McGill Pediatric Urology Fellowship
Length: 1 year clinical fellowship
Number of positions: 1 per year
Hospital involved in training: Montreal Children's
Faculty: Drs. Roman Jednak, Mohamed EI-Sherbiny, Gianpaolo Capolicchio and Alex Brzezinski
Objectives: Upon completion of the fellowship, the fellow is expected to have achieved several learning objectives which will be achieved through exposure to both operative and outpatient pediatric urology.
聽In addition, the fellow will be expected to actively participate in hospital based activities including聽Surgical Teaching Rounds, Trauma Rounds, Morbidity and Mortality conferences, Tumor Board, and聽combined Nephrology/Urology and Urology Resident teaching sessions when applicable. Specific聽learning objectives include:
- Proficiency in common urologic surgery of the genitourinary tract in children.
- Exposure to more complex surgical procedures in children with exstrophy complex, genital聽ambiguity, and neurogenic bladder dysfunction.
- Development of basic skills for pediatric laparoscopic procedures.
- Evaluation and non-surgical management of common clinical urological problems including聽urinary tract infections, hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux, and dysfunctional voiding.
- Evaluation and medical management of the patient with neurogenic bladder (eg. spina bifida).
- Evaluation and surgical management of the patient with urologic trauma or acute scrotal
- Interpretation and clinical application of urodynamic investigations.
- Post-operative care of the patient undergoing urologic surgery.
- Development of consultant skills for in-hospital patients.
- Familiarity with the indications for an interpretation of radiologic investigations.
- Development and appreciation for a multidisciplinary team approach to the evaluation and care聽of patients with neurogenic bladder, genitourinary malignancies, nephrologic conditions and聽ambiguous genitalia.
- Pre-operative urologic evaluation of the renal transplant patient.
Clinical and Teaching Responsibilities: Fellows are responsible for attending all urology clinics (General Pediatric Urology, Spina Bifida, Voiding ysfunction). They will participate actively in all aspects of the in-patient clinical service including ward rounds, the consult service for both wards and the emergency room, and on-call duty. They are expected to actively participate in the care and preparation of patients pre- and post-operatively. Surgical procedures will be divided with the intention of meeting resident training objectives. b) The Royal College objectives of training in Urology (Version 1.1 (2009), Editorial revision 2012) will be adhered to with respect to index surgical cases. All category A cases will be given resident priority according to level of training (PGY3, PGY 4, or PGY 5. With respect to category B cases specifically bladder augmentation, the operative experience will be shared with allocation of聽specific parts of the procedure according to complexity. Laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children above the聽age of 10 will be given CHIEF (R5) resident priority. Laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children below 10 will be聽given fellow priority. All laparoscopic pyeloplasties performed on adults at the adult sites by MCH staff聽will be allocated to the CHIEF (R5) residents on rotation at the MCH at the time. The remaining category聽B cases will be given fellow priority. Hypospadias will be a dedicated fellow case.
Eligibility: Candidates for the fellowship must be graduates of a recognized Medical School and must聽have completed their urology residency at a recognized University. Candidates need to be fluent in聽English and/or French.
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