It’s time to train… How we combine high quality Urological training with service provision in a busy DGH setting

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Introduction : With constrained training time, we must look for and optimise the educational opportunities within the "service" element of our workload. We proposed that In Patient referrals be used as educational cases. Methods : We reviewed these referrals over 5 years (2013-2017) and mapped the referrals against the curricula for Core Surgical Training (CST) and General Practice Trainees (GP). Results: Curriculum mapping against the Urology components of the curricula for GP found all but one of the topics was addressed. For CST all topics were covered. The topics mapped against the curricula were common reasons for referral, therefore we expect that even in a short attachment a Trainee could see most if not all of these. Conclusion : On average, 0.69 referrals were received per day. Therefore one training case takes relatively little time and should be achievable by even the busiest Trainers and Trainees.We demonstrate that using inpatient referrals from other teams as an educational resource effectively covers the breadth of the Urology components of both GP and CST curricula. We propose that this approach could be usefully employed by other units and specialities