Intern Academy Hands-on Skills Training (2023)
The AUA Intern Academy is a new initiative created specifically to meet the needs of early career urology residents (primarily PGY1s) and will include both in-person and virtual components. The aim of the Intern Academy is to apply standardized and foundational urologic skills to the first year of residency practice in order to improve clinical proficiency and promote patient safety. The in-person component will be a 2-day Hands-on Skills Training held on June 10-11, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio. The training includes several clinical scenarios that the urologic intern may find themselves encountering in real life. It includes six critical stations: catheters, endoscopy, surgical skills, priapism, ultrasound, and communication skills, which will serve to provide the urologic intern with valuable experience in a controlled setting before they are encountered in the emergency room, ward, or operating room.
Also included is an exclusive and dynamic Intern Academy virtual community to post discussions, answer questions, share resources, and engage with colleagues!
Preview of the hands-on skill stations with Course Co-Directors, Dr. Ahmed Ghazi and Dr. Sammy Elsamra
Course Co-Director, Dr. Ahmed Ghazi, shows how the hands-on skills training simulation models are created!
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Registration Fees
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Hands-on Skills Training Pricing:
Membership Category | Early Bird Registration On or Before May 12, 2023 | Standard Registration On or After May 13, 2023 |
---|---|---|
Member | $380 | $475 |
Non-Member | $475 | $595 |
Target Audience
- Early Career Urology Residents
Learning Objectives
After the completion of the Intern Academy, participants will be able to:
- Increase fund of knowledge about foundational and applied urology topics that will improve patient care and allow participants to excel as interns
- Apply standardized and foundational urologic skills to their residency practice to ensure baseline proficiency and improve patient safety.
- Recognize the characteristics and habits of successful interns and residents.
- Identify opportunities to network and build community with their peers.
Intern Academy Hands-on Skills Training Scientific Program
Saturday, June 10 | ||
7– 8 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast | |
8 – 8:30 am | Welcome and Hands-on Skills Training Overview | |
8:30 – 8:35 am | Move to Rotation #1 | |
8:35 – 10:35 am | Rotation #1 | |
10:35 – 10:55 am | BREAK | |
10:55 – 11 am | Move to Rotation #2 | |
11 am – 1 pm | Rotation #2 | |
1 – 2:30 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
2:30 – 4:30 pm | Rotation #3 | |
4:30 pm | Course Adjourns for the day | |
Sunday, June 11 | ||
7– 8 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast | |
8 – 8:30 am | Welcome and Hands-on Skills Training Overview | |
8:30 – 8:35 am | Move to Rotation #4 | |
8:35 – 10:35 am | Rotation #4 | |
10:35 – 10:55 am | BREAK | |
10:55 – 11 am | Move to Rotation #5 | |
11 am – 1 pm | Rotation #5 | |
1 – 2:30 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
2:30 – 4:30 pm | Rotation #6 | |
4:30 pm | Course Adjourns |
Hands-on Station Rotations
The underlined text are the titles of the stations, and the bullet points below them show the specific skills that will be demonstrated in those stations. There are five (5) clinical stations and one (1) non-clinical station. There will be three rotations of two hours each day Saturday and Sunday.
- Station 1: Catheters
- Introduction to catheters – Foley, nephrostomy, suprapubic
- Patient prep and insertion – Foley, nephrostomy, suprapubic
- Catheter placement, irrigation, and removal- Hands-on Demo and Simulation
- Difficult Foley management – Hands-on Demo and Simulation
- Station 2: Endoscopy
- Ureteroscopy – 1 hour
- Instrument Orientation
- Pass up wire, dual lumen catheter, second wire, ureteral access sheath, stone basket small stone
- Ureteroscopy – 1 hour
- Cystoscopy – 1 hour
- Cart overview – introduction to scopes and instruments (flexible, rigid, portable cystoscopes)
- Full diagnostic cystoscopy (Urethra, bladder, bladder neck, prostatic urethra ) with retroflexion
- Cannulate a ureteral orifice and Stent placement
- Advance wire in right ureteric orifice; grab stent in left ureteric orifice
- Cystoscopy – 1 hour
- Station 3: Surgical Skills
- Knot tying
- Suturing (mattress sutures, straight line and repair with subcuticular, 2-layer closure with large ellipsoid)
- Incision and drainage
- Patient positioning and preparation
- Station 4: Priapism
- Management, irrigation, injection
- Station 5: Ultrasound
- Basic – Knobology
- Abdominal – renal (obtain kidney measurement and identify upper and lower pole and lesion and stone; drive needle into collecting system)
- Suprapubic needle insertion under ultrasound guidance
- Bladder scan and bladder volume estimation
- Ultrasound-guided biopsy – prostate (includes introduction to transperineal biopsy)
- Station 6: Non-Clinical –Communication skills via role-play
- Four scenarios for role play – learners will play both patient and practitioner
- Scenario topics:
- Scenario in clinic
- Scenario in emergency consult
- Scenario in the OR
- Delivery of bad news to patients
Program as of December 15, 2022
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: 216.444.5600
Travel
Welcome to Cleveland!
