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MENTORSHIP PROGRAMMES FOR LAPAROSCOPIC AND ROBOTIC UROLOGY
Author(s) -
Abboudi May,
Ahmed Kamran,
Kirby Roger,
Khan Mohammed Shamim,
Dasgupta Prokar,
Challacombe Ben
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2011.10244.x
Subject(s) - mentorship , urology , medicine , general surgery , medical education
B J U I N T E R N A T I O N A L © 2 0 11 B J U I N T E R N A T I O N A L | 1 0 7 , 1 8 6 9 – 1 8 7 3 | doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10244,10320.x 1 8 6 9 As surgical techniques develop faster than ever, practising consultant urologists are faced with the daunting task of safely and effectively acquiring new advanced minimally invasive operating skills. This is being demanded of them after completion of registrar training and whilst they continue to deliver local service commitments. Laparoscopy and robot-assisted techniques have led to an increasing need for the efficient mentoring of inexperienced surgeons by skilled instructors to bring them rapidly up to the required standards for performing these techniques [1]. Mentoring programmes must offer skills that are safe, cost-effective and transferable to the operating theatre in an era of shorter training times, subspecialization and rapid technological advancements [2]. In the present paper, we consider key aspects of mentoring and suggest criteria for successful skills acquisition.