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Supporting return to clinical practice

8 November 2021 |
There are many reasons for a clinician to take time away from clinical practice. These include parental leave, research, a period of ill health, a career break, or the opportunity to spend time pursuing other interests. At any one time,...

Shared decision-making – minimising the mismatch

3 May 2024 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
In Western countries, we are spoilt for choice in almost every aspect of our lives, but does that reflect also in healthcare? While we have taken some big strides towards shared decision-making with our patients, the age-old physician dominance remains...

Enhancing performance and wellbeing for surgeons: the science of life coaching

3 September 2024 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Core Urology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
Life coaching has emerged as a powerful personal and professional development tool, particularly for individuals navigating high-stakes environments. Life coaching emphasises self-awareness, self-management and self-efficacy, including establishing desired outcomes, goal setting and developing skills and action plans to achieve them....

Nocturnal enuresis in children

1 May 2017 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Paediatric Urology
Introduction Nocturnal enuresis is the complaint of bedwetting. The 2010 National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines define bedwetting as the “involuntary wetting during sleep without any inherent suggestion of frequency of bedwetting or pathophysiology” [1]. Bedwetting is...

Biomarkers in prostate cancer detection

1 July 2018 | | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men with an estimated prevalence of 1.1 million worldwide in 2012. This heterogeneous disease resulted in approximately 307,000 deaths, making it the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death in men...

Prolapse surgery with mesh: where do we stand in 2017? An ICS update

1 November 2017 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Background Surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is common among women. The lifetime risk of undergoing at least one surgical procedure for POP is up to 20% [1]. This kind of surgery will be increasingly important due to an ageing...

How do we tackle social injustice in urological cancer?

2 December 2024 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Socioeconomic status as an established determinant of health and associated injustices is well recognised. Confronting these injustices and creating a fairer healthcare system is an ongoing challenge for many governments. In Scotland, the devolved government has created the Scottish Index...