URO MENTOR
CLINICAL VALIDATIONS
Simulation in Urological Training and Education (SIMULATE): Protocol and curriculum development of the first
multicentre international randomized controlled trial assessing the transferability of simulation‐based surgical
training
WCE 2017: Assessment of Urology Postgraduate Trainees’ Competencies in Flexible Ureteroscopic Stone
Extraction
Presented by: Sero Andonian, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Authors: Mehdi Aloosh, Felix Couture, Nader Fahmy, Mostafa Elhilali, Sero Andonian
Affiliation: Division of Urology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Written by: Renai Yoon, Department of Urology, University of California-Irvine at 35th World Congress of Endourology–
September 12-16, 2017, Vancouver, Canada.
Assessment of percutaneous renal access skills during Urology Objective Structured Clinical Examinations
(OSCE).
Noureldin YA1, Elkoushy MA2, Andonian S3.
1Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal QC; ; 2 Department of Urology, Benha
University Hospital, Benha University, Benha, Egypt;\
Can Urol Assoc J. 2015 Mar-Apr;9(3-4):E104-8. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.2482.
Simulation-based ureteroscopy training: a systematic review.
Brunckhorst O1, Aydin A1, Abboudi H1, Sahai A1, Khan MS1, Dasgupta P1, Ahmed K2.
1MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, London, United Kingdom; Department of
Urology, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London, United Kingdom.
2MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, London, United Kingdom; Department of
Urology, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address:
kamran.ahmed@kcl.ac.uk.
J Surg Educ. 2015 Jan-Feb;72(1):135-43
Training for percutaneous renal access on a virtual reality simulator.
Zhang Y, Yu CF, Liu JS, Wang G, Zhu H, Na YQ.
Wu Jieping Urology Center, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing 100144, China.
Chin Med J (Engl). 2013 Apr;126(8):1528-31
Endourological simulator performance in female but not male medical students predict written examination
results in basic surgery.
Schlickum M, Felländer-Tsai L, Hedman L, Henningsohn L.
Division of Orthopedics, Institution for Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Scand J Urol. 2013 Feb;47(1):38-42. doi: 10.3109/00365599.2012.693538. Epub 2012 Jul 2.
Development and implementation of centralized simulation training: evaluation of feasibility, acceptability and
construct validity
Shamim Khan M, Ahmed K, Gavazzi A, Gohil R, Thomas L, Poulsen J, Ahmed M, Jaye P, Dasgupta P.
MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, Department of Urology, Guy’s Hospital Simulation
and Interactive Learning (SaIL) Centre, Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust Department of Urology, Aalborg Denmark and
King’s College Hospital, London, UK.
BJU Int. 2012 Aug 29
Use of a virtual reality simulator to improve percutaneous renal access skills: a prospective study in urology
trainees
Papatsoris AG, Shaikh T, Patel D, Bourdoumis A, Bach C, Buchholz N, Masood J, Junaid I.
Endourology and Stone Services and The Urology Simulation Centre, Department of Urology, Bart’s and The London NHS Trust,
London, UK.
Urol Int. 2012;89(2):185-90. doi: 10.1159/000337530. Epub 2012 Jul 6.