Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Electronic address: jocelyn.srigley@cw.bc.ca.
Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex. Electronic address: audra.iness@bcm.edu.
In addition to the classical neurourological diseases multiple sclerosis and paraplegia/spina bifida, there are many and also widely spread diseases of the neurological spectrum that can result in sig...
To evaluate the value/utility of developing an online mentorship program for underrepresented in medicine (URiM) students interested in urology. The Michigan Urology Academy (MUA) was launched in 2020...
The 2-day virtual mentorship program was launched in June 2020 and held annually thereafter. Demographic information was collected, and surveys were distributed at 1week and 3months after the events. ...
Over the last 3years, MUA hosted 208 students from 104 medical schools. Participants self-identified as 42.3% (n = 88) identified as African American/Black, 14.9% (n = 31) Hispanic/LatinX, 12.98% (n =...
Mentorship programs such as MUA allow URiM students to have greater exposure to the field of urology and to networking opportunities....
As a central clinical discipline, urology is forced to find and implement solutions for sustainable action. Depending on the structure of each urological institution, individual strategies and solutio...
Analysis of the urology match statistics provides a window into the future of the urology workforce. Match statistics from 2019 to 2023 were analyzed to determine whether the efforts to promote divers...
This review outlines recent innovations in simulation technology as it applies to urology. It is essential for the next generation of urologists to attain a solid foundation of technical and nontechni...
With a focus on urology, this review first outlines the evidence to support surgical simulation, then discusses the strides being made in the development of 3D-printed models for surgical skill traini...
Simulation continues to be an integral part of the journey towards the mastery of skills necessary for becoming an expert urologist. Clinicians and researchers should consider how to further incorpora...
Metaverse is becoming an alternative world in which technology and virtual experiences are mixed with real life, and it holds the promise of changing our way of living. Healthcare is already changing ...
A non-systematic literature review identified recently published studies dealing with Metaverse. The database used for this review was PubMed, and the identified studies served as the base for a narra...
Virtual consultations can enhance access to care and reduce distance and costs, and pain management and rehabilitation can find an incredible support in virtual reality, reducing anxiety and stress an...
This paper provides an overview of the concept of the metaverse, its potential applications, challenges, and opportunities, and discusses the implications of its development in Urology....
Tumor volume and heterogenicity are associated with diagnosis and prognosis of urological cancers, and assessed by conventional imaging. Quantitative imaging, Radiomics, using advanced mathematical an...
Radiomics studies have been developed and showed promising results in diagnosis, in characterization, prognosis, treatment planning and recurrence prediction in kidney tumors and prostate cancer, but ...
Future challenges, besides developing prospective and validated studies, include automated segmentation using artificial intelligence deep learning networks and hybrid radiomics integrating clinical d...
To develop a novel "bootcamp" simulation-based curriculum to introduce common urologic procedures and to improve readiness for performing them at bedside....
Three hundred twenty-five third-year medical students at our single institution participated in a hands-on simulation "boot camp" over a 2-year accrual period. This curriculum was designed to teach ba...
Medical students self-reported knowledge gains following the simulation session (P < .001), with 45.8% increase in procedural confidence. Additionally, students reported that the educational intervent...
Findings from our M3 "boot camp" led to self-reported gains in subject matter knowledge following the hands-on simulation curriculum, indicating that this type of educational intervention can be benef...
To project the number and proportion of women in the urology workforce using recent demographic trends and develop an app to explore updated projections using future data....
Demographic data were obtained from AUA Censuses and ACGME Data Resource Books. The proportion of female graduating urology residents was characterized with a logistic growth model. "Stock and Flow" m...
Assuming growth in urology graduate numbers and continued logistic growth in the proportion of women, 10,957 practicing urologists (38%) will be female by 2062. If the rate of women entering urology r...
Workforce projections should incorporate recent growth in numbers of female residents. If current growth continues, 38% of urologists will be female by 2062. The app allows for exploration of differen...
While prehabilitation is on the verge of being a standard of care, ENHANCE is a pragmatic trial to further improve treatment of urologic cancers with an indication for surgery. The PRIMER trial and a ...
