Slowdown of urology residents' learning curve during the COVID-19 emergency

Francesco Porpiglia¹, Enrico Checcucci^{1

2

3}, Daniele Amparore¹, Paolo Verri¹, Riccardo Campi^{3

4

5}, Francesco Claps⁶, Franceso Esperto^{3

7}, Cristian Fiori¹, Giuseppe Carrieri⁸, Vincenzo Ficarra⁹, Roberto Mario Scarpa⁷, Prokar Dasgupta¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urology, Department of Oncology, "San Luigi Gonzaga" Hospital, University of Turin , Orbassano (Turin), Italy.
² Uro-technology and SoMe Working Group of the Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Working Party of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Arnhem, The Netherlands.
³ European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU), Arnhem, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁶ Urological Clinic Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
⁷ Department of Urology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Department of Urology and Organ Transplantation, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
⁹ Department of Human and Pediatric Pathology "Gaetano Barresi", Urology Section, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
¹⁰ King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.

Francesco Porpiglia et al. BJU Int. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;125(6):E15-E17.

doi: 10.1111/bju.15076. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

¹ Division of Urology, Department of Oncology, "San Luigi Gonzaga" Hospital, University of Turin , Orbassano (Turin), Italy.
² Uro-technology and SoMe Working Group of the Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Working Party of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Arnhem, The Netherlands.
³ European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU), Arnhem, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁶ Urological Clinic Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
⁷ Department of Urology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Department of Urology and Organ Transplantation, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
⁹ Department of Human and Pediatric Pathology "Gaetano Barresi", Urology Section, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
¹⁰ King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

None disclosed.

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