Urology
Activity
Large Group Session
Large Group Session
Prostate cancer. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Hematuria. Prostate specific antigen (PSA). Incontinence. Overactive bladder. Kidney stones. Erectile Dysfunction. Urethral injuries. Urothelial cancer. Andropause.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Surgery Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Discuss the clinical presentation of renal and ureteral calculi.
- Discuss role of scrotal ultrasound / transillumination.
- Laboratory investigations of scrotal swelling and pain: normal urinalysis, normal or minimally elevated white blood cell count.
- Discuss presentation and physical findings of each (loss of cremasteric reflex, high or transverse lie, blue dot sign etc.)
- Discuss emergent vs. non emergent causes of (scrotal pain and swelling).
- Discuss the following: Testicular tumor; Testicular torsion; Epididymitis; Torsion of the appendix testis; Orchitis; Trauma; Hydrocele; Varicocele
- Outline the initial evaluation of patients presenting with urinary frequency, nocturia, urgency or urinary retention.
- Outline the etiologies and work-up of a patient with pneumaturia.
- Discuss the etiologies and diagnostic evaluation of a patient with UTI.
- Inguinal & scrotal examination
- Discuss renal and ureteral calculi.
- Describe the staging and management of renal cell carcinoma, and transitional cell carcinoma.
- Consider CT, cystoscopy, IVP, ultrasound, cystourethrogram, and retrograde pyleography (hematuria).
- Discuss the diagnostic modalities available for evaluation of hematuria.
- Consider microscopic vs. gross hematuria.
- Consider age and character of bleeding (hematuria): initial, terminal, total.
- Describe the potential etiologies of hematuria.
Tags
Cohort Year
2010
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Surgery
Urology
MCC Presentations
Blood in Urine/Hematuria
Erectile Dysfunction
Incontinence, Urine, Adult
Scrotal Mass
Scrotal Pain
Urinary Tract Obstruction
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