Cleveland has several museums, popular shopping malls, and distinctive cultural options for theater, music and dance. Browns football and Indians baseball have cult followings and draw thousands of travelers each year to see a home game. Some of the city’s best nightlife and entertainment options are found in the historic Warehouse District and on Cleveland’s E. 4th Street. In each area there are numerous bars, pubs, and clubs, and a wide selection of dining options.
Award winning restaurants can be found in both districts, including Chef Michael Symon’s Lola and Chef Jonathan Sawyer’s The Greenhouse tavern and Noodle Cat. The Flats of Cleveland was once a thriving entertainment district but is currently under redevelopment. You can find a few popular bars around the Flats and attractions like the Greater Cleveland Aquarium. Watersport rentals are offered in this district during the summer for access along the Cuyahoga River, and there are river and lake cruises that begin here.
Getting Around
Airport
Hotels
Suggested nearby hotels are listed below. The AUA is not holding a room block for this meeting, therefore rates and availability cannot be guaranteed. Please reserve your accommodations as soon as possible to ensure availability.
Vacation rentals in downtown Cleveland
Things to Do
- Cleveland Clinic Visitors Guide
- Cleveland Clinic Campus Map
- Things to do in Cleveland
- Cleveland Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
COVID-19 Policies
General Cleveland Clinic COVID policies related to patients and visitors are located here.
During the course, you will need to be masked in public/patient/visitor areas (Entering/Leaving Cleveland Clinic, hallways going to and from the Bunts Auditorium and Building Q, etc). You will not need to be masked while eating, in the Bunts Auditorium, or Q8 and Q9 during your training.
Relevant Disclosures:
Name | Company Name | Relationship Type | End Date |
Abouassaly, Robert | None | ||
Ahn, Justin Seungchan | None | ||
Bayne, David | Mendaera | Consultant or Advisor | 04/07/2022 |
Chang, Helena C. | None | ||
Elsamra, Sammy E. | Hatchleaf | Consultant or Advisor | 07/12/2022 |
Elsamra, Sammy E. | Intuitive Surgical | Consultant or Advisor | Current |
Ghazi, Ahmed E. | Olympus America | Consultant or Advisor | 12/08/2021 |
Ghazi, Ahmed E. | Intuitive surgical | Scientific Study or Trial | Current |
Ghazi, Ahmed E. | Johnson and Johnson | Consultant or Advisor | Current |
Ghazi, Ahmed E. | Virtuoso | Consultant or Advisor | Current |
Johnsen, Niels V. | None | ||
Kavoussi, Nicholas | None | ||
Khater, Nazih | Cook Medical | Consultant or Advisor | 12/13/2023 |
Kovac, Evan | Koelis | Consultant or Advisor | Current |
Kovac, Evan | Perineologic | Consultant or Advisor | Current |
Kreshover, Jessica E. | None | ||
Krupski, Tracey Lynn | None | ||
Lee, Byron H. | None | ||
Tabakin, Alexandra L. | None | ||
Tong, Ching Man Carmen | None |
EDUCATION COUNCIL DISCLOSURES:
Education Council Disclosures_2022.pdf
COI REVIEW WORKGROUP DISCLOSURES:
COI Review Work Group Disclosures_2023_0.pdf
AUA Office of Education Staff has nothing to disclose.
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
AUA ACCREDITATION INFORMATION
ACCREDITATION:
The American Urological Association (AUA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CREDIT DESIGNATION:
The American Urological Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
OTHER LEARNERS:
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All persons in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., activity planners, presenters, authors) are required to disclose to the provider all financial relationships with any commercial interest during the previous 24 months. The AUA must determine if the individual’s relationships may influence the educational content and mitigate any conflicts of interest prior to the commencement of the educational activity. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent individuals with relevant financial relationships from participating, but rather to provide learners information with which they can make their own judgments.
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Available Credit
- 13.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 13.00 Non-Physician Participation
Price
NOTE:
AUA Members save 25%! For more information on membership benefits, visit www.AUAnet.org/Join.
Hands-on Skills Training Pricing:
Membership Category | Early Bird Registration On or Before May 12, 2023 | Standard Registration On or After May 13, 2023 |
---|---|---|
Member | $380 | $475 |
Non-Member | $475 | $595 |
CANCELLATION POLICY
AUA Education & Research reserves the right to cancel any portion of this activity if a minimum enrollment is not reached before May 7, 2023. If AUA Education & Research cancels any portion of this activity, notification will be sent by May 16, 2023.
Live Courses: An administrative fee of 15% is assessed if registration is cancelled up to six weeks prior to the course. If registration is cancelled four to six weeks from the course, the cancellation fee is 50% of the registration fee paid. No registration fees will be refunded less than four weeks prior to the course.
Webcast: Cancellations must be made no later than one week prior to the live course. Subscription fees will not be refunded after the cancellation period. Purchases after the live course date are not eligible for a refund.
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