Overview
Trainees in urology will undergo core training (CT1-2/3) followed by a period of 5 indicative years of specialty training (ST3-ST7). The purpose of the curriculum is to train urologists who will be able to work independently and to the standard of a consultant with a general urological practice. As such, most of their skills will relate to the management of 'everyday' general elective and emergency urology and this forms the basis of the main part of the curriculum, with the competences, both non-operative and operative being completed by the final year of training. This curriculum also allows a degree of flexibility to respond to the changing needs of our patients and the development of new models of healthcare delivery, and to incorporate technological advances. As such, training years ST6 & ST7 offer modules in various urological special interest areas, once the final stages for all trainees are completed. However, it is acknowledged that such training will need to be complemented by additional exposure post-CCT possibly in the form of a 'Fellowship' or under mentorship in the early years of a new consultant appointment.