UROLOGY LED ULTRASOUND SERVICES – TIME TO FOCUS

Appropriate training opportunities in the form of fellowships nationally and abroad need to be organized. The funding for these fellowships is by no means secure. Although much has been done by the British Urological Foundation, there is an urgent need for institutions like BAUS to take responsibility. Exchange fellowships might help by cutting costs. Six-month fellowships at high-volume centres could be set up under the umbrella of BAUS. Stolzenburg et al. [2] have shown that registrars with minimal previous experience in open pelvic or laparoscopic surgery can adhere to a modular training scheme and successfully perform LRP with a similar outcome to that of the mentor.