How does urology work? Evaluation of activity trackers in the assessment of workload and stress burden among employees in the Department of Urology of a German University Hospital: A prospective pilot study.

Introduction: Workload and stress in excess can lead to work disability. The aim of our study was to determine whether commercially available "activity trackers" can be used to make statements about the work - or stress load of different occupational groups.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted at the University Hospital Freiburg, Germany.

Personalized Surgical Management Offers Full Restitution and Unimpaired Quality of Life to Patients with Duplex Kidneys and Associated Pathologies: 30-year Follow-up at a Tertiary Referral Center.

Background: Duplex kidneys may be associated with additional pathologies with an indication for surgery. Various surgical approaches have been described. However, little is known about long-term outcomes and quality of life (QoL) for these patients.

[Closer examination of specialization training in urology in German-speaking countries : Differences, similarities, advantages, disadvantages, and future perspectives].

Background: Specialist titles are mutually recognized in the DACH (Germany [D], Austria [A], and Switzerland [CH]) region. During continuing education, however, there are significant differences in structure, organization and content.

Objectives: Organization, formalities and responsibilities, as well as admission requirements for the final examinations, in particular the examination formats in the DACH countries will be examined.

Assessing critical temperature dose areas in the kidney by magnetic resonance imaging thermometry in an ex vivo Holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy model.

Purpose: We aimed to assess critical temperature areas in the kidney parenchyma using magnetic resonance thermometry (MRT) in an ex vivo Holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy model.

Methods: Thermal effects of Ho:YAG laser irradiation of 14 W and 30 W were investigated in the calyx and renal pelvis of an ex vivo kidney with different laser application times (t) followed by a delay time (t) of t/t = 5/5 s, 5/10 s, 10/5 s, 10/10 s, and 20/0 s, with irrigation rates of 10, 30, 50, 70, and 100 ml/min. Using MRT, the size of the area was determined in which the thermal dose as measured by the Cumulative Equivalent Minutes (CEM) method exceeded a value of 120 min.

Smartphone Apps for Managing Antithrombotic Therapy: Scoping Literature Review.

Background: Antithrombotic therapy is complex and requires informed decisions and high therapy adherence. Several mobile phone apps exist to either support physicians in the management of antithrombotic therapies or to educate and support patients. For the majority of these apps, both their medical evidence and their development background are unknown.

Discrepancy between German S3 Guideline Recommendations and Daily Urologic Practice in the Management of Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Results of a Binational Survey.

Introduction: Guideline recommendations are meant to help minimize morbidity and to improve the care of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients but studies have suggested an underuse of guideline-recommended care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of adherence of German and Austrian urologists to German guideline recommendations.

Methods: A survey of 27 items evaluating diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations (15 cases of strong consensus and 6 cases of consensus) for NMIBC was administered among 14 urologic training courses.

Feasibility of an Updated Randomised Controlled Trial on Surgical Urolithiasis Treatments: The Pilot Trial for the German Endoscopic versus Shock Wave Therapy Study (GESS).

Data comparing treatments for urolithiasis are often outdated, with inconsistent results or poor methodological and reporting quality. We report a pilot study in preparation for a larger multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing shockwave therapy and ureteroscopy in patients with a single urinary stone of ≤20 mm in the upper urinary tract. Primary objectives included screening completeness, patients' willingness to participate, their remaining in the study, the suitability of the eligibility criteria, and the acceptability of the outcome measures.

Automatic speech recognition in the operating room - An essential contemporary tool or a redundant gadget? A survey evaluation among physicians in form of a qualitative study.

Introduction: For decades, automatic speech recognition (ASR) has been the subject of research and its range of applications broadened. Presently, ASR among physicians is mainly used to convert speech into text but not to implement instructions in the operating room (OR). This study aimed to evaluate physicians of different surgical professions on their personal experience and posture towards ASR.

Ten caveats of learning analytics in health professions education: A consumer's perspective.

A group of 22 medical educators from different European countries, gathered in a meeting in Utrecht in July 2019, discussed the topic of learning analytics (LA) in an open conversation and addressed its definition, its purposes and potential risks for learners and teachers. LA was seen as a significant advance with important potential to improve education, but the group felt that potential drawbacks of using LA may yet be under-exposed in the literature. After transcription and interpretation of the discussion's conclusions, a document was drafted and fed back to the group in two rounds to arrive at a series of 10 caveats educators should be aware of when developing and using LA, including too much standardized learning, with undue consequences of over-efficiency and pressure on learners and teachers, and a decrease of the variety of 'valid' learning resources.