolled in the Board of Portuguese Doctors in 2017 and 2018. The questionnaire consisted of several questions about specialty exposure, pathology, and basic urological procedures. A database for statistical analysis was created. Results: One hundred and eighty-six answers were considered valid. Although almost all participant physicians attribute considerable importance to Urology specialty, most find their exposure to urological pathology and basic urological procedures to be inappropriate in medical school. Urinary lithiasis and lower urinary tract symptoms are the subjects on which doctors feel most prepared after graduating. Interestingly, 63.4% of doctors consider that the education they had in college was preponderant in choosing their specialty. Conclusions: The teaching of Urology in Portuguese Medical Schools is considered by junior doctors as inadequate, not reflecting the importance of this specialty in the clinical practice. These results are like those found in other countries. A reflection and consequent change of the teaching paradigm is necessary, namely at the practical teaching level. Competing Interests: None. (Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of PBJ-Associação Porto Biomedical/Porto Biomedical Society. All rights reserved.)
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