title: An update on the current status of medical student urology education in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an updated report on the status of urology education in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one randomly selected accredited medical schools in the United States were surveyed concerning their urology curriculum. All schools were included in the randomization, even those that had not produced any successful urology applicants during the past 5 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 48% of the schools, there were no urology lectures or coursework required before third-year clinical rotations. Two schools (5%) had a mandatory urology clinical clerkship. All schools offered an elective urology clerkship during either the third or fourth year of medical school. Fifty-five percent of medical schools used a core curriculum, and 31% based their curriculum on the American Urological Association's medical student core curriculum. Twenty-nine percent used Web-based resources during their clerkship, and 21% had a urology interest group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This survey further reveals that there is a decline in exposure of medical students in the United States to formal urology teaching. In an attempt to minimize any possible adverse impact and to ensure that students are being exposed to the most important urologic topics and skills needed, some medical schools have instituted the use of a core curriculum in their clerkships. Despite the persistent decline in required medical student exposure to urology, urology residency programs remain extremely competitive.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Slaughenhoupt
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Oreoluwa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ogunyemi
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giannopoulos
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI. Electronic address: sauder@urology.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sauder
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Glen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leverson
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003479:Curriculum; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014572:Urology / Q000193:education*