Clerkships

Overview

The American Urological Association defines urology as a specialty that deals with diseases of the male and female urinary tract (kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra). It also deals with the male reproductive organs (penis, testes, scrotum, prostate, etc.).

Urology is a surgical specialty. Besides surgery, a urologist is a doctor with wisdom of internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology and other parts of health care. This is because a urologist encounters a wide range of clinical problems. The scope of urology is big and the American Urological Association has named seven sub-specialty parts:

• Pediatric Urology (children’s urology)
• Urologic Oncology (urologic cancers)
• Renal (kidney) Transplant
• Male Infertility
• Calculi (urinary tract stones)
• Female Urology
• Neurourology (nervous system control of genitourinary organs)

Rotation sites

 

 

Courses

The department offers 2 and/or 4 week clerkship rotations in Seattle at Harborview, UWMC, VA Puget Sound, Northwest Hospital and Seattle Children’s Hospital. There are also several sites in the WWAMI region.

For a complete listing of sites and E-Value availability, please visit the University of Washington’s School of Medicine’s Catalog. For questions, please contact the clerkship administrator at uroclerk@uw.edu.

Credentialing

All courses have site-specific credentialing. You should receive information 6 weeks prior to your start date. Please note the following sites have extensive credentialing requirements

Please contact uroclerk@uw.edu if you have questions or do not receive credentialing information at least 6 weeks prior to your start date.

Suggested Reading List

• General Urology by Donald R. Smith, Lange Medical Publications, (14th Edition). A limited number of books are on reserve in the Health Sciences Library.
• AUA Medical Student Curriculum: Core Content

Campbell-Walsh Urology

• Calculi
• Genitourinary Tract
• Trauma
• Tumors of the Urinary Tract
• Urinary Obstructions
• Urinary Tract Infections

Conferences

The Department Grand Rounds are typically held on Wednesdays at 6:30 AM and Didactics on Fridays at 6:30 AM.

Click here for more information about Urology at American Urological Association

Grading Criteria

The Urology Clerkship Student Clinical Evaluation is composed of the scoring categories below:

• Patient Care (6 items)
• Knowledge of Practice (1 item)
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills (3 items)
• System-Based Practice (1 item)
• Practice-Based Learning (1 item)
• Interprofessional Collaboration (1 item)
• Professionalism (6 Yes/No items)

Please review details of the grading criteria here.

Upon completion of the Urology Clerkship, you can view your final evaluation form on E*Value by four weeks after the end of a rotation. Once the Department of Urology has assigned your final grade, you will receive an email notification and a link to view it. Please note that because you will be able to view and print your final evaluations online, we will not be mailing hard copies.

For Visiting Students

Find out more about our visiting student program:

• Visiting student sub-internship
• Diversity visiting student sub-internship

For more information, contact the Clerkship Administrator at uroclerk@uw.edu

UW SOM Clerkship Policies

• Academic policies and procedures
• School of Medicine grade review, challenge and appeal process
• School of Medicine Clinical Clerkship Absentee Policy

Student Health Related Information

The UWSOM supports students’ access to healthcare and strongly encourages them to obtain and maintain health insurance while enrolled at the UWSOM. The consolidated content on the links below has been created by collaboration between students and the UWSOM student affairs to ease of referencing for student related health information. All three sources will be updated centrally by student affairs and the Student Committee on Healthcare Access (SCoHA). If you have questions regarding the content, please reach out to adminsa@uw.edu.

• Student Health Insurance
• Healthcare Access for Medical Students
• SOM-Telehealth Program for Medical Students

To Report Mistreatment or a Serious Concern

Students who wish to report mistreatment or a serious concern that doesn’t require immediate response are encouraged to use the Learning Environment Feedback Tool. In this tool, you will be able to provide a description of your concern and indicate your follow-up preference and how you would like your feedback shared. You will have the option of reporting completely anonymously and indicating how you want your identity and the identity of anyone else involved in the situation to be shared.

UW Religious Accommodations Policy

Washington state law requires that UW develop a policy for accommodation of student absences or significant hardship due to reasons of faith or conscience, or for organized religious activities. The UW’s policy, including more information about how to request an accommodation, is available at Religious Accommodations Policy.  Accommodations must be requested within the first two weeks of this course using the Religious Accommodations Request Form.

In order to plan accommodations that will avoid possible delays in course/clerkship end dates, UW SOM recommends students complete the Religious Accommodation Request Form in advance of the start date of their course or clerkship.