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Charles D Scales¹,

¹Division of Urologic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2922, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Chuck.scales@duke.edu

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|February 5, 2011

Summary

Urology is developing evidence-based practice resources. This review identifies urology-specific educational materials and training for critical appraisal skills to enhance patient care.

Area of Science:

Medical Education
Urology
Evidence-Based Practice

Background:

Evidence-based clinical practice is crucial for optimal patient care in urology.
Practicing urologists, program directors, and residents require urology-specific resources for critical appraisal skills.
Existing resources for evidence-based practice training in urology are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify urology-specific educational resources for developing critical appraisal skills.
To support the growing movement towards evidence-based clinical practice in urology.

Main Methods:

Systematic literature search of PubMed using terms like "evidence-based urology" and "medical education."
Manual review of reference lists from relevant publications.

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Main Results:

New urology-specific educational resources are emerging to support evidence-based practice.
Published resources include "User's Guide to the Urological Literature" and "Evidence-Based Urology in Practice" series.
Electronic resources like the American Urological Association's Evidence Based Reviews in Urology and live workshops are available.

Conclusions:

Educational support for evidence-based practice in urology is expanding.
Journals are a primary source of urology-specific evidence-based medicine training materials.
Development of additional online and live training is recommended to foster competence and leadership in evidence-based urology.