UROL 709A General Urology (4-week)

Credits: 4
This rotation is intended for students interested in learning about Urology as it applies to everyday clinical practice and who are not considering a career in Urology or Surgery. Students work closely with house staff and faculty and participate in all educational activities of the OHSU urology program. Students will be exposed to the full range of urologic diseases in pediatric urology, adult urology, or both in an outpatient and inpatient setting with an emphasis on the diagnosis and treatment of problems encountered in general practice. Students will have extensive exposure to outpatient management of urologic patients, inpatient management and urologic consultation, and the most commonly performed urologic surgeries (i.e., surgery for prostate cancer, kidney stones, prostatic enlargement, urinary incontinence). There will be opportunities to learn basic skills such as Foley insertion, perform microscopic urinalyses, or measure bladder residuals during the rotation. Students may choose to focus primarily on outpatient urology. Students will spend time at OHSU, VAMC, and/or Doernbecher. Students may choose to focus on adult or pediatric urology, or both, by providing advance notice to the department. Students will be asked to complete the National Core Medical Student Curriculum in Urology (online) during their rotation.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit