Preceptor: Bobby B. Najari, MD, MSc, Bobby.Najari@NYULangone.org
Contact: Kesha Kaufman, Kesha.Kaufman@NYULangone.org
Tel: 212-562-3874

Prerequisites: None

Who should enroll in this elective?

• Students who are considering Urology as a career
• Students who are entering an allied field, such as OB/GYN, Nephrology or General surgery
• Students who are simply interested in this clinical area

Clinical sites

Tisch/Kimmel Hospital, Bellevue Hospital

Description

This is an introductory 2-week elective that seeks to introduce the student to the field of Urology. As an introductory elective, the student will be expected to gain a broad understanding of the core principles, foundational knowledge, and essential skills relevant to the specialty through encounters with a diverse range of cases reflective of this specialty. Students will gain this experience through participation in inpatient and outpatient clinical sites, including opportunities in uro-oncology, pediatric urology, female urology, stone disease, male sexual function and fertility. In particular students will have the opportunity to:

• Observe urologic procedures
• Participate in outpatient urologic care
• Participate in the daily management of inpatient management of urologic patients

Students will also join the departmental housestaff in all departmental didactics, as outlined below.

Objectives of the Elective

By the end of this elective, through daily contact with patients and didactics, you will:

1. Gain a deeper understanding of the field of urology, building on your pre-clerkship and clerkship experiences, through a broad exposure to urologic diseases
2. Expand your skills in inpatient and outpatient workup and management of patients with urologic diseases that you may encounter throughout your career, regardless of specialty
3. Learn about specialty-specific history and physical exams as well as the indications for, and complications of specialty-specific procedures.
4. Gain knowledge regarding treatment modalities used to treat urologic diseases
5. Gain insight into the interdisciplinary nature of this specialty and how our clinicians interact with other medical disciplines to provide comprehensive patient care.
6. Explore the option of urology as a career choice

Key Responsibilities of the student while on Elective

By enrolling in this introductory elective, you have agreed to:

1. Participate in at least 35 contact hours of education each week
2. Provide communication of any excused absences to the Office of Student Affairs (excused absence form) and to the elective coordinator, in a timely fashion 
3. Arrive in a timely fashion to all locations to which you are assigned  
4. Participate in daily morning rounds and patient care with residents and attendings
5. Be an active participant in the care of patients being followed by the team, as dictated by the resident/attending
6. Attend all didactics provided for trainees, as outlined below

Key Responsibilities of the preceptor/residents/faculty while you are on Elective

By accepting your enrollment in this introductory elective, the department has agreed to:

1. Clearly communicate their expectations of you
2. Maintain a supportive clinical learning environment 
3. Ensure that you have access to a broad case mix and clinical experience  
4. Provide the education necessary for you to gain an understanding of the patients and pathology reflective of this specialty
5. Provide feedback on your clinical skills

Didactic Program

Every week, right after Grand Rounds, you will meet with the preceptor for an interactive medical student lecture on each of the following topics:

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Kidney stones

Weekly schedule

You will spend one week at Tisch, and one week at Bellevue. Reach out to Dr. Najari one week prior for the order of your weeks and the contact information for the chief residents. Before the start of each week, please reach out to that hospital’s chief resident for coordinating where to meet the team.

Tisch

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
6:45AM-7:30AM: Grands Rounds, Science Building, 1st floor, room 103 SR	6:30AM-7:30AM: Patient Rounds, KP11	6:30AM-7:30AM: Patient Rounds, KP11	6:30AM-7:30AM: Patient Rounds, KP11	6:30AM-7:30AM: Patient Rounds, KP11
7:30AM-8:30AM Medical Student Lecture Science Building, 1st floor, room 103 SR	7:30AM-5:00PM: OR, 6th floor of Tisch Hospital or HCC2	7:30AM-5:00PM: OR, 6th floor of Tisch Hospital or HCC2	7:30AM-5:00PM: OR, 6th floor of Tisch Hospital or HCC2	7:30AM-5:00PM: OR, 6th floor of Tisch Hospital or HCC2
8:30AM-5:00PM: OR, 6th floor of Tisch Hospital or HCC2
6:00PM-7:30PM: Resident Lecture Series Science Building, 1st floor, room 103 SR

Bellevue

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
6:45AM-7:30AM: Grands Rounds Science Building, 1st floor, room 103 SR	6:30AM-7:30AM: Patient Rounds, Bellevue	6:30AM-7:30AM: Patient Rounds, Bellevue	6:30AM-7:30AM: Patient Rounds, Bellevue	6:30AM-7:30AM: Patient Rounds, Bellevue
7:30AM-8:30AM Medical Student Lecture, Science Building, 1st floor, room 103 SR	7:30AM-5:00PM: OR, Bellevue 11th Floor	7:30AM-5:00PM: OR, Bellevue 11th Floor	7:30AM-5:00PM: OR, Bellevue 11th Floor	7:30AM-2:00PM: OR, Bellevue 11th Floor
8:30AM-5:00PM: OR, Bellevue 11th Floor				2:00PM-5:00PM: Pediatric Clinic Bellevue, Amb. Care Bldg, 3rd Fl, Area 3B
6:00PM-7:30PM: Resident Lecture Series Science Building, 1st floor, room 103 SR

Method of Evaluation

Evaluation is to be done by the urology faculty and residents, based on clinical performance, fund of knowledge, histories and physicals, interest, response to instruction, behavior and interpersonal relationships, professional demeanor and reliability and maturity on a scale ranging from outstanding to inadequate. By midnight Friday evening send me an email to Dr. Najari identifying one attending and one resident with whom you worked closely with during the week that can evaluate your performance. These should be different people every week.

Scheduling Information

Duration: 2 weeks
Months offered: Feb-March, Nov, Dec, Jan
Student point of contact before start of elective: Email Dr. Bobby Najari, Bobby.Najari@NYULangone.org
On day 1, students report to: Chief Urology resident at 6:30AM, KP11
Students per elective block: 4