title: [Research fellowship in the curriculum of French urologists-in-training: a study by the French Association of Urologists-in-training (AFUF)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess motivations, the practical organization and the funding of a research fellowship in the training curriculum of French urologists-in-training.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online questionnaire was sent to members of the AFUF and to participants of a research training seminar "Graines et Sol" organised by the AFU, between July and September 2013. Results are presented as the median (interquartile range).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty answers out of 115 research fellows (response rate 52%) were computed. Median age was 29 years (28-30) during the research year and male proportion 75%. The AFU grant was obtained by 57.4% of applicants, 56.4% for various grants and 47.6% for the research fellowship university grant. The annual gross amount was 29,870€ (22,710-30,195), without any significant difference between residency subdivisions. Financial supplements were obtained by being on-duty (26.2%), on-call (28.6%) and replacements (25%). The research fellowship year was done between 4th and 5th years of residency (53%), for a one-year length (96.7%) and in France (86.6%). Urologic cancerology was the thematic the most studied (60%). The research fellowship was done in view of an academic career (31.7%) or was done to wait for a post-residency position (20.8%). About a quarter was being proposed a chief-residency position before the beginning of the research year. During this year, 76.7% published. About 63% were interested in pursuing with a PhD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study confirmed the interest for a research fellowship by French urologists-in-training. Financial support thanks to grants facilitated the conduct of a research fellowship in the aim of an academic career for most of them.
authors.affiliation: Association française des urologues en formation, 11, rue Viète, 75017 Paris, France; Service d'urologie, hôpital Claude-Huriez, CHRU de Lille, 2, rue Michel-Polonovski, 59000 Lille, France. Electronic address: jerome.rizk@hotmail.fr.
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, 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: 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 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 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 et de la transplantation rénale, CHU de Grenoble, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 09, France.
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 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; 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 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; 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, 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, 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 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, 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, CHU de Saint-Étienne, CHU hôpital Nord, avenue A.-Raimond, 42270 Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
authors.forename: J-É
authors.initials: JÉ
authors.lastname: Terrier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014572:Urology / Q000193:education*
keywords: Année de recherche et scolarité; Deuxième et troisième cycle médical; Enseignement; Fellowships and scholarships; Internship and residency; Recherche; Research; Teaching; Urologie; Urology