Knowledge and Skills
- Practice access, balloon or sequential dilation, calculi extraction with different perc baskets
- Practice access via fluoroscopy with different techniques (Bullseye, triangular) using different needles
- Practice access via ultrasound using needles
- Practice preforming flexible ureteroscopy prior to PCNL
Urology Simulation
Education Program
University of Wisconsin
Urology Simulation on YouTube
PGY-1 Bootcamp
• Knot tying and Suturing
• Laparoscopic skills
• Bowel Anastomoses and Laparoscopic Port Placement
• Cystoscopy and Ureteroscopy
• Robotics
• Introduction to Loupe Surgery
• Introduction to Microsurgery (PGY-2)
Surgical Skills Labs
• Ureteral Reimplant
• Advanced Endoscopy
• Artificial urinary sphincter
• Slings
• PCNL Lab
• Penile prosthesis
• Priapism Lab
• Suprapubic Catheter Tube Placement Lab
Simulated Patient Scenarios
• GU history and exam
• Disease specific cases
• Transitions of care
• Delivering bad news
• Disclosure of medical errors
Simulation Resources
• Ureteroscopy Box Trainer
• Vasectomy Model