[Training of urologists].
Urologists in France are combining classical teaching programmes and innovative cooperative efforts to better train their future colleagues. Candidate urologists participate in a 2-year programme during the last year of the 5 year general surgery internship and an additional post-internship year. Courses in anatomy, infectiology, oncology, and tissue repair are given together with special courses in emergency surgery and urology. An innovative project developed by the French College of Urology invites trainees to participate in cooperative national seminars on a specific theme. Each seminar is proposed conjointly be at least two teams in different university hospitals. This provides fruitful exchange of techniques and opinions between teams and offers trainees a stronger trainer-trainee relationship with a larger number of established leaders. The programme is regularly assessed by the College. These theoretical training sessions are completed by clinics in general and digestive surgery, orthopaedic surgery and at least 2 years in an urology clinic. The post-internship year is essential for the future urologist. As "chef de clinique" in an urology unit, he has immediate responsibility for patient care under the guidance of a senior and is progressively give total control of the most sophisticated procedure. The French College of Urology is currently examining proposals for determining accreditation criteria for teaching centres and continuous evaluation of the objectives for practical training within the framework of the associations of national urologists working together in the European Board of Urology.
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Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine et Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.
D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D014572:Urology / Q000193:education*
La formation des urologues.