For those of us lucky enough to have medical students attached to our teams at some time during their undergraduate training, the opportunity undoubtedly represents...
Maintaining a record of operations in a surgical logbook has long been part of surgical training and governance. For trainees, it is an essential part...
Case 1 1. What machine is seen in the picture? 2. What is the standard dose schedule for radiotherapy for prostate cancer? 3. What are...
The consultant interview is undoubtedly the most important exam you’ll ever sit; but curiously even the best and most motivated trainee becomes somewhat fatalistic when...
In this, the inaugural uro-radiology article, Jane Belfield (Section Editor) considers the significance of Hounsfield units in defining stone composition. Despite its widespread adoption and...
The widespread use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing has led to diagnostic difficulties for patients and urologists. The sensitivity and specificity characteristics of PSA...
Case 1 What is this investigation? What are the findings of this investigation? What are the causes for this? What are the treatment options? Case...
For many trainees a period abroad is increasingly an essential supplement to higher surgical training in the UK. However, for many, because of family responsibilities...
In May 2012, the Department of Health published its information strategy ‘Power of information’ which aims to put us all in control of the health...
National Selection pits the best of the UK’s core surgical trainees (sorry - that includes EEC countries as well) against each other in a process...
Case 1 1. What is the abnormality and how common is it? 2. What is the embryological origin? 3. With what other conditions can this...
Anatomy has been a cornerstone of medical and surgical education for hundreds of years. As an adjunct to traditional dissection-based teaching and textbooks, this month’s...