Eight to 12 cases of our own in-house patients are reviewed and the microscopic findings are discussed in detail. These findings are correlated with the clinical history, so that residents benefit from this overall approach. A Quality Assurance Conference is held every month to review the quality of care rendered to Urology patients. Also reviewed are the mortality and morbidity statistics, numbers and types of surgeries performed, and a discussion of surgical complications, if any. Statistics and complications from the training program-affiliated hospitals are also reported and discussed.
Additional presentation is made quarterly on selected topics related to quality improvement.
The Urology Staff meets weekly with the residents to discuss patient case histories and indications for surgery to follow in the next week. Campbell s Urology, Gillenwater s Adult and Pediatric Urology text, or CME video lecture series. Physiology, anatomy,congenital anomalies, and related subjects, as well as all aspects of clinical urology have been covered. Review of related issues of the AUA Updates series are incorporated into the review material. A Transplant Conference is held on a monthly basis and is conducted by the Nephrology and Vascular Surgery services.