1018 Emergency Urology Crash Course: Teaching Non-Urologists Pays Back

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Abstract Aim To improve the knowledge, practical skills as well as professional skills of non-urologist health care professionals and bridge the gap between different specialties. Method One-day emergency urology crash course has been organised by urology team in our trust. The course is provided by 4 urology SpR under supervision of a urology consultant. Our course includes alternating sessions between lectures and practical skills. Lectures include interactive talks about common emergency urology case scenarios including obstructive uropathy, urinary infections & sepsis, andrological emergency, urologic trauma etc. Hands-on training using mannequin models includes difficult catheter, bladder wash out, 3-way catheter irrigation, flexible cystoscopy, foreskin problems, SPC insertion etc. Pretest and posttest questionnaires as well as a feed-back forms have been used to collect data used to analyse performance and the overall outcome of the course. We ran the course 3 times so far. Results Candidates included 60% A&E, 20% General surgery, 10% medical, 10% others. 70% were SpR,25% SHO and F1 or 2, 5% Nursing staff. 80% of candidates were from our trust and 20% from other trusts who got interested to attend. Candidate to faculty ratio was 5:1. Pre and post test result showed increase in knowledge by 4 points and increase in practical skills of 3 points. Conclusions One-day emergency urology course can achieve a lot on practical grounds as candidates feel more confident dealing with emergency urology cases after bridging the gaps in their knowledge and practical skills. This reflects on the overall service provided to urology patients presenting in the acute settings.