2W: Introduction to Urology

School of Medicine

Students will join a team of attendings, fellows, and residents on multiple urology subspecialty services at Vanderbilt Hospital, Veterns Affairs Hospital, and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital. Students will participate in the operating room, clinics, outpatient procedures, didactics, and inpatient management for the the selected subspecialty Urology services. Students will have the option to chose two areas of focus, with options being General Urology, Reconstructive Urology, Endourology, Oncologic urology, and PEdiatric Urology. Students will spend one week on their selected subspecialties. At the conclusion of the two-week elective rotation, students will be able to take a focused urologic history and physical, understand the basics of evaluation and management of the selected subspecialty issues, and appreciate the medical and surgical modalities utilized to diagnose and treat these patients. Additionally, the students will gain a familiarity with the use of evidence-based medicine as it applies to Urology.