Education

• Program Conferences
  • Weekly urology grand rounds (Friday mornings)
  • Multidisciplinary GU tumor board (Tuesday evenings)
  • Weekly resident education (Friday mornings)
  • Attending-led lectures for in-service exam preparation (weekly leading up to in-service)
  • Chief resident immersion training (CRIT) conference (yearly as rising PGY-5)

• Combined New England Urology program virtual lectures

• National Conferences
  • New England AUA Conference (attend yearly in the Fall)
  • National AUA Conference (attend if research accepted or PGY-4)
  • SMSNA conference prosthetic cadaver labs (option to attend as PGY-4/5)
  • AUA Fundamentals in Urology / “Basic Science” (attend as PGY-3)
  • Robotics educational conferences (option to attend as PGY-4/5)
  • SUFU national conference (attend as PGY-4)
  • NURP conference in Reconstructive Urology at Cleveland Clinic (attend as PGY-4)
  • AUA Annual Board Review Course (attend as PGY-5)
  • Other sub-specialty conferences (option to attend if research accepted)

• Yearly SASP question access via Qstream application
• Yearly AUA Updates on line

• Resources:
  • AUA Core Curriculum
  • AUA Guidelines
    • Also, there is a useful phone application that can be downloaded for quick reference.
  • Textbooks (available through the BU Alumni Medical Library)
    • Campbell-Walsh Urology
    • Hinman’s Atlas of Urologic Surgery
    • The 5-minute Urology Consult

• Solomont Simulation Center
  • Fully-equipped simulation operating room
  • Multiple laparoscopic trainers
  • Hosts simulation courses
  • DaVinci Xi simulation trainer (located in OR)