A learning package for medical students in a busy urology department: design, implementation, and evaluation.

Objectives: The need for innovation in the delivery of quality teaching and learning for undergraduates in urology is driven by a number of factors. An increasing proportion of care is delivered in ambulatory settings, hospital inpatients are increasingly unwell, and the National Health Service staff must find a balance in their dual roles as healthcare providers and clinical teachers. We describe the design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative learning package for undergraduate medical students in urology.

The practice of Scottish urologists in the assessment and management of fracture risk in the ageing male being treated for prostate cancer.

The aim of this study was to ascertain the practice of urologists in Scotland in the assessment and prevention of fracture risk in males starting castration-type therapy for prostate cancer. A questionnaire survey was sent to all practicing consultant urologists in Scotland. A majority of urologists, 25 (64.

Superficial granulomatous pyoderma gangrenosum of the penis: a case report.

Classic type of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an uncommon ulceronecrotic cutaneous disease of uncertain aetiology characterised by broad zones of confluent ulceration with violaceous undermined margins. Some 50% of cases are associated with systemic diseases. The superficial granulomatous variant of pyoderma gangrenosum (SGPG) of the external genitalia is extremely rare Patients with this condition develop single or multiple ulcerated skin lesions often with sinus tract formation.

A prospective pilot study to validate the management protocol for patients presenting with acute urinary retention: a community-based, nonhospitalised protocol.

Acute urinary retention (AUR) in males is managed conventionally by hospital admission, alpha-adrenergic therapy, and trial without catheter. To reduce inpatient bed pressures, we set up a protocol to manage such patients in the community. We review our results in this paper.

Prostate size influences the outcome after presenting with acute urinary retention.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term outcome in an open follow-up of a cohort of patients who had had a successful trial without catheter (TWOC) after an episode of acute urinary retention (AUR), as it is now widely accepted that giving an alpha-blocker, e.g. alfuzosin, increases the success rate of TWOC.