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Our aim was to evaluate the perception of junior doctors about the undergraduate teaching of Urology and the exposure to the specialty of Urology in undergraduate education in Portuguese medical schools.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A questionnaire was emailed to all physicians who first enrolled in the Board of Portuguese Doctors in 2017 and 2018. The questionnaire consisted of several questions about specialty exposure, pathology, and basic urological procedures. A database for statistical analysis was created.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>One hundred and eighty-six answers were considered valid. Although almost all participant physicians attribute considerable importance to Urology specialty, most find their exposure to urological pathology and basic urological procedures to be inappropriate in medical school. Urinary lithiasis and lower urinary tract symptoms are the subjects on which doctors feel most prepared after graduating. Interestingly, 63.4% of doctors consider that the education they had in college was preponderant in choosing their specialty.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The teaching of Urology in Portuguese Medical Schools is considered by junior doctors as inadequate, not reflecting the importance of this specialty in the clinical practice. These results are like those found in other countries. A reflection and consequent change of the teaching paradigm is necessary, namely at the practical teaching level.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/j.pbj.0000000000000135","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,11]],"date-time":"2021-06-11T21:09:50Z","timestamp":1623445790000},"page":"e135","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Undergraduate teaching of urology: Quo vadis?"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Diogo","family":"Pereira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Urology Department, Unidade Local de Sa\u00fade de Matosinhos, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos"}]},{"given":"Raquel","family":"Catarino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Urology Department, Unidade Local de Sa\u00fade de Matosinhos, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos"}]},{"given":"Vasco","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universit\u00e1rio de S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o"}]},{"given":"Gabriel","family":"Costa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Urology Department, Unidade Local de Sa\u00fade de Matosinhos, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal."}]},{"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universit\u00e1rio de S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal."}]},{"given":"Frederico","family":"Carmo-Reis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Urology Department, Unidade Local de Sa\u00fade de Matosinhos, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos"}]},{"given":"Carlos","family":"Martins-Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universit\u00e1rio de S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal."}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20241001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"399","DOI":"10.1016\/j.acuro.2015.01.002","article-title":"Urology at the European university: adaptations to the Bologna Plan. 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