Updates from ESRU and YUORDay23

The residents' programme during EAU23

Dr. Frederikke Sørensen Member, Working Group ESRU Regional Hospital West Jutland (DK)

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The European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU) is the residents’ voice in the EAU. Each member country of the EAU can participate with two National Chief Officers (NCO). The ESRU meets twice a year: during the annual EAU congress and during EUREP in Prague. There were 25 urology residents from 15 different countries at the recent meeting in Milan.

During the meeting we had an update on the BURST projects. The British research group has a close collaboration with the ESRU for recruiting investigators for their research projects. The new chair Dr. Enrico Checcucci (IT), accounted for the status of the EBU surveys ESRU participated in. Dr. Tiago Ribeiro De Olivera (PT) presented the progress of the Urology Boot Camp which has the goal to be an offer for all first-year residents in the EAU member countries. Until now 12 courses have been held in 7 countries. More than 160 residents have participated in the course. The boot camp is outlined as a one-day course with 3 hours theory and 8 hours of 1:1 hands-on training on models in: laparoscopy, upper urinary tract endoscopy, transurethral resection and lower urinary tract endoscopy.

The chairman of the Young Urologists Office (YUO)

Dr. Juan Vásquez, presented a new offer to young urologists under the age of 45: The EAU Talent Incubator. A 2,5-day course with a focus on soft skills such as decision-making for individuals and groups, negotiating and influencing, assertiveness in the workplace, presenting yourself well in a range of work situations and how to get the best out of your team. If you would like more information, you can visit www.uroweb.org/incubator

Two other new projects were presented, which included: the compliance of ESRU to recommendations of the EAU guidelines for NMIBC/ MIBC; and the residents perspective on kidney transplantation.

In the more formal part of the meeting, we had to say goodbye to the outgoing Chair Dr. Francesco Esperto (IT), and Dr. Diego Carrión Monsalve (ES) is now the new past Chair. Thank you, Chairs, for the good work in ESRU. Dr. Enrico Checcucci is new chair and Dr. Luca Afferi (CH) was voted as the new Chair Elect. Congratulations.

YUORDay23

The most visible contribution from the ESRU at the EAU Congress was YUORDay23, which comprises of a whole day with sessions and presentations dedicated to residents in Urology. YUORDay always has a session about the European Urological Scholarship Programme (EUSP), and a research and academic session. If you are interested in taking a scholarship or how to study smarter, then these were the sessions for you. There was good attendance at the clinical session on surgery tips and tricks and I hope everybody who joined in got some useful tricks to use later on.

As something new this year, YUORDay had a session on nightmare cases, presented by a resident and discussed with an invited expert. Very intriguing cases, including robotic surgical repair of urinary leak after renal trauma not responding to conservative treatment, and delayed bleeding after PCNL resulting in both open repair and coiling were discussed. The last case involved the open repair of ureteral lesions, which was also very interesting. The topic of how to continue to have good competences in open surgery when more and more surgery is minimally invasive was briefly discussed.

In the “Urology for dummies” session, the presenters had the very hard task to make difficult topics easily understood for residents. Topics this year included: infertility workup, the metabolic evaluation of stone patients, the management of castration resistant prostate cancer, and how to make good use of urodynamics.

The last academic session of the day was “Challenging the guidelines”. The role of PSMA in initial staging of prostate cancer and the best treatment options for young men under the age of 50 years with LUTS was discussed. The day ended with the EAU Guidelines Cup, which was won by the Polish team. It was a very interactive session where both the finalists and the audience could answer. If you missed some of the presentations or want to re-watch them, several of the sessions from YUORDay23 can be found as webcasts on the EAU23 website.