[Urology specialization. Part II. Survey of the heads of teaching services]

The Heads of the Teaching Services have in their hands a large share of responsibility for the training of specialists. Therefore, they are the group with greater power to decide and give their opinion on this question. A large majority (77%) responded to the survey conducted. The questions covered 213 of the 252 residents preparing their specialty at the time in Spain. From their answers it can be deduced that a Teaching Service attends 30-35 beds (although there are exceptions) with 8-10 attached physicians, 5 residents on average. They are well equipped (although marked differences can be noted), they mainly do calls in their specialty and most of the services have been training residents for more than eight years. The Heads of the Teaching Services believe the MIR programme is the best way to prepare the degree, although an important portion postulates it should not be the only one.