Inaugural Australian urology bootcamp for early-career medical officers: improving knowledge, skills, and confidence to prepare for registrar years
Corresponding Author
Zoe Williams MD
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Correspondence
Dr Zoe Williams, Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Derby Street, Kingswood, NSW 2747 Australia.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorShravankrishna Ananthapadmanabhan MBBS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorSachinka Ranasinghe MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorAlexander Combes MBBS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorJeremy Saad MBBS, MS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorFemi E. Ayeni MBBS, MMedSci, PhD
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Nepean Institute of Academic Surgery, Nepean Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorNicholas Mehan MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMohan Arianayagam MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCelalettin Varol MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Myint MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorNicola Jeffery MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorIsaac Thangasamy MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
School of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorRaymond Ko MBBS Hons, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
School of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorBertram Canagasingham MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Khadra MBBS, MEd, PhD
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Nepean Institute of Academic Surgery, Nepean Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
School of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Zoe Williams MD
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Correspondence
Dr Zoe Williams, Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Derby Street, Kingswood, NSW 2747 Australia.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorShravankrishna Ananthapadmanabhan MBBS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorSachinka Ranasinghe MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorAlexander Combes MBBS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorJeremy Saad MBBS, MS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorFemi E. Ayeni MBBS, MMedSci, PhD
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Nepean Institute of Academic Surgery, Nepean Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorNicholas Mehan MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMohan Arianayagam MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCelalettin Varol MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Myint MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorNicola Jeffery MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Investigation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorIsaac Thangasamy MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
School of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorRaymond Ko MBBS Hons, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
School of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorBertram Canagasingham MBBS, FRACS
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Contribution: Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Khadra MBBS, MEd, PhD
Department of Urology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Nepean Urology Research Group
Nepean Institute of Academic Surgery, Nepean Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
School of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Background
Surgical bootcamps provide hands-on learning opportunities for junior doctors and trainees in low-pressure, non-clinical environments. Participants develop skills, knowledge, and confidence in preparation for their registrar years. A number of international urology-specific bootcamps have demonstrated improvements in these technical and non-technical domains. However, there was no such opportunity for Australian doctors. In the first urology bootcamp in Australia, we aimed to assess participants' knowledge, technical skills, and confidence in managing urological conditions pre- and post-bootcamp.
Methods
Twenty-five early-career medical officers attended the bootcamp and completed a comprehensive written survey at the beginning and end of the bootcamp.
Results
Results showed that self-perceptions of knowledge, confidence, and technical skill all improved at the conclusion of the bootcamp (P = 0.01). All participants reported the bootcamp to be ‘useful’ or ‘very useful’ in furthering their urological training.
Conclusion
This study demonstrates the success of an inaugural Australian urology bootcamp in preparing junior doctors and unaccredited registrars for their registrar training years.
Conflicts of interest
None declared.
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