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BACKGROUND: Higher education training in Medicine has considerably evolved in recent years. One of its main goals has been to ensure the training of students as future adequately qualified general practitioners (GPs). Tools need to be developed to evaluate and improve the teaching of Urology at the undergraduate level. Our objective is to identify the knowledge and skills needed in Urology for the real clinical practice of GPs. METHODS: An anonymous self-administered survey was carried out among GPs of Primary Care and Emergencies which sought to evaluate urological knowledge and necessary urological skills. The results of the survey were exported and descriptive statistics were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 19.0. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: A total of 127 answers were obtained, in which 'Urological infections', 'Renal colic', 'PSA levels and screening for prostate cancer', 'Benign prostatic hyperplasia', 'Hematuria', 'Scrotal pain', 'Prostate cancer diagnosis', 'Bladder cancer diagnosis', 'Urinary incontinence', and 'Erectile dysfunction' were rated as Very high or High formative requirements (>75%). Regarding urological skills, 'Abdominal examination', 'Interpretation of urinalysis', 'Digital rectal examination', 'Genital examination', and 'Transurethral catheterization' were assessed as needing Very high or High training in more than 80% of the surveys. The relevance of urological pathology in clinical practice was viewed as Very high or High in more than 80% of the responses. CONCLUSIONS: This study has shown helpful results to establish a differentiated prioritization of urological knowledge and skills in Primary Care and Emergencies. Efforts should be aimed at optimizing the teaching in Urology within the Degree of Medicine which consistently ensures patients' proper care by future GPs.
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Clínicos Gerais , Urologia , Competência Clínica , Humanos , Masculino , Estudos Prospectivos , Estudantes , Urologia/educaçãoRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: After the death of Professor Francisco Romero Aguirre (Zaragoza 6/7/1918-6/28/2006) we want to make known his great teaching vocation, so that we covered his link with University from the start of his studies to his professorship as first professor in urology in the Spanish University (1961), and his work at the chairmanship of the Professional Postgraduate School of Urology in the University of Zaragoza. METHODS: We reviewed his biography, his edited works and publications of the Urology Chair at the University of Zaragoza, and obtained as many references as we found about his teaching activity. RESULTS: From the start of his academic training he kept a constant union with University and cooperated in all disciplines he had relation with before he got the responsibility of teaching urology. His university spirit and great formation had the chairman of surgical pathology see the convenience of separating urology from the common trunk of surgery, a proposal that, being accepted by the staff meeting of the Faculty of Medicine of Zaragoza and submitted to the Ministry resulted in the designation of urology as an independent subject in the degree of medicine. His labour as responsible was marked by work and continuous achievements in his classes, many publications, doctorate and urological monographic courses carried out, thesis and memories directed, all of which enabled him to create to the Professional Urological Specialization School, the culmination of more than 40 years dedicated to teaching in the university. CONCLUSIONS: We find Prof. Romero's life completely dedicated to University and teaching. His wide urological and propedeutical formation made him a person who joined the necessary conditions and abilities to take the responsibility and carry out a satisfactory performance as responsible of teaching urology in the school of medicine of Zaragoza, a subject which thanks to his virtue and good performance was for the first time elevated to the level of independent subject.
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Educação Médica/história , Urologia/educação , Urologia/história , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , EspanhaRESUMO
Objetivo: Con ocasión del fallecimiento del profesor D. Francisco Romero Aguirre (Zaragoza, 7.IV.1918-28.VI.2006) queremos poner de manifiesto su gran vocación docente, para lo que recorremos su vinculación a la Universidad desde el comienzo de sus estudios hasta su magisterio como primer catedrático de Urología de la Licenciatura en la Universidad española (1961), y su labor al frente de la Escuela Profesional de postgrado en Urología de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Métodos: Revisamos su biografía, su obra editada y las publicaciones de la Cátedra de Urología de la Universidad de Zaragoza y extraemos cuantas referencias encontramos de su actividad docente. Resultado: Desde el inicio de su formación académica mantuvo una constante unión con la Universidad y colaboró en todas las disciplinas con las que tuvo relación hasta lograr ser responsable de la enseñanza de la Urología. Su talante universitario y su gran preparación hicieron ver al catedrático de Patología Quirúrgica la conveniencia de separar la Urología del tronco común de la Cirugía, propuesta que, aceptada por el claustro de la Facultad de Medicina de Zaragoza y elevada al ministerio, dio lugar a la designación de la Urología como asignatura independiente en la Licenciatura de Medicina. Su labor como responsable estuvo marcada por el trabajo y constantes logros en las clases, por numerosas publicaciones, por realización de cursos de doctorado y monográficos de Urología y por la dirección de tesis y memorias, todo lo cual permitieron la creación de la Escuela profesional de especialización urológica con la que culminaron sus más de cuarenta años de dedicación al magisterio universitario. Conclusión: Encontramos en el profesor Romero una vida dedicada íntegramente entregada a la Universidad y a su magisterio. Su gran formación urológica y propedéutica hicieron que fuese la persona que reunía las condiciones y las aptitudes necesarias para hacerse cargo y desempeñar satisfactoriamente el puesto, en la Facultad de Medicina de Zaragoza, de responsable de la enseñanza de la Urología, que, gracias a su virtud y buen hacer, fue elevada por vez primera en la Licenciatura española al rango de asignatura (AU)
Objectives: After the death of Professor Francisco Romero Aguirre (Zaragoza 6/7/1918-6/28/2006) we want to make known his great teaching vocation, so that we covered his link with University from the start of his studies to his professorship as first professor in urology in the Spanish University (1961), and his work at the chairmanship of the Professional Postgraduate School of Urology in the University of Zaragoza. Methods: We reviewed his biography, his edited works and publications of the Urology Chair at the University of Zaragoza, and obtained as many references as we found about his teaching activity. Results: From the start of his academic training he kept a constant union with University and cooperated in all disciplines he had relation with before he got the responsibility of teaching urology. His university spirit and great formation had the chairman of surgical pathology see the convenience of separating urology from the common trunk of surgery, a proposal that, being accepted by the staff meeting of the Faculty of Medicine of Zaragoza and submitted to the Ministry resulted in the designation of urology as an independent subject in the degree of medicine. His labour as responsible was marked by work and continuous achievements in his classes, many publications, doctorate and urological monographic courses carried out, thesis and memories directed, all of which enabled him to create to the Professional Urological Specialization School, the culmination of more than 40 years dedicated to teaching in the university. Conclusions: We find Prof. Romero’s life completely dedicated to University and teaching. His wide urological and propedeutical formation made him a person who joined the necessary conditions and abilities to take the responsibility and carry out a satisfactory performance as responsible of teaching urology in the school of medicine of Zaragoza, a subject which thanks to his virtue and good performance was for the first time elevated to the level of independent subject (AU)
