title: [The role of simulation in the curriculum of French urologists-in-training: a study by the French Association of Urologists-in-Training (AFUF)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the place of simulation in the training curriculum of French urologists-in-training.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online questionnaire was sent to all residents and fellows members of the AFUF between February and May, 2013. Results are presented as the median (interquartile range).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The answers of 125 urologists-in-training were computed (response rate 38%). They were residents in 90 cases (72%), and fellows in 35 cases (28%). Median age was 29 (27-30), male proportion 77%. All French academic urology departments were represented. Ninety of them (72%) had access to a pelvi-trainer and 66 (53%) to animal or cadaveric models, although they never used them or less than once a month in 83 and 97% of cases, respectively. Seventy-two (58%) had used a virtual-reality based simulator at least once and 38 (30%) had regular access to one, but without supervision in 64% of cases. Factors limiting simulation-based training were the lack of available simulators (70%), the lack of time (58%), the absence of incitement (34%) and supervision (20%). If these conditions were met, 86% of urologists-in-training would be ready to spend more than one hour a-week training on a simulator.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study revealed among the sample of respondents a limited use of simulation tools for skills aquisition. This was explained by a limited availability of these tools but also by an insufficient use of the tools when available.
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie et de la transplantation rénale, CHU de Grenoble, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 09, France. Electronic address: GFiard@chu-grenoble.fr.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiard
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capon
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital Claude-Huriez, CHU de Lille, 2, rue Michel-Polonovski, 59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rizk
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHU Conception, 147, boulevard Baille, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maurin
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dariane
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Audenet
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHRU de Tours, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tanchoux
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHRU de Tours, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brichart
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49100 Angers, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lebdai
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Département d'urologie, hôpital Rangueil, 1, avenue du Pr-Jean-Poulhès, 31059 Toulouse cedex, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanson
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHU de Nantes, 1, place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44093 Nantes cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: F-X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Madec
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHU Brabois, allée du Morvan, 54511 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thibault
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital Tenon, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France.
authors.forename: J-B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Terrasa
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie et de transplantation rénale, CHU Lapeyronie, 371, avenue du doyen Gaston-Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murez
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, CHU Saint-Étienne, CHU hôpital Nord, avenue A.-Raimond, 42270 Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
authors.forename: J-E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Terrier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D023421:Models, Animal; D012984:Software; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D014572:Urology / Q000193:education*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: Education; Formation; Pédagogie; Robotics; Robotique; Simulation; Training