A caller survey ranks Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine among apical feeder medical schools successful the U.S. for the specialty of urology.
“Characteristics of Medical Schools successful the United States Associated with Successful Match into Urology Residency Programs: Analysis of the 2016-2021 Urology Resident Cohort,” was released online and is acceptable to beryllium published successful Urology.
The survey is called a first-of-a-kind by the authors — nary of which are affiliated with OUWB oregon Corewell Health (the caller sanction for Beaumont Health).
Essentially, successful airy of the highly competitory field, the survey sought to find the characteristics of U.S. aesculapian schools associated with palmy urology lucifer applicants.
The survey besides ranked 177 aesculapian schools based connected full fig and percent of graduates who matched successful urology during 2016-21. OUWB ranked 15th, with 16 graduates. By comparison, schools that finished supra OUWB had conscionable a fewer much matches, and included Boston University (24 graduates), University of Michigan Medical School (22), and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (19).
“I was precise blessed and amazed erstwhile I saw that we’ve had specified a precocious percent of students take urology,” said Ken Peters, M.D., urologist astatine Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital and seat of OUWB’s Department of Urology.
“I deliberation that it speaks volumes to each the radical who enactment an effort guardant from the Department of Urology, some from an acquisition and probe standpoint,” helium added.
Findings ‘important and beneficial’
The survey was based connected publically disposable information that allowed for aggregation of demographics and bibliometrics for 1,814 existent urology residents who be a U.S.-based Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Accredited program. The clip play examined was 2016-21.
In short, the authors noted that it’s important to survey what schools person the astir success, particularly fixed the competitory quality of urology. Thirty-four percent of each urology applicants crossed the U.S. went unmatched successful 2022. (Since its launch, OUWB has maintained a 100% lucifer complaint for aesculapian students specializing successful urology.)
“Our survey findings are important and beneficial to each parties progressive successful the lucifer process,” states the study. “Students funny successful urology tin usage this survey to beryllium amended informed erstwhile applying and selecting which aesculapian schoolhouse to attend.”
The wide decision is that the beingness of a location urology programme was the azygous astir important origin successful predicting the percent of urology residents from the graduating class.
Further, the survey states that “program directors and module tin besides spot that aboriginal vulnerability to urology of immoderate form, whether done the affiliated infirmary oregon the urology involvement group, tin beryllium beneficial to recruiting much students and mightiness go a absorption successful aesculapian pupil education.”
Peters said helium believes that’s precisely wherefore OUWB is ranked truthful precocious connected the list.
‘Urology is the champion specialty’
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In general, Peters says helium is arrogant of the tract of urology and each that it tin bash for patients.
There are semipermanent patients who are regularly seen for elevated PSAs, stones, and/or infections. Also, determination are the patients who request surgery. Regardless of wherefore they request a urologist, Peters said a communal thread exists.
“These are life-changing things that we bash for patients,” helium said. “If they’re passing a stone, we dainty it and they’re thrilled. If they’re leaking urine, we hole it and they’re thrilled. If they person prostate cancer, we cure them and they’re thrilled.”
Peters said the squad besides aims to beryllium the archetypal — and lone — halt for patients who request a urologist.
“I ever thatch students that they don’t privation to beryllium the third, fourth, oregon 5th urologist a diligent sees,” helium says. “They privation to beryllium the first. The physicians who is well-trained, thinks things through…and truly helps patients.”
The quality to proceed delivering these services and maintaining specified precocious levels of attraction rests successful the hands of aboriginal urologists, said Peters, which is wherefore helium and the others from his section spot truthful overmuch value connected moving with aesculapian students.
“The much prime urologists that we tin get into our residencies and bid for the future, the better,” helium said.
That means precocious levels of grooming utilizing the latest-and-greatest technologies (Peters points to the usage of robotics successful country arsenic an example.)
It besides means having fun.
“We’re ever teasing students…telling them that urology is the champion specialty and we don’t cognize wherefore they would look astatine thing else,” said Peters with a smile.
“But past they enactment with america and spot however we interact with patients, however we person specified a affirmative interaction connected the lives of patients, however overmuch their prime of beingness has changed,” helium said.
“Medical students rapidly recognize that, and I deliberation galore cognize successful their bosom that this would beryllium a bully happening to do.”
‘A large reputation’
When the survey came out, respective OUWB alumni and module took to Twitter and posted comments accordant with what Peters said astir the program.
“I deliberation the operation of (OUWB) exposing our students to urology and (Beaumont Urology Residency) being specified a affirmative learning section has played specified a ample relation successful wherefore our schoolhouse is precocious connected this list,” said S. Mohammad Jafri, M.D., urologist and adjunct dean, Career Advising Programming and Student Advising, OUWB.
Kwesi Asantey, M.D., ’22, OUWB, and Patrick Vecellio, M.D., ‘20, OUWB, fundamentally said they couldn’t hold more.
Liz Olive, M.D., ‘20, OUWB, said she “(loves) to spot OUWB marque the list” and gave recognition to the beardown mentorship and enactment for applicants.
“Our urologists did immoderate awesome pre-clinical didactics and person a large estimation arsenic a fashionable two-week elective wrong the halfway country rotation,” she wrote.
Karis Buford, M.D., ‘17, OUWB, concurred with Olive.
“Great mentorship and aboriginal vulnerability led maine to a tract I different ne'er would person considered,” she said.
Looking ahead, Peters said he’s excited, particularly arsenic the section has “just gotten amended each year.”
He’s besides encouraged by the caller merger betwixt Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health that has led to the instauration of Corewell Health, which includes Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital (formerly Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak).
“Being a assemblage hospital…there’s a batch of excitement successful our department,” helium said. “These changes that we are seeing consciousness precise affirmative and align good with who we are and what we do.”
For much information, interaction Andrew Dietderich, selling writer, OUWB, astatine adietderich@oakland.edu.
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