title: [Alert on the predictable accessibility of the fellowship of urology until 2013: a study of the AFUF].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the accessibility of the fellowship for the residents of Urology expecting to accomplish their residentship between November 2010 and 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between November 2010 and January 2011, all the residents ongoing for the residentship of Urology in France were reached by an electronic mailing using the AFUF register. A questionnaire reported all the residents expecting to accomplish their residentship between November 2010 and 2013, and the number and the expected availability of fellow and specialist assistant posts during the same period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our study counted 306 urologists on training (190 residents, 76 fellows, 30 assistants, 10 on other posts). On November 2010, 56 residents accomplished their residentship, while 68 and 79 residents expected to accomplish their residentship on November 2011 and 2012, respectively. One hundred and six posts validated the fellowship of Urology on November 2010 (76 fellows, 30 assistants), among 54 posts were available. Over the residents expecting to accomplish their residentship on November 2011 and 2012, 22 and 54 residents may not find a fellow post available.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The number of residents expecting to accomplish the residentship of Urology between November 2010 and 2013 was increasing, showing a greater interest for this speciality and a lack of regulation for its accessibility. By reason of a discrepancy of fellow and specialist assistant posts, only 67.6 and 31.6% of the residents expecting to accomplish their residentship on November 2011 and 2012 may be able to find a post available.
authors.affiliation: Association Française des Urologues en Formation (AFUF), 61 Rue Vaugirard, 75006 Paris, France. olivecelhay@hotmail.com
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authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celhay
authors.forename: B Faivre
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: d'Arcier
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authors.lastname: Koutlidis
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authors.lastname: Beauval
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authors.lastname: Benschik
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authors.lastname: Guillotreau
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authors.lastname: Terrasa
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mesh_terms: D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005602:France; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014572:Urology / Q000193:education*