title: [Prospective evaluation of urology residents' interest in andrology].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the interest carried in andrology within the community of the urology residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between June and October 2008, all urology residents received an anonymous questionnaire by e-mail estimating their interest for andrology. The following elements were reported: age, sex, current status, future activity, participation in theoretical learning and training courses practices, interest for the speciality and the opinion on the current formation. The statistical analysis was performed with the SEM software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-seven of the 238 urology residents (32.4%) answered the sent questionnaire. The mean age was 29.2 years (25-36). Thirty-two of them were from a Parisian center (41.6%) and 45 (58.4%) from another city. There are 40.3% of urology residents who wished work on the hospital, 27.3% wished develop an exclusive liberal activity. There are 81.8% of the urology residents who declared to be interested in andrology and 29.9% were registered or wished to join the diplôme d'études spécialisées complémentaires (DESC) of Andrology. Concerning the current formation, only 4% of the participants considered that the theoretical education of the andrology was sufficient and only 6.6% of them considered to have acquired a sufficient practical training in andrology during the cursus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The andrology is a particularly attractive speciality for the urology residents and the current modalities of formation are considered insufficient by most of them.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urologie, hôpital Cochin, Assistance-publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France. gg_pignot@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pignot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galiano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Albouy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guillotreau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benchikh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rouache
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celhay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rouprêt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D033441:Andrology / Q000193:education*; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014572:Urology / Q000193:education*